My first POTA activation

11 months ago
Michael Urspringer

Today I did my first POTA (Parks on the Air) activation. There is a POTA location (DA-0238 Wilhelmsbad State Park)…

Live is too short for QRP :-)

1 year ago

1 Year, 10 Watts and an endfed wire ... I am surprised what you can do with QRP if the…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1: USB-C ports no longer working

1 year ago

I had the issue that the USB-C ports on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 all of a sudden…

CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB

1 year ago

Yesterday I took part in one of he biggest radio amateur contests "CQ World Wide DX Contest" which runs for…

Results of the Contests of Last Weekend

2 years ago

I love to participate in radio amateur contests. I never will have a chance to win such a contest, but…

External Microphone for Elecraft KX2

2 years ago

I bought my Elecraft KX2 as a bundle which should have included also an external microphone, the Elecraft MH3. Unfortunately,…

Testing my new AlexLoop

2 years ago

Today I was portable QRV on a small hill near my home QTH and was testing my new AlexLoop Magentic…

QSO with FR4KR (Reunion Island) finally confirmed

2 years ago

The QSL card for my connection from Maintal to Reunion Island (9160 km) has finally arrived. It is the furthest…

My ham radio log analysis after 4 weeks of activity

2 years ago

It is now 4 weeks since I got my small Elecraft KX2 shortwave transceiver and I heavily worked with it…

Long time no see …

2 years ago

I couldn't believe it, but it is almost one year ago, since I posted something on my blog. There was…