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One amateur raidio operator's journal for radio field operations, antenna builds, and radio related projects. Writing is learning. I share my journey with you here.
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POTA with the HF-008 Antenna
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/New_Antenna_HF-008/
Published: April 11, 2025 00:00
POTA with the HF-008 Antenna A couple weeks ago, I received an email from Radio Oddity offering an HF-008 Antenna along with an M916 Heavy Duty Magnet Mount for about $120. I had been looking for something to use for car based POTA activations since my…
My Personal QSL Card
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/QSL_Cards/
Published: March 31, 2025 00:00
My personal, custom printed QSL cards This month, I designed and printed my own QSL cards — postcards that amateur radio operators exchange to confirm two-way contacts. Over the past two years, I’ve received QSL cards from amateur operators worldwide.…
POTA Middlesex Fells State Reserve
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/POTA_Middlesex_Fells/
Published: March 30, 2025 00:00
POTA at the Middlesex Fells State Reserve This morning during my son’s baseball practice I had about 90 minutes to myself. I decided to head to POTA site US-8414, Middlesex Fells State Reserve to do a quick activation. I had a relaxing morning,…
US Islands Awards Program recognizes Scouts from Troop 119 Lexington
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/US_Islands_Awards_Program_FirstQ/
Published: March 17, 2025 00:00
US Islands Awards Program recognizes Scouts from Troop 119 Lexington Last week, on March 13, 2025, two Scouts from Troop 119 Lexington were recognized by the US Islands Awards Program for being the first to qualify Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor. K1MKD…
Earning my SKCC Centurion Award
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/SKCC_Centurion_Award/
Published: March 12, 2025 00:00
Earning my Straight Key Century Club Centurion Award Earlier this week, I submitted my application to the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) and was awarded Centurion. This award is given to club members who make contact with 100 other SKCC members and…
Radio logs with Wavelog and Podman Compose
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/WaveLogLogging/
Published: February 2, 2025 00:00
Radio logs with Wavelog and Podman Compose Until recently I logged my QSOs with “QRZ Logbook” at QRZ.com. This worked fine for me - QRZ’s logbook has some good features and acts as a common hub, along with Logbook of the World, for confirmed QSOs. I have…
Streamlined radio log processing with Python
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/Adif_Python_Analysis/
Published: January 15, 2025 00:00
Using Python to analyze and filter adif log files I’m a Software Engineer by trade. When facing issues with radio log data or software I can write a script or patch to address it. Jump directly to Python code Example adif-io Python code …
Apres ski POTA in VT
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/POTA_in_VT_Lord_State_Forest/
Published: January 12, 2025 00:00
A quick, apres ski, POTA activation of Lord State Forest in VT After skiing Killington on a beautiful winter Vermont day. I went out for a quick POTA activation. It was a gorgeous day on the mountain. Here’s a pic I took on Ovation. There was light snow…
Building the QBV 40/20-10 Switched Portable Antenna
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/QBV_Antenna_Kit/
Published: January 4, 2025 00:00
Building QRPBuilder’s QBV 40m/20m-10m antenna Over the New Year holiday I built the QBV 40m/20m-10m Switched Portable Antenna, from a kit provided by QRPBuilder. This is the first kit I have built. I really enjoyed building this antenna. I was finally…
Goals for 2025
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/Radio_Goals_2025/
Published: January 1, 2025 00:00
A 2024 retrospective and my amateur radio goals for 2025 Happy 2025! This is a good time of the year to reflect on what I’ve done in my radio hobby this past year and set some goals for the next. Above photo taken on New Year’s Eve which is Straight…
RandomGram CW Contest
https://journal.seefar.dev/sections/CW_RandomGram_Contest/
Published: December 8, 2024 00:00
RandomGram CW Contest This past Saturday, December 7, 2024, I participated in RandomGram, an amateur radio Morse Code contest where CW operators exchange random character groups assigned to them before the event begins. Contestants are scored by their…