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WB4AEG sent me this today. They also threw everything up on Github. They even made a companion book to go along with the radio. You can get it here! That is so cool. I love the fact that it has actual knobs and switches you can use. Sometimes that’s better for me in the field, if the sun is bright. Another rig I’ve been eyeballing is the zBitx from HF Signals. I love the fact that it will run off 18650 batteries! It’s neat to see there are so many options for the tinkerer aside from the big Japanese brand radios. I still need to get busy building my QCX mini. I signed up for cw academy but it was too late in the semester already. ...

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. ...