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The CW key you never needed, now in Calculator form! Picture the scene. What if you are out operating portable and you suddenly realised you forgot your straight key, your paddle or your bug!? Goodness me what a palava! What to do?! Luckily, you always remember to bring your Casio Pocket...
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When missing your quota isn’t the end of the world. On the afternoon of Wednesday June 24th, 2026, I failed a POTA activation. It wasn’t my first, and it most certainly will not be my last. Indeed my first portable radio operation of any kind was a failure. One solitary contact after the effort of...
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An Elecraft KH1 and FT8? Together? On the same platform? That can’t be right? I am not a great fan of FT8. That concludes this blog entry. Thanks for reading. Okay, I’ll write a bit more if I must. I don’t really hold a candle for all of the new-fangled data modes e.g. FT8, FT4, […]
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Repairing my Elecraft KX2 with the most expensive perspex on Earth. A few months back I was out in the field operating portable when I noticed something was wrong with my Elecraft KX2. It had developed a crack in the protective LCD bezel. Essentially a piece of clear perspex with some holes in it...