The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

After 17 years of writing this Blog it has come to an end. For some reason it will no longer allow  me to upload pictures or maps. In fact i...

The bands were not in the best of shape today, very noisy and bad QSB made operating "interesting". Then of course there were the ...

The propagation this Easter Weekend is certainly not looking too good. Hopefully it will pick up for next week. Stay Safe Out There!

I decided, despite the CQ WPX SSB Contest, to try and activate Parrott's Bay, CA-5142. Normally on contest weekends I try and refrain fr...

Somedays you come across things that make you scratch your head, today was one of those days. Five years and 876 POTA activations ago I went...

The latest propagation reports don't look very good.  Here's the forecast for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Let's hope it gets...

It was a warm day here today, for a change. A remarkable +14C (57F) under clear, blue, skies. Definitely portable radio weather! Most of the...

Finally after weeks of below zero temperatures we had a day with positive numbers! It was actually 7C (44.6F) outside during my activation a...

My wife bought me a new portable antenna for Christmas this year, and I took it out for today for the first time. It's produced by a cou...

Finally the weather has warmed up enough to get out and do another activation. We have had two weeks of bitterly cold weather, with the occa...