I got an email today from someone I don’t know telling me: “I want to share something we’ve been quietly working on for a while. You know how, after the hundredth FT8 contact in a session, your wrist starts complaining? How you find yourself wishing the computer would just… handle it, so you could focus on the radio and the band conditions and the coffee getting cold?” “So I built something. It’s...

I’ve been taking a deeper dive into the K4 transceiver. Despite owning it for more than a year I haven’t bothered learning too much about it. There’s a lot to learn. But a recent firmware update implemented what Elecraft calls Spectral Subtraction Noise Reduction (SSNR) algorithm in the DSP. It works remarkably well causing signals to pop out of the noise floor and now I find myself using Phone more than CW. I’ve even...

Field Day 2026 is just around the corner. My plan is the same as the last two dozen times – operating from the backyard until the batteries wave the white flag. And I’ll do that in the cool of the day, assuming it doesn’t rain. I’m not ashamed to be a fair weather outdoor radio enthusiast. One of the local clubs will operate at a nearby park and as usual I’ll stop by to offer...

It seems to me the recently released UFO files haven’t created much actual news, at least not like the Epstein files which was at least worthy of starting a war to deflect attention from it. Still, I would have thought by now the smoking gun on aliens visiting earth would be front page news. That hasn’t been the case though I found it interesting when confronted with certain bits of “alien evidence” some clergymen responded...

The results of the latest QRP to the Field (QRPTTF) event have been posted along with news from activity curator Paul Harden, NA5N the long-running event has come to an end: QRPTTF HAS RUN ITS COURSE. Nearly every weekend POTA to state QSO Parties and main-line contests are now all welcoming to QRPers. No excuses for not making QSOs, even with other QRPers. This will be the last QRP TO THE FIELD. I...