I ended up finding someone calling for Polio On The Air 2025 - CQ SALK scrolling through my Mastadon feed! I love the instance I’m on there is tons of great armature radio related activities. I ended up getting to work W7P on 40 meters! It got me thinking about FDR. I recall reading that he was into helicrafter rx and had one behind his desk. I read that on swling blog post. I can’t seem to find it anymore though. My Google Fu is bad tonight. ...

Wow, I still have a bit of a rush. When my brain hit’s that sweet spot and I start head copying. I was just talking with Den KE4I on 10M. We are going to try and do a POTA tomorrow. I think we are going to K-3729. I’d like to try and different one soon. We always do the same one. I think there is an award “repeat offender” for that 🤣. ...

I have been having a hard time with my auto immune diseases. I have not been working and I’m not sure what I’m going to do. I’m trying to get on short term disability. I sure hope that goes through. I was doing really good until we had a loss in the family. It bugs me so bad that my emotions can make me hurt so bad. I’m sorry for complaining but maybe writing about it will help me. I’ll at least try it. ...

Helen GA/perfect roads You can read about the route I took is linked here. There is a GPX file on the site you can download and import into your smartphone or GPS device. I used osdroid on my Android phone. I’m sure there are options for Apple. I don’t drink that koolaide… It was the end of April and the weather was perfect. I got to try out my new bag that mounts on my gas tank. It was great because it took a lot of weight off my shoulders. That helps with my RA and fibromyalgia greatly. I’ve been debating on trying to find a image gallery for Hugo. I have lots of photos I’d like to share. This whole trip was kinda last minute lol. ...

#POTA @ K-3729 We had a great time activating the park. I was off work for the day and decided to ride my motorcycle. The weather was great. Everybody else got there before me. The only radio I brought with me was my HT. We had one of our usual suspects KE4I (Den) and a few others. It was KM6QDQ’s (Sam) first activation along with KA4BOI (Alzie). When I arrived Alzie was not there but he had left his IC-7300. After talking to Den and Sam a bit I decided to try and activate on 10 meters with Alzie’s radio. ...