Always amazed when my 20 watt signal out of an indoor mag loop manages to travel a great distance. Think this is my first spot in New Zealand, ever.

Tinkering with this LoRa radio and a little disappointed that the GPS has abruptly stopped working. Still lots to learn, but didn't expect to be diving into the Arduino IDE to get a simple EmComs network established...

Ham radio in the NYT Sunday puzzle! Great clue, too!

Wow. FT8CN, developed by BG7YOZ to operate FT8 on Android, decodes like a champ on my Samsung Galaxy Note 20. The waterfall screen with the station call signs overlaid on the signal is a really nice touch. Can't get it to transmit yet, but would be a solid option for field operations if I can figure it out...

200mW WSPR on 17 meters looks promising today. May try a little FT8 later.

Thanks to #KL7J for helping me log my first-ever Alaskan contact. Interesting to note that #lotw considers Alaska a country.

Many thanks to the DALL-E AI engine for helping me get my radio properly grounded. It's unconventional, but it works.

Happy to report some progress with the homebrew mag loop antenna. With guidance from my ham friends here on Mastodon and my trusty #nanovna, I managed to get the antenna working well enough to transmit 5 watts on 15m FT8. The whole setup was a little wonky, and it's just sitting on a chair in the basement, but I was amazed to get several spots over 1,200 miles away! Next trick will be to see if I can make it work on 12 meters and maybe 10, as well...

I've had such good results with my HF319 mag loop antenna that I decided to put one together for 10, 12 & 15 meters. Sadly, it doesn't work at all on any of those bands, and only tunes slightly on 30m & 40m. Not sure where I went wrong, but it's back to the ol' drawing board...

Tinnitus and old age be damned! Dusted off this MFJ code tutor and making another attempt to learn Morse code.