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All Things Ham Radio!

Welcome to my home page, a launching pad to many fascinating ham radio activities in Maine and around the world.

MHRS YouTube Channel

Do not miss out on any Maine Ham Radio Society MHRS RadioActive YouTube videos. The channel is available here: MHRS RadioActive YouTube Channel

Six Meter Fun

The summer will be here before you know it, and the 6-meter magic band will be hopping! Get your antennas up and ready NOW! Put a vertical in the air and test it during the Maine Ham Radio Society Six Meter On-Air event, April 3 at 1600 (4pm) on or near 52.525 Mhz FM. There are all sorts of simple 6-meter antenna designs on the Internet. Get it in the air as high as possible. Net Control Station for the Apr 3 event will be KB1CEJ/N1EP located in Milbridge, Maine. Let the magic begin!

Signals DownEast Newsletter

The latest edition of the Signals Downeast Long Path Newsletter is avalable here. The feature article is about Saint Crox Valley ARC's Pedro WA4KEO, and highlights his Apollo Project work and much more. Check it out!

Upcoming Events

• APR 3 MHRS Six Meters FM Net 52.525 Mhz at 4:00pm
• Maine Ham Radio Society Zoom Meeting Friday April 16 at 6:30pm
• May 1-2 New England QSO Party!
• May 23 MHRS Special Event . . . Details coming soon

New MHRS RadioActive Video

MHRS RadioActive has posted a new ham radio video to Youtube. This one features Randi soldering and building an FM radio kit.

Access the video here: Soldering and Kit-Building Fun

Forty Meters Fun Event

Join W1KMG on or near 7262khz on Sunday, March 21 at 10am. Let us see how the short skip is and have some fun on the air! N1EP will call up a special net using the callsign W1KMG.

W1KMG is the call sign of the Poverty Hill Amateur Radio Group and is in tribute to the original W1KMG, Bob Begley, now a silent key.

Optimize!

Get More Signal For Your Buck

Amateur radio is an awesome hobby and public service. We all love to get on the air and chat using a multitude of modes and frequencies. But sometimes we wish the signals we are hearing were stronger, and that our own transmissions could reach out farther to get the attention of that rare DX or contest station.

Read full article here: Optimize Your Ham Radio System!

Things To Do In Quarantine!

The CoronaVirus has impacted nearly every facet of life on planet Earth. But Ham Radio offers us many opportunities to pass the time with fun and rewarding activities. Here are a few:

• Check on fellow hams via airwaves to see if they are ok during this crisis.
• Participate in local nets, but don't wait for them. Throw your call out on 2 meters and let's get the bands active. Want to see what is going on overseas? Forget the news. Get on 20 meters and chat with folks in Italy, UK, etc and share goodwill!
• Build a radio kit of some sort. I have several kits I could be working on and I am sure there are others who can scrounge parts up to make something useful. Check out this Maine kit maker site QRPme.com
• Go out and improve an antenna. See how you can optimize your antenna or feedline.
• Work on another hobby that might benefit ham radio, a cross-over hobby, like computer programming.
• Weather-permitting, organize or participate in a socially-distanced FOX HUNT (Hidden Transmitter hunt)
• Most importantly...look out for each other. Lend a hand if needed. We are all in the same boat!

Pi This Winter!

Dec 11, 2019

A nifty tiny but powerful device that can complement any ham shack is the Raspberry Pi mico computer. The new Raspberry Pi 4 is quite an upgrade from the previous model and can run all the open source office suites, browse the Internet, and run many ham radio applications.These include packet/APRS, NBEMS/FLDIGI and associated programs, logging and rig control, echolink, and much more!

My winter projects relating to the Raspberry Pi include the fllowing:

I'll post my progress on this web site. 73 de N1EP

Sundays Sweepstakes Social Was Fun!

Check out the sweepstakes social article under the NEWS section!