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LARC Yagi Build

Chuck put on a great practical class on assembling a cheap Yagi-Uda antenna. Here’s a video I made of the day’s events! 73, Raman, KV0N

LARC February Fox Hunt

My XYL and I took a few radios and searched for the fox using attenuation techniques including cross-polarization and 3rd harmonics. It was a bluebird Colorado day and the hunt made for a fun...

NCARC Hamfest

I attended the Hamfest that was put on my Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club. It was great seeing so many local hams in attendance as well as sitting in on some great classes. Here’s...

Longmont Turkey Trot Communications Support

I volunteered with my ham radio club – the Longmont Amateur Radio Club – to provide support for the city of Longmont’s annual Turkey Trot. Here’s a video of the event: A call for...

LARC Longmont Halloween Parade Support

I volunteered with my club, the Longmont Amateur Radio Club and we provided communications support for the annual Halloween Parade in Longmont, Colorado. As usual, I made a video on YouTube and here it...

Scanners – a Lonely Ham’s Best Friend

I recently traveled out of my local (repeater) area to the Wasatch mountains in Utah, and had a positive experience using a handheld scanner to supplement playing ham radio. About a year ago, I...

Sawhill Ponds POTA Activation

Recently the Parks on the Air organization added more places where you could do a POTA activation. While looking at the map on the POTA.app website, I noticed a park really close to my...