K 1 Radio Active
As of June 2022 all K1RA SDRs were offline due to wind and tree damage after a storm that brought 80 mph straight line winds through my Warrenton, VA QTH. All my wire antennas were destroyed. See news article about other damage in town. I’ve managed to get something temporary running using a 50′ random […]
Please check out an article I posted on my time spent with Terry W8ZN as we roved in the ARRL June contest. There you will find pictures, audio and video of our operations from various grids square in western PA and VA. I have also published numerous maps and stats of the stations we contacted […]
Check out my article covering the 4 hour sprint event I participated in recently. I had the pleasure of activating the K8GP contest station in grid FM19bb on 144 MHz during a spectacular tropospheric opening that occurred in conjunction with the radio competition. I captured some weather maps to explain the conditions that lead up […]
I’m now active on APRS via APRSDroid. Find me when I’m mobile. I am usually active on HF on CW or SSB. I run an Icom 706mkIIg at 100 watts with a AH-4 tuner and a 2.75m steel whip. Hope to see you on the bands! he_track = “K1RA-4”; // track this callsign he_width = […]