Hamvention 2025
I know this is a few months late, but I wanted to put something up of my adventures at Hamvention 2025!
POTA Activation for International Women's Day!
I activated Alum Creek State Park (US-1933) via “Parks on the Air” (aka: POTA), on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 for International Women’s Day and the “YL POTA Party” advertised by the Young Ladies Radio League (aka: YLRL).
My Thoughts on Bluesky vs Mastodon
I recently signed up for Bluesky, with the username @k8vsy.radio. As it seems like the “new thing” to do, so to speak.
Joint POTA Activation With W8LT and W8YX
On Saturday, April 13, 2024 the amateur radio clubs from The Ohio State University (W8LT) and The University of Cincinnati (W8YX) held a joint Parks on the Air (POTA) activation at Cowan Lake State Park in Ohio.
Raspberry Pi Clock Display and Connecting to Existing X11-Session
I recently bought a new Raspberry Pi 5 (RPi5) and I’ve been looking for something to do with my Raspberry Pi v3.
My Remote Operation Setup
For various reasons, sometimes I like to do remote operation (FT8) of my base station that I have set up at home.
My First POTA Activation
I activated my first park for “Parks on the Air” (aka: POTA) on Saturday, September 9th, 2023 in the morning.
My Recent Adventures in Fixing my DMR Hotspot
Two years ago I bought a cheap DMR hotspot on Amazon for about $100. I went to use it for the first time in a while but I discovered it was broken.
Python Telegram bot for QRZ.com lookups
Occasionally I’ve been on Telegram in a few ham radio chats and wanted to lookup a call sign via QRZ.com. Not seeing any options, I decided to write my own.
My First Rechargeable Portable Power
One of the things I’ve been craving for my ham radio station/toolkit is the ability to operate portably on HF. Whether that is for emergency purposes or for POTA (Parks on the Air), I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now.