The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

The bands have not been the best for the past week.  Lots of QRM and very deep QSB across every band I wanted to operate on. So I decide to ...

This weekend is this years RSGB IOTA Contest.   It's been a few years since the last time I took part in this event, but I thought I mig...

I was unable to get into this park, VE-0264, last weekend due to it being extraordinarily busy and crowded.   It's a very strange provin...

I was reading today that some hams are having issues with their portable rigs overheating and shutting down in the warm weather we have been...

It's definitely true that the older you get the faster time moves.  I can't believe we're already in July!  Over the weekend I d...

Field Day 2021...   In three words: “What a Zoo”!!!!   As another ham said: “FD is a contest no matter what the ARRL says. Contests bring ou...

Coming up in two weekends is Field Day 2021.  I'm not sure where I will be operating from yet, I'm still waiting to see what will be...

The bands have not been cooperating for the past couple of weeks.  They have been noisy, full of deep QSB, and not much fun to operate on. I...

  Very pleased to receive this certificate, my Worked All States (WAS) from Parks on the Air. This was much harder than getting the ARRL WAS...

I just looked at my calendar for the month of May, counted up my POTA activations and discovered I did 15 separate activations.  Of those a...