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Frankly, I owe myself an explanation to this simple question also. This project is WAY out of my league! A little background is probably valuable to understand first. I am very new to CW, only having started in May 2025. My goal then was to cram every single day for at least an hour with…
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What a beautiful (and hot) day for a hike! Ara N6ARA and I had been emailing back and forth for a few weeks about getting together to co-activate and the day finally came! We opted for a more coastal summit expecting the ocean breeze to help keep the heat at bay… it never showed up!…
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What a beautiful day for a hike!!! This was originally one my my bi-monthly NERD HIKES that I host for non-hams.. but unfortunately the few attendees I expected were unable to attend. To help get some of these newbies on the air, Tom KE6SRO had agreed to join for the activation. It’s hard to find…
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What a beautiful day for a hike! I drove in a little early to Carlsbad CA before a business meeting I was attending. This summit popped up as near the hotel so I decided to go check it out. Parking was easy in a residential neighborhood, with a clear trailhead split between two houses. There…
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What a beautiful day for a hike! I had a little break between events at the conference I was attending and decided to go hit a local trail near the hotel. Parking was easy in the neighborhood near the trailhead. The trail was very rocky, and a loose scramble in many sections. I wouldn’t consider…
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What a great day for a hike, Happy Father’s Day! AJ, W6CMY, joined me for my first trip to Josephine Peak. The weather was gorgeous today about 75° in the valley. When we got to the trailhead at 7 AM, it was only 55° and a little foggy. It took us about two hours to…
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What a beautiful day for a hike! Mark K3MGM and Edward KO6DVZ joined me for this activation. The hike here is short, but steep. Trekking poles are highly suggested… so of course I forgot mine at home. Ha Speaking of forgetting things at home, I also left both Garmin devices on the charger so no…
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My buddy Edward KO6DVZ joined me for a Friday Morning activation at the Triunfo Lookout in the Santa Monica Mountains. We’ve been here before, and recalled that the ‘hike’ was more of an uphill walk and light effort. The cloud cover was heavy this morning, with about 50 feet of visibility. If you were hiking…
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What a beautiful day for a hike! I spend a great deal of time talking about amateur radio in my day to day life. It is no surprise that I get many questions from non-hams about the hobby and how it works. Recently I decided to host a monthly “nerd hike” where I invite friends…
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It’s my birthday today and decided to blow off going in to work. My YL Debbie tagged along for a hike to Saddle Peak. 10 years ago we hiked this summit as newlyweds and I wanted to go back. The views did not disappoint! I ran some 2m SSB on the Quansheng, and then switched…
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Instead of taking a ton of pics for this activation, I made a YouTube video instead.