by Thomas (K4SWL) On Monday, June 8, 2026, I headed to the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway (US-3378) with a simple objective: put a recently acquired Mountaintopper MTR-4B through its paces during a Parks on the Air activation. An Unexpected Flea Market Find Last year at the 2025 Dayton Hamvention, while browsing […]
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, I headed out late in the morning for a quick Parks on the Air (POTA) activation with one primary goal in mind: testing a new antenna that Joshua (N5FY) had recently sent me. Joshua designed this antenna as a new reel-based antenna system. In fact, the antenna […]
by Thomas (K4SWL/MM5SWL) I’ve received several emails asking how things are going here in the UK, so I thought I’d post a quick update here on QRPer.com. I shared an audio dispatch with my Patreon supporters shortly after arriving, but I thought it would be nice to catch everyone up on what we’ve been doing […]
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Wednesday, May 27, 2026, I made my way to the Zebulon Vance Historic Birthplace (US-6856) for an afternoon POTA activation after spending part of the day running errands in town. My primary goal for this activation was to use my Yaesu FT-818 field kit (in the Hidden Woodsmen M55 Haversack)—the same […]
Many thanks to Ian (EI3LH), who shares the following post, originally posted on his blog: Boats, birding, classic cars, fountain pens and a double POTA ATNO activation. by Ian (EI3LH) They say that amateur radio takes you to places you’d have likely never ventured to otherwise (they say a lot don’t they?). I’ve only held my […]
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