Interesting... tonight I received an email about something called "Q5 Worldwide Ham Radio" to the email address that I only use for #POTA. I'd love to know how these people got their hands on it. Why do #hamradio orgs find it so difficult not to share people's info?

Edit: I emailed W1DED and until recently he's been accepting list of suggested subscribers assuming that people agreed to it. He seems genuinely dismayed and is trying to improve subscription controls to avoid generating spam. 👍

RE: https://mastodon.radio/@w8tam/116598660106854156

#POTA future is bright! Lots of improvements in development! #hamradio

So I burned down my blog (mostly) so I could make a really silly web widget to show when I'm activating a park (which is far too seldom this past month). Wrote a blog about it.

https://www.kc8jc.com/2026/05/18/silly-website-widget/

#AmateurRadio #POTA #blog

This weekend the HF bands were horrid. I did manage to get about 30 or so contacts, but definitely had to work for them! Green is 40m, blue is 20m, and the one purple is 17m. At least it was a good test for my new microphone, a Yaesu M-90D that I picked up at Dayton Hamvention this weekend. Certain circumstances required me to leave early, so I missed the fedihams meetup. =(

#amateurRadio #hamRadio #POTA #40m #20m #17m #hamvention #fediham