I'll be there

Anyone going to Orlando Hamcation?

It's that time again. Nominate your favorite open source software for the 2026 Amateur Radio Software Award! Nominations are accepted until February 28, 2026 at https://arsaward.com

10 hours of the North American QSO Party SSB 2026 Contest, streamed live #NAQP #CompetitiveHamRadio www.youtube.com/live/i7w2ozq...

QSO with KP5/NP3VI in Desecheo Island on 10m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 289

Hotel and Flights booked for Orlando Hamcation!

QSO with 6O3T Somalia on 12m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 288. Earlier in September I also contacted E44OM Palestine on 30m for #ATNO 287.

NYQP 24

Pilgrimage

QSO with C93RRC Mozambique on 20m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 286. Been hunting them for days!

QSO with ZS8W in Prince Edward Island on 40m FT8 for #DXCC #ATNO 285. Also earlier today, a QSO with GU6EFW on 20m for DXCC 112 on Phone.

13 hours, 160 miles, 25 parks (2 twofers), 273 contacts. W2IG got us at 7 parks, AB4WS at 6, we plenty of good friends in the log, and got this nice certificate for KI2D and NK2Y.

Up early for a long POTA rove today. Park #1: US-7683 - Fort Montgomery State. 10 quick QSOs on 14.304

Tomorrow is my 5th Hamiversary! 33,295 QSOs (24,633 QSL). 9,657 Phone, 4,202 CW, 2,691 RTTY DXCC: 283 (279 LoTW), 1,698 band slots WAS: 10B, triple play WAZ: 40 mixed, 180 5B FFMA: 252 grids NYQP: 3x #1, 2 records `24 Sweeps Phone LP: #1 W2, #5 USA `23 IARU LP: #1 W2, #7 USA Not a bad start!

ATNO #284 - Christmas Island VK9XU on 20m FT8 just now!

Tomorrow Monday we'll be doing another Live Stream. This time with Kyle AA0Z as our guest. 9pm ET, 2024-02-25 02:00Z (sorry Europe, we'll do some future streams at times more convenient for the old continent) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uilg...

We'll be doing a live stream at 7:30pm ET (0030Z) today to talk about the latest release, and some of the features coming up soon. www.youtube.com/live/D-X6p-O...

February release is out!!! • Become a supporter! • Operation templates • Belgian Lighthouses, Lightships, Castles and Fortresses • Better QRZ lookups • Assorted fixes and improvements. Look for updates in the Apple AppStore or Google Play Store. Photo by @lb4fh.bsky.social

I'm really happy I was able to hire my dear friend @alzamon.bsky.social to do the illustrations for the new @ham2k.com stickers. Really happy with how they came out!

Weekend plans...

SV1GA/A - Mount Athos The police have intervened, confiscating the radios and antennas, which have been taken to the Polygyros police station. Since the individuals involved are foreigners, they will not face trial. We are awaiting an official statement from the team. Stay tuned for updates.

SV1GA/A in 30m FT8 ✅

Winter Field Day

The January Release is out! • Winter Field Day (including scoring, and section name lookups!) • Support for multiple station calls in a single operation (i.e. two friends at the same park passing the mic) And of course, lots of minor bug fixes and improvements.

More cards in the mail. #DXCC #QSLCards from N5J and PX0FF

Look! it's like FT8 but without a radio.

Look at what I got in the mail last week. #DXCC #QSLCard from XU7GNY

Can any ARISS fans help out a new ham in the UK?

On the main, this would be titled "Sebastian contemplates the end of 2024". Here it's just "KI2D at US-0059"

What a Saturday! Thread 🧵 • Operators: NK2Y & KI2D • Operations: 15 • POTA References: 16 (one twofer) • Time: 11 hours (plus 2 to get to and from the starting point) • QSOs: 518 QSOs (538 counting twofers)

11 hours. 130+ miles. 15 stops. 16 parks. Over 500 QSOs between two operators. And now I go dancing. The log uploads will have to wait until tomorrow.

Park 16 for the day: US-8079 Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area 12 QSOs, including one on VHF and it's night already. #POTA

Park 15 for the day: US-10037 Clermont State Historic Site 11 QSOs before they closed the park at sunset. #POTA

Park 14 for the day: US-10051 Olana State Historic Site A quick 18 QSOs after a quick lunch break #POTA

Park 13 for the day: US-2094 Lake Taghkanic State Park A slow 9 QSOs but including a 2x2 Twofer and Two-ops. #POTA

Park 12 for the day: US-9126 Doodletown Wildlife Management Area 13 QSOs, 6 P2Ps including a twofer with @ham2k.com PoLo user N0DBH and a three-operator activation. #POTA

Park 11 for the day: US-5277 Roeliff Jansen Kill Multiple Use Area 30 QSOs, 2 P2P #POTA

Park 10 for the day: US-5386 Lafayetteville Multiple Use Area 23 QSOs #POTA

Park 9 for the day: US-5316 Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area. 12 QSOs with 5 P2P. #POTA

Park 8 for the day: US-2117 Ogden and Ruth Livingston Mills State Park (yes, the park includes a golf course) 18 QSOs before giving back the frequency for the Coast Guard Net. #POTA

Park 7 for the day: US-2101 Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park. 23 QSOs in 15 minutes. #POTA

Park 6 for the day: US-0871 Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. A proper #POTA pileup. 35 QSOs (with two ops, ao actually 70) in 20 minutes. And great views.

Park 5 for the day: US-0833 Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site A bit slower, for 11 QSOs, including 2 P2P. #POTA

Park 4 for the day: US-0811 Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. 14 QSOs on 20m. Including 2 P2P.

Park 2 and 3 for the day: US 8066 Walkway Over The Hudson and US-8098 Empire State Trail. 12 quick QSOs on 20m.

Park 1 for the day: US-2057 Franny Reese SP 11 QSOs all in 40m

Up at dawn to go out and activate some parks #POTA

Planning a 15 park #POTA rove with my friend NK2Y this Saturday. Look for us on the spots and on the air. Considering many parks close at dusk, and how we only have about 9h of daylight at this time of the year, it's going to be tight. But it will be fun.

Look what I got in the mail today. #DXCC #QSLCard from FT4GL

Been busy this week...