The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

I was sitting here in the shack today thinking about the international kerfuffle we have just gone through for the past month over 2m, an...

Looks like the issue over Ham Radio losing 2m may now be over. Have a look HERE . We will wait for the official announcement in a few ...

The day didn't start that well.  We missed the first ferry to Wolfe Island, ON-009, by about 10 minutes, so we had an hour to kill bef...

Over the past two months Don, VE3MNE, and myself have been looking for, and working on, a portable antenna for our island and lighthouse act...

A few years ago I put up a 148 foot long wire antenna.  It was a great antenna, it worked very well and was my "go-to" antenna for...

Coming up on August 24 & 25 is this year's W/VE Island QSO Party.  This event is designed to showcase the  U.S. (USI) and Canadian...

Coming up next month..... The  International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend  ( ILLW ) is an annual event held on the third full weeke...

The 'Islands On The Air' award, started by Geoff Watts and now run by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), is a popular awar...

We have been hit with a pretty good heatwave here in Eastern Ontario for the past week, and when we decided to do the Big Island Activation ...

Coming up next Sunday - 21 July, Big Island, ON090, in the beautiful Bay of Quinte will be on the air.   Don VE3MNE and I will be on the ai...