Skcc
This weekend, I've been participating in the SKCC Weekend Sprint when I get the opportunity in between other obligations. At about 0900 local, I heard F6HKA on 20 meters coming in pretty well with a very fluttery signal. As you can see on the azimuth map for my QTH, the path to France goes right [...]
Over the course of the New Year rollover here in Beaverton, I had the opportunity to operate SKCC special event station K3Y/7, which celebrates the 3rd anniversary of the manual key operation group. I had a great time operating, but I found the band conditions to be challenging. In the course of 4 hours (probably [...]
This last weekend Jennifer left town for a business trip, so Baxter and I are currently own our own as bachelors. So I got the chance to participate in the monthly SKCC Weekend Sprint without too many interruptions and "honey do" items. Last month was my first try at WES, and I pretty much just [...]
On Friday, I noticed that this weekend was the monthly SKCC Weekend Sprint-a-thon. Since I'm a straight key guy, I figured this would be a good way to get in some of the CW practice that I desperately need. The event runs from 0000 to 2359 UTC on Saturday, but I didn't get on the [...]
