Jason Milldrum on October 27th, 2009

OK, time to fess up. Someone has been searching Google for "beaverton qrp" and has been landing on my blog. I'd love to know if there are other QRPers here in the Portland-area besides me and all of the big QRP luminaries like W7ZOI and KK7B. Please leave a comment below if that's you!

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Jason Milldrum on October 22nd, 2009

DXing is something that has never really been a part of my ham career. Not because I haven't had any interest in it, but mainly because I haven't had much of station to speak of. Being restricted to compromise antennas and low power does a lot to dissuade you from seriously pursuing DX (especially during [...]

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Jason Milldrum on October 16th, 2009

I realize that this has very little to do with my normal blog content, but I hope that you will indulge me for a moment and check out this post. As many of you probably know, I work 3rd shift, which can get pretty lonely at times. In order to keep myself from going insane [...]

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Jason Milldrum on October 16th, 2009

I just updated the shack PC to Ubuntu Karmic beta and I'm impressed. Nothing earth-shattering, but lots more polish compared to Jaunty, and seems quite a bit snappier. I think it's worth the upgrade if you're already an Ubuntu user. If you are not, then download the ISO and try it in live CD mode. [...]

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Jason Milldrum on October 12th, 2009

While I occasionally get a bit worried about ham radio having to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century, there are encouraging signs that some hams get it. The two areas in ham radio where this seems most pronounced is in Radiosport and DXing/DXpeditions. Outside of the United States, these aspects of the [...]

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Jason Milldrum on October 10th, 2009

Margaret "Peggy" Tucker 1924 - 2009 Grandma's obituary, as written by my mother: Margaret “Peggy” Tucker, 84, of Newberg, Oregon, died October 2, 2009 at home surrounded with loving family. She was born December 17, 1924, in Lakeview, Oregon, the daughter of Zera Thompson and Lola Kline. Peggy was married 50 years to Cliff Tucker. [...]

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