One of the first questions new amateur radio operators ask after receiving their license is, “What should I do now?” The temptation is often to immediately begin transmitting, making contacts, or purchasing additional equipment. While enthusiasm is one of the greatest strengths of the amateur radio community, there is considerable value in spending time listening…
In light of recent disasters in the Southeast caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, this month I take a look at one aspect of preparedness overlooked by me. In reading about the destruction caused in Western North Carolina, I found one recommendation that I had not thought of before: having access to maps that do…
This month, I highlight two great logging apps for POTA operators – one for hunting (hunterlog) and one for activating (PoLo) as well as the premier contest logger, N1MM. hunterlog was the subject of an article in the May NARC Newsletter, so you can see that for more details. Since May, the app has been updated…
The DETARC Club has two upcoming POTA outings planned in October and Winter Field Day is in January of 2025. At all of these events, multiple HF rigs will be operating with antennas in close proximity. While each rig will be on a different band, interference from strong out-of-band signals has been observed at other,…
When most hams think of logging software, they probably think about full-featured general loggers or contest loggers such as ACLog (N3FJP) or N1MM+. There are many other such loggers as well as lesser known special purpose loggers. In this article, I will describe some of both types that I have found useful. Accordingly, this will…