First summit on the air this year!

Put in some work this weekend at contest station N6RO to add in-band 15 m capability. Four vertical dipoles tuned for 15 m band, one is active and the other are reflectors. 850 feet of LMR600 was suspended over the working vineyard to service this new antenna array.

if i have to sell my Swarovski Shrek because of AI i will be furious

Back at #ParksOnTheAir after a month away with contesting and family time. I wrapped up UTC midnight on Monday, minutes before a solar flare hit! Conditions were excellent. #hamradio #amateurradio #morsecode

Grateful to have this guitar back to make questionable noises on

The Sharks have some juice these days and I’m excited to see em back in it

GOALIE FIGHT!!!!

Throwback to my first SOTA. Holding a microphone! Any beeps were purely incidental.

100% CW kilo award in the bag! That’s 1000 Morse Code contacts at this California state park for #ParksOnTheAir. Excellent DX again today, trying to make the most of 10 and 15 being open and red hot while I can. #AmateurRadio

2025-11-17 → 2025-12-02: ░░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░ CW 48.5% ░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░ FT8 40.0% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ FT4 5.5% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ SSB 5.4% ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Other 0.6%

Happy New Year from US-3455 for #ParksOnTheAir 90W CW reached ops in Chile, Argentina, Japan, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Alaska. 10 and 15m bands were hot with DX while 20m brought the rate to finish with 100 contacts.

I’m excited to be nominated to join CWops! I am member #3855. Grateful to Chris N6WM, Gary NA6O, Jim WB0RLJ, Tim N5OHY and David WD6T for helping me achieve this goal. Basic QSOs at 25 WPM seemed impossible when I first started last Dec but time on the air and practicing daily make it possible.

Bird Hunted To Near Extinction Due To Infuriating 'Fuck You' Call

Another #ParksOnTheAir CW outing with SSB-like rates. 107 Q’s, constant pileups, just a great time. Winter operating from W6 is great. Lots of ops inside for winter at their rigs. #amateurRadio #hamRadio #morseCode

Excellent day at the park yesterday. Got a new unun going so I can run 100W CW. 60W got me 145 Q’s. Shout out to CE3FZL who waited patiently calling for a longgg time for band conditions and pileups to improve. He timed his call for my return from a quick break.

N6RO for the Canadian Winter Contest! I got to work 160m CW and 10m mixed for our multi op, multi band category. First time using a yagi, let alone 120 ft tower with a stacked single band yagis.

Morse code is a passion with me. Good evening from amateur radio station KL2R in Two Rivers, Alaska. Current conditions clear skies, calm winds, and -30F/-34C. No wonder I’m in the warm shack.

ARRL 10m contest, not bad for a dipole 15ish ft up in a tree.

Visited one of the finest contest stations on the West Coast, N6RO today! Met contest hall of famers N6RO and K3EST who could not have been more kind.

The ARRL 10m Contest is going gangbusters. Best conditions I’ve seen from KL2R in a long time. Look at all those CW signals!

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.

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

The Only Person Who Can Help Me Get A Bus To Yonkers Is You

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