Monthly Archives: April 2024

Another Bear Cave and 350 O2O with K4NYM

Posted on April 14, 2024 by robert

A couple of new POTA awards came in this week – first was the Operator To Operator Award with Bill K4NYM.  Unsurprisingly another Bear Cave Award came is as well, this time for Green Swamp US-5330 in Florida (thank you … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Surprise from Incoming QSL Bureau

Posted on April 13, 2024 by robert

Ever since I got back on the air, I’ve had envelopes at the ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau.  Over the years I’ve received a few envelopes, perhaps 25 DX cards, and a couple dozen from the W1AW/x operations during the 100th … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Park Activation with KH1

Posted on April 8, 2024 by robert

My wife and I headed to our favorite park, Beavertail (US-2868) on Conanicut Island, RI,  to watch the Eclipse this afternoon.  We were too far to the east to enjoy totality, but we figured it would be fun to see … Continue reading →

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It’s not all about K4NYM, but almost!

Posted on April 3, 2024 by robert

I was surprised to receive a QSL in the mail from Bill Brown, K4NYM, who has made over 190,000 QSOs from 388 parks.  I can’t imagine the number of QSL cards he must send out!  I can’t even imagine the … Continue reading →

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