ham radio

Outstanding in my field... from gm4aff 196 days old

I spent 7 hours out in the antenna field yesterday fixing the 20m yagi and the 40m rotator and lots of other stuff. I bought a new (Lazy Tongue) riveter ...

Spring is sprung, de grass is riz from gm4aff 198 days old

I saw the first swallow of the year yesterday, which is about (or maybe exactly) the same day as the last two years. I finally collected the new spiggots ...

Stew Perry, AFS CW, etc from gm4aff 304 days old

I spent about 5 hours in the Stew Perry contest - I was pleased with what I could work. We had to go out to dinner with friends on the Saturday night ...

CQ WW CW and since... from gm4aff 339 days old

As it turned out I was unable to even make a stab at CQ WW CW. It was always going to be a no-no on that particular weekend as my son and wife were to ...

40m Beam U/S from gm4aff 673 days old

I had to lower the 40m beam down to 25ft or so on Sunday. It has lost half of one element. It stabbed itself into the ground last Friday, and then fell ...