My Virtual Life

  Background I decided to add digital capability to my mobile Yaesu FT-1900R in my pickup. My current portable VHF station is a Leixen VV-8...

This week I celebrated my second anniversary of being on HF. For you non-hams, that means the High Frequency bands. My antenna theoretica...

This is my little corner of the world. The new desk is almost finished. Key features: about 7ft wide, 30" deep and 7ft high ...

Assembled and tested, ready for use I have been busy with some projects lately, and have not been active on the blog. This effort is a ...

My antenna is a G5RVjr--supposedly good on 10-40meters.  I use it on 20 and 40--I have had no success on other bands. This week I'm ch...

17:09 UTC today marked exactly one week of FT8 usage. For the 7 months preceding that, I had been focusing on JT9/JT65, and was amazed ...

In my last post on this subject , I mentioned that I just needed Maine for several endorsements. Well. I finally got Maine on FT8 on 40M, gi...