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So it’s been a while since I posted here, nearly a year! That’s not to say I’ve been sitting on my hands. Since my last post I built a QMX, activated a park in Italy, completed a few more POTA awards, and built a few more filters.

For Christmas I got a DX Commander and plan to use it for Field Day. I spent some time color coding the elements and making it easier to get on the air. I have some final tuning to do, but liking the antenna. I decided to use zip ties instead of the heat shrink tubing due to being in Florida and the very hot days we’ve been having.

I’ll post some contest reports from ARRL International Digital Contest and ARRL June VHF Contest in the next few weeks. Spoiler alert: I more than doubled my score from the 2023 ARRL June VHF Contest!

I just want to post a quick THANK YOU to the nearly 1300 ARRL members in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida that voted for me. Unfortunately I came up short, but I’m humbled by the support. I look forward to trying again in 3 years. Until then I look forward to connecting to more folks on the air!

As some folks might know, I have been co-leading the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program with my brother Tony, KD8RTT. Besides running monthly calls and forums at hamfests, we also host the Collegiate QSO Party.

The Collegiate QSO Party is this weekend from 0000 UTC on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 until 2359 UTC Sunday, October 2nd, 2022. This is a great to support college and university amateur radio clubs. Awards are sponsored by the ARRL via the Collegiate Amateur Radio Program. At the time of this post, we have over 22 schools registered to be on the air!

You can find a direct link to the participating schools at here!

Rules for the event can be found here!

Tony and I recently talked on Ham Talk Live! about the vent. Checkout the recording below.

I will be on the air for this event and I look forward hearing others!

The title says it all! I am running for ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director. I’ll keep the post short and direct you to my campaign page. If you are an ARRL member in the Southeastern Division, I would appreciate your consideration.

Now that I have a shack at home, I figured it was time to start hanging the QSL cards I’ve received. I don’t have a lot as I do a lot of Logbook of the World. Hopefully, now that I have a place to display them, I can more actively start collecting. If you work me on the air, please send a card!

I think I’ll use these as the header photo on the blog. As I get more, I’ll update the photo!