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Day Trips

Hiking With Radio

April 17, 2018

The title is slightly misleading. While I did go hiking and I did take a radio, each night when I got to camp I was so wiped out I never set it up. I just didn’t have the energy to do it. I did take my GoPro and I thought you might enjoy the story.

More building next week!

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Steve Parks

I’m a relatively new ham. Got my license, joined a club and I’m having fun! I enjoy CW, pedestrian mobile, backpacking, and I dream of building radios at some point. At present I have a wife and daughters so my building time is limited.

Filed Under: Day Trips, Off Topic Tagged With: backpacking, camping, hiking

South West Dallas County QRP

February 20, 2017

It was a warm day for February. The kind of day you contemplate grabbing the sunscreen before you leave. Being fare skinned and stubborn, I left the sunscreen behind. Later I would regret this decision and wish sunscreen had been the only thing I left behind. . .

I arrived about 1:02p, Dave Lear (NE5DL) beat me to Rotary Park where we do our monthly radio outings. The park was full of kids. “I’ve never seen this many people here!” I say to Dave. “Which table do you want?” was his response. Dave’s a pretty focused guy, he has the objective in mind.

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Steve Parks

I’m a relatively new ham. Got my license, joined a club and I’m having fun! I enjoy CW, pedestrian mobile, backpacking, and I dream of building radios at some point. At present I have a wife and daughters so my building time is limited.

Filed Under: Day Trips

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