Flight of the Bumble Bee Radio event this Sunday.

The Adventure Radio Society Flight of the Bumblebees is a four-hour event held annually on the last Sunday of July.

It is open to all QRP CW operators – there is not any membership requirement.

The Bumblebees are the stations that are out in the field who are sought after.

https://ars-qrp.com/FOBB/FOBB.html

For the non-hams out there, most of this is a paper-chase. SKCC had a sprint last night and I was pleased as punch to find NA2DX Nate up in Buffalo on the air. I don't know Nate from Adam, but I've caught him before and it's nice to see 'old friends' on the air and get them in your log book. Events like the Sprint or the FOBB have a points scheme per radio contact and you're just trying to get the most you can, but in my case I just like the excuse to get on the air and play. I was 7/11 in the low power ranking for the SKCC event last night.

#hamradio #morsecode #cw #amateurradio #qrp

#13colonies #hamradio
!!!!CLEAN SWEEP!!!!
13 colony stations + WM3PEN
40m/QRP/CW

For the non radioheads, I've been on the air well over 8 hours this week starting Monday at 0900 EDT this is a sort of radio scavenger hunt where you're trying to make contact with a special station in each of the 13 original colonies of the USA plus some bonus stations if you can like WM3PEN, GB13COL (England) or TL13COL(France.) The event is yearly and runs 7/1-7/8. Most of ham radio is just a paper chase and bragging rights, but it always feels good to set out and finish something.
I used low power (4W) normal is 100w
I stayed on 1 band (7Mhz,) the event was all bands.
I used one mode (CW) they were all mode so voice,code, digital.
It's an odd thing to get excited about in the age of cell phones and VoIP but still nice to see what 68' of wire in the back yard and a few watts can manage with a little effort.
Best 73!

Don't know if there's any other Kosher Ham's out there. The 13 Colonies Ham Radio Special event is on. If you're into Amateur Radio the details are at 13colonies.us
It started yesterday and runs thru 7/7 SWL are invited too. I'm working QRP CW (low power, morse code) and I've caught in this Pokemon type event 8/13 stations and one bonus so far. It's a sort of radio hide and seek game, though they aren't hidden that well! de N2QFD AR SK ..

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So I added the text to the photograph of Geoff Rush from Shine because it's all I could think about besides Rain Man and what I thought we were supposed to learn from the films. NYSEG, (New York State Gas and Electric) published it in a short note to shareholders, obviously not as a meme with the photo. Just a quick second opinion, this is gross right? I'm getting that they want to comb the labour pool for savants to exploit for the company more than any sense of inclusivity.

Side note, NYSEG isn't a NY State run enterprise. It's a private utility under the IOU Investor Owned Utility header, a for profit business that's owned by Avangrid who'd owned and controlled by Iberdrola a massive Spanish energy firm.

If you live in NY and not the city or downstate, LI or the upper Hudson your utility is probably NYSEG or National Grid. The monopolistic nature of this is another topic, National Grid is British owned BTW...