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International DX/Phone CONTEST MAR 6 - 7

All Things Ham Radio!

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

Maine Virtual Hamfest!!!

Cory KU1U and others are organizing an amazing virtual hamfest for March 6 from 9am until 4pm. Special guests include sound and radio engineer Dr. Bob Heil, K9EID, and the former "enforcer" Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH and more! There will be other topics and venues to buy and sell ham gear. BUT, you must register first, so do it now here: Maine Virtual Hamfest Register

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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:

TNC Pi Kit for APRS

Maintain Several Web Sites With Pi

Interface Pi With HF Rig for Digital Comms

Track Satellites with Gpredict

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!