The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

Against all good common sense I decided to try and complete my 100th activation of Lemoine Point, CA-5141, on Sunday afternoon.   Propagatio...

This Saturday, April 20th, is the day for the 2024 QRP to the Field Event.  The Rules for the event can be found HERE . Last year, 2023, I w...

Just over a month until I depart on a 30 day, 10,000+ km cross Canada trip.  This is the first of a couple of updates before my departure da...

I picked up a new piece of equipment last week, an  ABR Industries RF Choke.  I'm very happy with the choke, it's built extremely w...

It was a good day on the bands yesterday....for a change!!  The last few days have been particularly bad after the double CME hit, but thing...

Not a good day on the bands today.  It's not too often you see a K Index of 8....and it's not looking too good for tomorrow either! ...

Parrott's Bay While the propagation numbers looked ok this morning, the reality of the situation was the bands were total garbage, this ...

Over the last weekend POTA decided in its infinite wisdom to change a number of countries prefixes that lead off the individual park numbers...

After a couple of fairly warm days, today was bitterly cold again. The cold, coupled with a strong north wind, was not at all pleasant to be...

Today I complete my 68th trip around the sun, and while it sucks getting old, it definitely beats the alternative.  As a way of celebrating ...