Wandering around Hamvention 2025

Wandering around Hamvention 2025

Hamvention is undoubtly the world’s largest amateur radio event, and for many it is more of a ham radio home coming than a vendor show and flea market. I wanted to know more about what others thought about Hamvention, so as Chris and I wandered around the...
500 Parks on the Air Activations!

500 Parks on the Air Activations!

In the little over five years that I have been active with the Parks on the Air program, I’ve just accomplished my 500th POTA activation (502 to be exact). There are many that have more activations under their belt. Program wide, I am in about 280th place of the...
Camping at the Hamfest! Fall camping is the best

Camping at the Hamfest! Fall camping is the best

This was a busy weekend. Two hamfests and two POTA parks in two days. First hitting Ham Radio Outlet’s Superfest on Saturday and then beeline to Belvidere Illinois, near Rockford, for the Chicago FM Club’s Radio Expo. To make driving easy, we took off Friday afternoon...
Activation Log: Hortonville Bog

Activation Log: Hortonville Bog

The Activation Log is a new series that reports on my Parks on the Air (POTA) activations. These are write-ups that share additional content, thoughts, and images of portable operations that may or may not make it into a video. (November 5, 2023) The Fox Cities...
Wandering around the Dayton Hamvention 2023

Wandering around the Dayton Hamvention 2023

What’s it like to visit the nation’s largest amateur radio festival? There’s a lot of walking. Chris and I wander around the 2023 Dayton Hamvention and find some of the more interesting things at the event. Don’t forget to stick around to the...