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Building the Cricket 40 CW QRP Transceiver

https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/Building_The_Cricket40/

Published: October 29, 2025 00:00

Building the Cricket 40 CW QRP Transceiver Last night (October, 2025) I finished building the Cricket 40 CW QRP Transceiver, a radio kit offered by the “Four State QRP Group.” I began building this kit back in May 2025. It sat on my shelf half-built for…

JOTA and Support Your Parks Weekend (2025)

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Published: October 27, 2025 00:00

Jamboree on the Air and Support Your Parks Weekend The third weekend of October is always a busy one for amateur radio. We had Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) 2025 as well as “Support your Parks Weekend” for Parks on the Air (POTA). Jamboree on the Air …

My KH1 and Some Speaker Wire

https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/KH1_Speaker_Wire_Antenna/

Published: October 17, 2025 00:00

My KH1 and Some Speaker Wire On Saturday, October 4th, 2025, I activated Alewife Brook State Reserve (US-8399) using my KH1 transceiver and a speaker wire antenna. I got the idea from Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL. He used the same setup in his article,…

POTA with Friends (2025)

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Published: September 29, 2025 00:00

POTA with Friends (2025 Edition) This past Sunday (September 28, 2025) I was able to get out with friends and enjoy a Parks on the Air activation at Delaney Wildlife Management Area (US-11589) with local amateur radio friends. Delaney abutts several…

Back to Peddocks Island

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Published: September 15, 2025 00:00

Back to Peddocks Island This past weekend, September 13 and 14, 2025, I camped in Peddocks Island with my son’s Scout Troop, Troop 119, Lexington. Our Peddocks Island trip is always a lot of fun and a great way to kick off our Scouting year. We begin in…

Three Parks in Maine

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Published: August 31, 2025 00:00

Three POTA Parks in Maine This labor day weekend (2025) I went up to Stockton Springs, Maine where my father lives for a visit. There are a lot of POTA sites nearby. It was pretty easy for me to make quick trips for radio fun between visits. Here’s a…

Philmont Scout Ranch, 2025

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Published: August 22, 2025 00:00

Philmont Scout Ranch, Summer of 2025 In July of 2025, our crew took on the 12-12 Rugged trek, a 60-mile journey through the mountains and history of Philmont Scout Ranch. Starting at Zastrow Trailhead, we trained with our Ranger before heading deep into…

Field Day 2025

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Published: June 30, 2025 00:00

Field Day 2025 with the Penn Wireless Association This past weekend, June 28th and 29th, was Amateur Radio Field Day. A big weekend for our hobby. On Field Day, radio clubs and operators set up in public spaces to practice emergency operations and share…

Journal Entry Rollup

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Published: May 22, 2025 00:00

Journal entry rollup This page summarizes and categorizes all my journal entries to date.1 I launched journal.seefar.dev on January 5, 2023. Since then I’ve written over forty entries. Here’s a “journal roll-up” of all my writings as an overall guide. …

Antenna Repair and Kit Building

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Published: May 19, 2025 00:00

Antenna Repair and Kit Building Two weekends ago the weather was rainy and ham radio propagation was poor. On days like these, what is an amateur radio operator to do? I pulled out my soldering iron and built an Elecraft dummy load and RF detector. I’m…