Getting close to 50 POTA contacts with AL7KC so he gets an award

Och! a Man needs to hold fast to his spurtle otherwise it could be all oot ecclefechan and no one wants that🧐

I have officially won the “new contester” category for California QSO party with 100% CW, 99.9% running. Very grateful to the organizers and everyone who participated. I started learning CW in December 2024, it’s still a daily effort. I hope this can inspire someone else to learn too.

admittedly I did, one year, buy one of these sets for the bathroom. in an unrelated turn of events, I am now divorced.

The top two US CQWW CW rookies are both busy POTA ops. The pipeline of Parks On The Air CW into contesting is one of the few ways new blood is getting into radiosport. Congrats to W0DOS on his excellent performance.

This is my winter POTA smile. Note the California Winter Survival Suit is nearly fully deployed. The hood went up soon after.

California QSO party results were announced but my score is missing! Turns out the checking algorithm randomly deleted only my log, a first for them. They only noticed when I emailed. The incorrect results remain up while they look into issuing a correction, believe I won the new contester prize.

Who up widening they gyre

New (used) key who dis

First year competing in the CQWW CW contest…I have a peashooter home station on a suburban lot so feeling good about this score. 200k was my goal. This is my last year as a “rookie” under the rules which puts in a less competitive group. 71 countries, 6 continents. CQ TEST is etched into my brain

Achieved #SOTA Mountain Explorer award (Silver, 10 SOTA associations activated). Beautiful & fun trips around EU made it. Hope next year I will travel to some more ;-) Thanks to all OM's that helped me! #hamr #amateurradio ea2cw.gautxori.com/2025/11/sota...

I got out pretty well today. Over 110 CW QSOs between both parks. Again 10m was open coast to coast but hardly anyone on it. Feeling more comfortable running at 25 WPM and adding a little banter (GUD CU AGN. TNX FER 10M, 599 FB IN CA, etc). #ParksOnTheAir #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

US-0839 John Muir Nat’l Historic Site #ParksOnTheAir

Played radio on the “beach” looking out on South SF today with my dude K6KM. It was slow going but there was some DX to Alaska, Japan and Dominican Republic in there on 30W CW #ParksOnTheAir #AmateurRadio

Yesterday went well so it was more of the same today. Worked Japan, Russia, Alaska and across the CONUS on 30 mighty watts of CW

A good view for CW and some good DX this afternoon for #ParksOnTheAir or #POTA

A beautiful sunset tonight for CW over the SF bay for #ParksOnTheAir

Zork I, II, and III are now open source. Microsoft has released the classic Infocom text adventures under the MIT license! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

Recent outing to Don Edwards for #ParksOnTheAir, I forgot I turned my power all the way down and accidentally worked Japan on 5W CW. #MorseCode #HamRadio

completely artless, ignorant hogs who only socialize with other artless, ignorant hogs in 1% wealth social circles, suggesting everyone wants a robot that can take over creating art for them so they can optimize their productive workday. this is the pitch.

Solar conditions are what they are, radio blackouts etc…but there’s usually a beginner looking to make a contact out there somewhere. Received a nice message after a QSO last night. Feels good to get these. 40m band from SF to LA during the worst of the solar storm last night!

Quick POTA activation at Don Edwards US-0189 before the solar flare hits, 10m was open but again few chasers on it! #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #ParksOnTheAir #CW

It is November, and that means "Butt Sumo" (尻つみ祭り) time again at the local shrine here in Ito, #Japan. Contestants stand back-to-back on a raised dais and, at the signal, attempt to bump their opponent off. The winners are sometimes surprising.

Beep boop bop at US-3455 Lake Del Valle #ParksOnTheAir #HamRadio

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Hands Free Nano Keyer: a CW small keyer for portable operations. Find more information & free design at: sota.ea2cw.eus/HFNanokeyer/... #amateurradio #hamradio #SOTA #portable

The man…the myth…

Thanks Vin

My daughter 43 years ago. #Photography

This #ParksOnTheAir park doesn’t get a lot of CW love! Despite someone intentionally jamming me for a long time I had a solid time playing radio outside. Worked Japan and the East Coast from CA. Here’s some of the local noise and scenery:

CW POTA at sunset

40m went lonnng last night, got 9L8MD Sierra Leone CW, first try! Marginal conditions too, I should buy a lotto ticket.

LegCW4ever!

Quick #ParksOnTheAir activation tonight at Lake Del Valle #CW #HamRadio

Sunset POTA, lots of Japanese contacts on 15m

#SummitsOnTheAir #AmateurRadio #CW #MorseCode

POTA at Sand Harbor State Park, Nevada side of North Lake Tahoe. Beautiful park, terrible propagation with a mountain directly blocking the East. Looks like it was designated a POTA entity just months ago. #ParksOnTheAir

CQ SOTA CQ SOTA

The gov’t shutdown didn’t kill access to my favorite little park, Eugene O’Neil national historic site for #ParksOnTheAir just takes a little mountain bike ride

Greetings from #ParksOnTheAir tonight at US-0189 Don Edwards Nature Preserve. Have to take advantage before the time change makes this unworkable in a couple weeks. As usual, 30W CW into wire worked the across the US and up to Alaska.

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada announced today De Havilland Defence, a new division specializing in the development and delivery of special aircraft mission solutions. These include the DHC-515 Water Bomber, Twin Otter, Dash 8, and Sherpa. Which would you like to see more of?

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LoTW

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The extra day of rest helped. I got a rare DX for me. Thankful for ham radio. 3 CW 9 FT8 (Japan & South Korea) 🌟 I'll be back at it again tomorrow.

I played around running CW as W2DON/6 from home in the California QSO Party. When contesting, I’ve learned awful ergonomics/workflow are made up for by neon Gecko jams.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

I made beeps and boops at Don Edwards Nature Preserve for #ParksOnTheAir #MorseCode

Nice sunset POTA activation at my usual US-0189 Don Edwards. Need to take advantage before the time change prevents me from doing this after work.