The QRP Adventures of VE3FI

It's been a week, or more, since I did a POTA activation. The weather has been a never ending tale of heavy snow falls and brutal cold. ...

It's not looking very good propagation wise for tomorrow, January 20th. A good day for repairing antennas and cleaning radios I think. S...

It was the first time in 10 days that I have been on the HF bands today. While I'm still not over the flu, I'm actually feeling a lo...

I have to admit the bands were in far better shape than what I had been led to believe by yesterday's propagation numbers. 15m was the m...

Here we are in 2026 and wondering what surprises this year will bring - and given the current state of the world, who knows what will happen...

The first activation of 2026 happened this morning and conditions were not too bad. Lemoine Point, CA-5141, was fairly deserted when I got t...

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...