The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

There were some great amateur radio adventures during 2025 including both Winter & Summer Field Days, many park activations, Chillycon, ...

May peace, happiness and goodwill be with you and your family not only on Christmas,  but through out the year and beyond.  Wishing you all ...

The question today is: "Can I go 5 days without doing a POTA activation?".....probably not, but I'm going to try. However, giv...

Thursday was a nice day around here....for a change. Gone were the negative temperatures, and just to be different we had a positive tempera...

ARRL 10-Meter Contest is this weekend starting on Saturday, December 14 at 0000 UTC, and concluding on Sunday, December 15 at 2359 UTC.  Sta...

This morning I decided to activate Parrott's Bay, CA-5142. This will probably be my last activation there until the spring unless they d...

It's been a weird week both propagation and weather wise here so not much radio work has been done.....in fact today was the first time ...

I received an email last night from a reader of the Blog asking why I do so much POTA. Apparently, he doesn't appreciate the fact that I...

It was 1C (33F) and raining when I left home this morning, it quickly turned to wet snow as I travelled north on Highway 15 to Portland Cons...

What a great day to be out playing POTA. It was a beautiful clear sunny day, with the temperature hovering around 4C (39F). You don't ge...