Archive for June, 2007

Field Day - SCARC / CARC style

I didn’t know if I’d get a chance to play in the local ARRL Field Day effort this year - but somehow was able to find 4 or so hours to stop by and operate 40M CW as WØISU. I had a blast despite the poor band conditions. The Story County ARC has had an [...]

Faint echos of Frequency

Ever see the movie Frequency? You know, it’s that movie where James Caviezel’s character uses his deceased father’s ham radio (actually a Heathkit SB-301 receiver) to contact the past… his dead dad.
I didn’t exactly have that experience today, but it was an odd coincidence nonetheless.
I was driving through central Iowa and heard a [...]