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Back To The Park The temperature was supposed to hit close to 60dF on a cloudy Tuesday in early March and that just screams GET TO THE PARK! I had a lot to do that morning, but I wasn’t going to ignore this clear sign from the universe that I was meant to head out...
5.3.2025 12:48Is This Spring?[…] KC8JCLogger: The logging software no one asked for A terminal based POTA logging application that has interactive data collection for the QSO and rigctl functionality for aligning the radio’s settings. KC8JC […]
1.3.2025 12:00Comment on KC8JCLogger: The Logging Software No One Asked For by Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 371 • AmateurRadio.comWhere’s The Code? Right here: https://codeberg.org/jcw2112/KC8JCLogger/ Everything you need to know to run the software should be there. Good luck and shout if it works! How Did I Get Here? Every project, no matter how silly, has a starting point. This one started in the dreary December of 2024. The weather was even worse than normal...
22.2.2025 16:53KC8JCLogger: The Logging Software No One Asked ForQRP Fun with PCARS Every year, the Portage County Amateur Radio Service – aka PCARS – hosts a QRP contest at Fred Fuller Park in Kent, Ohio. This tradition goes back many years and it’s always a good time. Modes come and go and the rules shift a little, but mostly it’s an attempt to...
17.2.2025 13:17Freeze Your Acorns Off 2025Worth Repeating I love my time outdoors. My family is into camping, hiking, and being on the water when we can. Our best times have been on trips to the woods and that’s a big reason for my affection for POTA. I absolutely love being outdoors. In NE Ohio, that can be a challenge for...
4.2.2025 14:07A Solitary ActivationThe First Activation of 2025: Solitude It was absolutely silent and completely deserted at West Branch SP – K-1999 on 19-Jan. It was Sunday morning at about 10:00 local time and the temperature was sitting at about 20dF. There was a steady 6mph wind and it was a safe bet that no one would be...
20.1.2025 14:29Support Your Parks Weekend: Winter 2025[…] Century Club (SKCC) because Jim N4JAW posted about it on his blog and it jives really well with my 2025 Goal to do more conversational CW. I got my number and plugged in my straight key. Cool? […]
14.1.2025 00:41Comment on 2025 Ham Radio Goals by rigctl Tip: Change Key Type on the IC-7300 – KC8JCJust last week I decided to join the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) because Jim N4JAW posted about it on his blog and it jives really well with my 2025 Goal to do more conversational CW. I got my number and plugged in my straight key. Cool? Cool! The very next day, I decided to...
14.1.2025 00:40rigctl Tip: Change Key Type on the IC-7300QCX-mini? Didn’t You Just Finish A QMX+? Sometimes, things get shuffled around and end up on the back burner for a really, really long time. Embarassingly long. Back in January of 2022, I was embarking on my CW journey. I was also looking for a kit to build. The QRP Labs QCX-mini looked like exactly...
11.1.2025 17:34QCX-mini On The Back Of The BenchThis Is The Hard Part Some time ago, I wrote a post about the mechanics of getting your license. I got a little ping from a fellow operator mentioning that it was probably time to talk a little bit about step 8 in my list of steps to getting licensed. That step is Getting On...
7.1.2025 15:33Step 8: Get On The AirWhy? If there is one good reason to put down some goals for the coming arbitrary time period, it’s to give a list of things one might do when one has time for the hobby but isn’t really inspired to engage with anything in particular. Sometimes, there’s a radio and some free time but spinning...
5.1.2025 15:472025 Ham Radio Goals[…] QMX+ Kit Completed – Completing this build is something that is going to be great as I roll into 2025. It’s a new QRP rig for me to take into the field. There are also about 3 or 4 side projects that will spawn from this rig and I’m looking forward to heating up the soldering iron again. […]
31.12.2024 15:25Comment on My QMX+ Adventure by 2024: The Year In Radio for KC8JC – KC8JCFirst, Goals for 2024 First, a review of the goals I set for 2024 and how I did. Kilo at US-1999 – This goal was completed in April of 2024. That felt pretty good and it went quickly. Given that it was my park of choice for most of the winter, it wasn’t exactly a...
31.12.2024 15:242024: The Year In Radio for KC8JC[…] My QMX+ adventure Building a QRP Labs QMX+ transceiver. KC8JC […]
21.12.2024 12:00Comment on My QMX+ Adventure by Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 361 • AmateurRadio.com[…] Packet radio fun on the Mac: A beginning Packet radio on a Mac Mini and an Icom IC-7300. KC8JC […]
16.11.2024 12:00Comment on Packet Radio Fun on the Mac: A Beginning by Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 356 • AmateurRadio.comIn reply to <a href="https://mastodon.radio/@W1CDN/113472518564560329">Matt W1CDN</a>. <p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@W1CDN" rel="nofollow ugc">@W1CDN</a> <a href="https://www.kc8jc.com/author/kc8jc_0c64oy/" rel="ugc">@kc8jc_0c64oy</a> </p><p>Thanks!</p>
12.11.2024 23:55Comment on Packet Radio Fun on the Mac: A Beginning by KC8JC 📻<p><a href="https://www.kc8jc.com/author/kc8jc_0c64oy/" rel="ugc">@kc8jc_0c64oy</a> you're doing good work!</p>
12.11.2024 23:13Comment on Packet Radio Fun on the Mac: A Beginning by Matt W1CDN[…] JOTA 2024 The kids were pretty impressed and kept up better than I might have expected. KC8JC […]
26.10.2024 11:01Comment on JOTA 2024 by Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 353 • AmateurRadio.com<p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@KC8JC" rel="nofollow ugc">@KC8JC</a> since the article mentions programming DMR HTs using Win software and Crossover:<br /><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/qdmr" rel="nofollow ugc">#qdmr</a> works very well for me with my AnyTone HT.<br /> <a href="https://github.com/hmatuschek/qdmr" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/hmatuschek/qdmr</a></p>
3.7.2024 14:38Comment on A New Approach To Winlink by DC1TC – Tobias<p><a href="https://www.kc8jc.com/author/kc8jc_0c64oy/" rel="ugc">@kc8jc_0c64oy</a> I'm glad(?) I'm not the only one who can't remember being warm while activating. It's been much warmer than usual here in MN this winter, but circumstances have led to less outside time.</p>
18.3.2024 14:18Comment on So-Called Spring Activations by Matt W1CDN