Monthly Archives: September 2025

The Slow Crawl to 2000 Unique POTA Parks

Posted on September 29, 2025 by robert

Just a bit over a year ago, I had reached the 1,500 unique POTA Park mark.  I figured perhaps another year might be required to get to 2,000, the next milestone. Boy was I wrong.  It took me a bit … Continue reading →

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Blue Sky Preparations

Posted on September 26, 2025 by robert

The song might say “Nothing but blue skies from now own”, but we can’t depend on that in New England.  Our peak hurricane season still has a few weeks left, and storms like Hurricane Sandy (October 29th) remind us to … Continue reading →

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My 2nd POTA Activation in Maine

Posted on September 23, 2025 by robert

My family planned on being in SE Maine for several days, and I figured I would attempt to activate a park near where we were staying (not many to be found, actually).  I wound up going to Ferry Beach State … Continue reading →

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Burned by an Old Plugin

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Bob Beatty

WB4SON.COM (this website) runs under WordPress.  I have been receiving a warning for months that my PHP version was out of date (PHP is a scripting language used for web development).  I figured I would go ahead and update it … Continue reading →

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Beware Puffed LiPo Batteries

Posted on September 8, 2025 by robert

Back in 2021, I was working with a young ham looking to learn Morse code.  As he was blind, many of the tools commonly used, were not as useful.  I stumbled upon the Morserino-32, a wonderful device from Willi OE1WKL, … Continue reading →

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IC-7300 Stuck in USB-D?

Posted on September 1, 2025 by robert

Yesterday, I headed out to activate a couple of RI parks.  I hadn’t used my IC-7300 in a few months, and the last time I was running FT8 at a POTA demonstration. I intended to run SSB, which tends to … Continue reading →

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