Tag Archives: ham radio

Hurricane Irene: MREs and RACES lessons learned

August 28, 2011

Last night, I participated in a RACES amateur radio net, manning 2 different fire stations over the course of 12 hours (2000 – 0830). This was my first time doing something like this, so I brought what I thought I would need: 2m/440 radio (IC-92AD) 12v AGM battery (just in case) Cellphone with unlimited 3g and tethering Laptop Power strip All of these but the battery proved useful (and the battery is currently useful at home). But, I found my setup [...]

Geomagnetic Superstorm?

February 28, 2009

From a recent edition of [CQ]() I was reading today… Projecting the Impact of a Geomagnetic “Superstorm” Posted: Jan 23, 2009 As the sun begins to rouse from its prolonged quiet period at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, hams around the world are looking forward to the next solar peak and the big band openings on HF and VHF that will accompany it. But a big solar peak can also result in big solar flares, followed by big geomagnetic [...]

Woohoo Solo!

November 29, 2008

So, I finally did it. I took a plane off the ground and returned it by myself three times today (and did one go-around). It was a really great feeling. As is the tradition, the back of my shirt was cut off, inscribed with some commemorative writing by my instructor, and hung on the wall for all to see. I also talked a bit with one of the other HAMs at the flight club about his rigs and a few [...]

I am KB3RXM

November 18, 2008

I got my callsign today: KB3RXM Now, to actually buy a radio. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and I think I might be happiest with a home base station after all, even though I live in an apartment. I may buy a little portable station kit to build, but that will be secondary to the large fixed station. Now, I just need to figure out exactly what I want. Power is a pretty big deal since I think [...]