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• Evacuation Packing: A Wildfire at Our Doorstep
  27/04/2025 by Thomas Witherspoon
  by Thomas (K4SWL) I want to start by saying: if you’ve tried contacting me by email lately, you’ve probably noticed I’m far behind. This winter and spring were always going to be busy, but Hurricane Helene increased everything by orders of magnitude. I’m struggling to keep up with correspondence, fitting in POTA activations, and finding […]
• QRP with Friends: Brian (K3ES) Joins Me for a Two-Fer POTA Activation!
  25/04/2025 by Thomas Witherspoon
  On the activator side of things, Parks On The Air is often a solitary pursuit for me. I typically squeeze in activations as my schedule allows—usually at random times during the day in parks that happen to be along my daily route. But every once in a while, the stars align and I get the […]
• Philip’s Field Impressions of the Xiegu G106
  24/04/2025 by Thomas Witherspoon
  Many thanks to Philip (KA4KOE) who shares the following report: Xiegu G106 Report by Philip (KA4KOE) Recent developments and other drivers pushed me to purchase a Xiegu G106. This radio has dropped significantly in price recently. I figured, “Why not?!” given the paltry sum Radioddity was asking. I will not delve deeply into the technical […]
• Experimenting My Way to the POTA Kilo Award
  23/04/2025 by Thomas Barris
  by Thomas (DM1TBE) Some time before Easter I noticed that I am close to 1000 QSOs at my favourite place at the “Kalte Feld”, a POTA and SOTA activation zone and would soon qualify for the POTA Kilo Award. I like the Kalte Feld for the quiet, spacious area with a hut that is vending […]
• Field Radio Kit Gallery: KO6BYB’s Compact Watertight Elecraft KX2 Kit
  22/04/2025 by Thomas Witherspoon
  Many thanks to Cameron (KO6BYB), for sharing the following article about his portable field radio kit, which will be featured on our Field Kit Gallery page. If you would like to share your field kit with the QRPer community, read this post. Elecraft KX2 Field Kit by Cameron (KO6BYB) I wanted to share a tiny KX2 […]

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