The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

The 2013 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour is nearly upon us again.  This year it falls on June 8th and 9th.  Once again over 2000 riders will sc...

VA3ORP arriving It was a very successful island activation today, and the weather cooperated....somewhat!  Tim, VA3TIC and I arrived a...

Frontenac Radio Group will be doing a first time activation of Washburn Island, North of Kingston, Ontario, on Sunday, May 19th. They wi...

Things have been pretty quiet around the VE3CLQ QTH for the past little while, and as a result the Blog has been quiet as well. Two weeks ...

Good news on the 2013 version of QRP to the Field, they have changed the rules to finally include SSB.  Allowing SSB and the twinning of t...

Another great contest is now over, perhaps not under the finest of band conditions, but it was a blast.  The 'K' and 'A' i...

Interesting morning today, it was the first Emcomm deployment practice and exercise of 2013 for Frontenac Emcomm Group, and it was almost pe...

Once again I must plug the Portable Activators Blog for the upcoming 2013 season of island and lighthouse activations.  This blog fills a mu...

I have been sitting here for a number of weeks now reading emails, letters, and other material on the recent RAC fiasco, getting more and mo...

What an excellent weekend!!  For the most part the bands behaved, even if they were pretty noisy at times.  Saturday at 0930L the SFI was ...