K8VSY amateur radio blog

musings of an amateur radio enthusiast

K8VSY 01 February, 2022

First International Radiogram

On Monday, 31st January, 2022 I received my first international piece of traffic from Great Britain!

# cotn # international # net # radiogram # traffic # W8LT

K8VSY 31 January, 2022

Winter Field Day 2022

This year I participated in Winter Field Day 2022 with some wonderful club members from W8LT.

# camping # field day # OSU # outside # W8LT # weather # winter

K8VSY 25 January, 2022

My First Radiogram Received

I received my radiogram on the Central Ohio Traffic Net, COTN, on 13 January, 2022.

# cotn # net # radiogram # traffic

K8VSY 17 January, 2022

First JS8 Contact

Last night, I made my first JS8call contact! I’m in a group chat with other amateur radio operators, and someone mentioned he wanted to attempt a JS8 contact on 40m.

# contacts # digital # js8

K8VSY 12 January, 2022

Current QSL Card

I have had my current QSL card design since August 2020.

# contacts # FOSS # QSL # QSL cards