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The Day I Spoke to the Last Citizen of the USSR
I don’t talk much about being a ham radio operator. Truth be told, I was off the air for a long time — years where the…
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Chasing weak signals, building rovers, experimenting with WSPR propagation, and documenting every step from The Lab in South Jersey. Pull up a chair — there's always something on the air.
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Get on the Air for the 2026 New Jersey QSO Party!
The Burlington County Radio Club runs the 2026 New Jersey QSO Party on September 12 — here's how to get on the air, why it's an easy contact, and how our clubs can rack up an aggregate score together.
August 9, 2026
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New QSL Cards Are In — Thanks, Randy
There’s a particular satisfaction in holding a stack of cards with your own callsign on them for the first time in a new design — and…
August 5, 2026
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The Sound of Nothing: A Morning at the Pack Rats 10 GHz MDS Test
There’s a particular kind of quiet that happens when a dozen people are all straining to hear a signal that isn’t there anymore. That’s the whole…
July 27, 2026
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My New TX-472 – Getting the Tower
Part 1 of a three-part series on a new-to-me US Tower TX-472: how a straight-line storm, an oak tree, a 40-ton crane, and six months of insurance limbo ended with a 92-foot tower parked in my yard.
July 21, 2026
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Teaching an Old Rotator New Tricks
There’s a special kind of pain reserved for realizing you soldered an IC socket on the wrong side of a board. I found that out with…
July 7, 2026
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The Long Way to the Chair
How a year of feeding contesters led to my first weekend as one By Terry Rossi, N2LQH It’s 2100 Zulu on a Saturday, and I’m sitting…
July 3, 2026
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What It Actually Takes to Feed Field Day
On pulled pork, a lavender farmer, 240 pounds of ice, and why hospitality is the most underrated part of Amateur Radio.
June 29, 2026