Monthly Archives: March 2026

Voltage Reducer for QMX/QCX

Posted on March 19, 2026 by robert

One of the warning that come with the QMX/QMX+/QCX transceivers from QRP-Labs is that the supply voltage should be limited to 12 volts.  In Ham speak that might be anywhere from 12 to 14 volts, but they mean 12 volts … Continue reading →

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More exciting than Bouvet? K4SWL QRP POTA!

Posted on March 6, 2026 by robert

By now it should be obvious that I’m somewhat obsessed with POTA. When the weather or health doesn’t allow me to get outside, I hunt, or listen to podcasts and read posts from activators. I first ran across Thomas K4SWL … Continue reading →

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Bouvet Island – 3Y0K

Posted on March 6, 2026 by robert

I guess I consider myself slightly above a casual DXer.  I’ve already got some nice wallpaper like 9BDXCC, but I’m nowhere near DXCC Honor Roll, having just 284 confirmed countries.  In the past four years I have only added 8 … Continue reading →

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POTA Progress

Posted on March 1, 2026 by robert

I’ve made quite a bit of progress toward 2,000 unique parks in the month of February, despite losing time to the Blizzard of ’26.  On Jan 1 I was sitting at 1,820 parks.  Two months later I’m up to 1,937.  … Continue reading →

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