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SKCC March WES on a “cootie” March 15, 2023
SKCC Tribune Award Times Seven (All Bands) February 13, 2023
Diamonds Are For Ever… January 31, 2023
January the 4th, a Personal Quest… January 5, 2023
An Easy Way to Export from RumlogNG Logs ADIF Files for POTA Upload January 4, 2023
Yet Another POTA Surprise: “Hunter Award CY9” December 30, 2022
Another POTA Surprise… and CX7RT also lives on… December 27, 2022
Sassy lives on… September 6, 2022
Sassy Surprise Sail, Sunset and Swim July 28, 2022
Sailing with Newlyweds… July 23, 2022
VA3PCJ Field Day & RAC Canada Day 2022. July 13, 2022
Three QRP QSOs in the KYQP. July 12, 2022
A Second POTA Surprise… June 23, 2022
First Sail of the Season June 21, 2022
Mast, Sail, Chart and the Tohatsu 4HP fuel stopcock. June 7, 2022
Gaffer’s Thirteenth Season… June 2, 2022
COMM DX CONTEST 2021 February 7, 2022
A New K3Y Sweep… February 2, 2022
POTA Surprise…! January 19, 2022
“Hear Ye! Hear Ye!…”: VE3DTI is now SKCC Tx6 January 12, 2022
…Till the Tulips Bloom October 7, 2021
Gunkholing on the Sevylor… July 23, 2021
After Two Years: Again “Portable Afloat” from Horaceville July 14, 2021
Three boats in the fountain… June 19, 2021
First outing on the river June 11, 2021
“Of Stars and Comets…” – a New Book June 5, 2021
And… the CAT came back…! June 5, 2021
Conditions at the Marina… May 4, 2021
The Tohatsu and a Visit to Alice’s Land… April 28, 2021
A QSOs VE3/ZL in 40M… A Greyline Path? April 27, 2021
Back in CW, QRP & HF… February 23, 2021
Haul Out by Truck and Tarping by Train & Bus… October 20, 2020
A Sail to Aylmer Island and the Mystery of the Eroded Promontory September 2, 2020
Ten-Year Burgee August 26 2020
Collision Inside the Channel! and an Overnight at the Anchor in Crystal Bay August 18, 2020
“Bushwacking” for the SKCC Tx5 Endorsement… August 11, 2020
The New “End-Fed Wire Up the Maple Tree” Antenna August 5, 2020
Inverting the “V” in (the) Sil”V”er Maple… July 30, 2020
The “GU7TR” HF Antenna Goes SK July 23, 2020
Additional Minimum Draft When the Rudder is Down July 21, 2020
Lac Deschênes Encounters of the Com-Pac Kind… July 17, 2020
An Overnight in Crystal Bay, Swinging at the Anchor July 12, 2020
Tacking to Crystal Bay: First Daysail of the Season July 6, 2020
Two Hours of RAC Canada Day in Spite of COVID QRN July 2, 2020
A Quarantined QRP/P Field Day from the Backyard June 30, 2020
Launching “Sassy” COVID-Style June 18, 2020
Original Instructions for the Small DK9SQ Loop Antenna June 9, 2020
A Gut(ter) Feeling in the CQ MM DX Contest… April 24, 2020
Killing the Blues… February 29, 2020
In spite of the rain… October 14, 2019
That Time of the Year… from Sun Dogs to Muskrat Peanuts… October 11, 2019
A memorable 2-hour sail carefully clocked September 29, 2019
An unexpected QRP DX in an unexpected mode September 26, 2019
Wacky Ideas Presented as Pseudoscience August 27, 2019
Sailing while Flying Kites and an Encounter of the Com-Pac Kind August 27, 2019
Overnight Swinging at Anchor in Pinhey Point (First of the Season) August 18, 2019
Line Work at the Dock (in a Day with no Wind) July 24, 2019
First Sail of the Season… to the Blueberry Shoal (and some flashbacks) July 5, 2019
RAC Canada Day: QRP and from the Gutter (literally) July 3, 2019
Back in the Water… June 9, 2019
More on the “GU7TR” Rain Gutter Downspout Antenna May 28, 2019
A Knife, an Oscar Wilde Quote and the “GU7TR” Antenna… April 14, 2019
BEARU QRP with a Mag-Loop Indoors… March 10, 2019
It’s only water…! February 23, 2019
Back from a month in VK2-Land… February 18, 2019
QRP/P from VK2-Land February 2, 2019
QRP/P in the CQ WW DX CW from the 35º South Parallel November 27, 2018
First VE in the log from CX-land this year… November 24, 2018
Need for a New FTDI Driver after Installing Safari v.12.0.1 November 16, 2018
First 15M QRP QSO’s Logged This Year from CX-land… November 8, 2018
Halloween Flight Turnes VA3PCJ into CX7RT… November 2, 2018
CQ’ing with Wolves… October 18, 2018
Amateur Radio in Literary Narrative: The Portable Transceiver in Never Cry Wolf October 16, 2018
Haul Out 2018 and Some Statistics… October 15, 2018
Time to Haul-Out and Head South… October 8, 2018
Shaking Off the Radio Blues in the Mer Bleue Bog September 18, 2018
Sometimes, it just happens… September 11, 2018
Only Buoy in the Ottawa River that Sends Morse Code in its Night Shifts September 6, 2018
Nepean to Horaceville in a Couple of Gybes… August 22, 2018
A “Tacky” Sail to La Belle Province… August 18, 2018
Underway in a Junk-Rigged Woodpecker… August 15, 2018
Maybe Next Time… August 6, 2018
A “QRP” Rowing Tour of the Marina August 3, 2018
The Island the “CIA” Missed… and What Really Was At “Stake” July 22, 2018
A Quick Sail Up-River July 19, 2018
A Hot Canada Day… July 3, 2018
A “Regional” Field Day… June 26, 2018
Last… but First in the Americas! June 19, 2018
A Scandal up the Mast… June 13, 2018
A First Daysail Up-River: Lilacs and Purple Martins, but no Bees May 30, 2018
Two CQ WW Firsts and a New CQ CX QRP Record May 26, 2018
Mid-Afternoon openings in the 20M Band May 26, 2018
“QRP” rides the waves again… May 23, 2018
‘E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle May 8, 2018
Ice in the Bay… April 27, 2018
Remote Automatic Tuner: with Balun, Unun or Nothing at All? March 28, 2018
Hovering over Mount Olympus… March 25, 2018
First Minima Blues… March 20, 2018
Manual Keying for QRP DX QSOs in the ARRL DX CW February 20, 2018
Sitting Pretty under a Silver Gown and a White Cloak February 16, 2018
Keying Basics, a Lonely Sunspot and a “Glass Arm” February 13, 2018
2017 Wasn’t Such a Bad QRP Year After All… January 5, 2018
An Old Friend that Never Aged and Still Can Come to the Rescue January 3, 2018
QRP/P with the Mini W3EDP – Two QSO’s Half-a-Globe Away: Confirmed December 8, 2017
CX7RT is now QRT December 6, 2017
From CX-Land the Mini-W3EDP Hears NA Stations Calling “CQ SS” November 20, 2017
The Mini-W3EDP in the Vagaries of the Southern Sun November 7, 2017
QRP SSB Magic in the 15-Meter Band October 30, 2017
Wallpapers in the Mail: Sailing Expedition QRP 2nd. & 10 Meter CDN QRP 3rd. October 27, 2017
Hoping for Another CQ CX Record… NOT! October 23, 2017
Haul-Out Day 2017 October 7, 2017
“Blind” Two-Way QRP (2xQRP) QSO’s: An Analysis Using Data from SKCC Sprints September 30, 2017
A New Name for Sassy’s Tender: “Cue-Ar-Pee” Because It Does More With Less… September 23, 2017
Overnight Up-River, Hiking, Gunkholing and a Quick-and-Dirty Result September 19, 2017
Over Half a Sweep September 17, 2017
Sassy Goes Live on TV and Contributes to Two Radio Publications September 13, 2017
A Visit to a Land of Mallards and Royal Swans September 4, 2017
Multi-Contesting QRP/P from a Unique and Battered Island September 1, 2017
Radio Qualified Ontario Islands within the National Capital Region August 12, 2017
Messabout for Two at Horaceville August 10, 2017
Clarence Island ON-301 – A Qualifying Success August 10, 2017
Clarence Island – A Qualifying Attempt August 4, 2017
Surfing the Bands in “Mer Bleue” – QRP Byke-Portable August 2, 2017
First QRP from PRU in the OQP July 30, 2017
The Log of a “Presto-Style” Eight-Hour Sailing Adventure July 20, 2017
Feeling the Magic – 6m Contesting QRP-Portable July 17, 2017
“Radio-Virgin” Islands in the National Capital Region July 11, 2017
Crow Lake – QRP DX and an Unforgettable Paddle to Snake Island July 9, 2017
VA3PCJ Field Day “1C ONE” QRP & Afloat From the Ottawa River July 3, 2017
VA3PCJ/VE2 & Canada Day July 3, 2017
Canada Day QRP and /VE2 June 29, 2017
Field Day Afloat June 23, 2017
In Appreciation More Than Bragging June 15, 2017
Rediscovering the Smartbeaconing™ Parameters June 14, 2017
First Sail of the Season, in Her Own Wind… June 9, 2017
CQ WW RTTY SOQRP 15m First and CX & CQ Zone Record June 2, 2017
Replacing the Anchor Light – So Simple, and Yet… May 31, 2017
Sassy is back afloat… May 27, 2017
“QRP x 1” #101 SKCC Award (with All-band x2 and 40M Endorsements) May 26, 2017
Ramp Launching in High Waters: Solo or With a Crew of Two? May 15, 2017
Brave Ottawa River Valley May 11, 2017
QRP ‘Spell’ of “FLORIDA SUN” 45.37º N May 2, 2017
New Tank Fittings at Hose’s End April 28, 2017
A Recent QRP (2W) DX QSO with the KX1 and the Alexloop Indoors April 28, 2017
First CW QSOs of the Season from Outside the QTH April 18, 2017
Within a Box, El Capitan Brings an Old Logger Back to Life April 13, 2017
“Hear Ye! Hear Ye!”… SKCC Tx4 April 3, 2017
Sassy’s Journey to Canada, Seven Years Ago March 21, 2017
Hibernating in her 7th Birthday March 17, 2017
CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest (CQMM DX) – CW Only March 1, 2017
Batman’s Batradio in the Batcave of the Batsixties February 28, 2017
The ARRL International DX CW and the Conundrum of the Three Tees February 21, 2017
Morse Code and Alzheimer – A Hint for a Proposal February 7, 2017
Planning to Sail to (and “Activate”) New Water-Locked Islands in the Ottawa River February 2, 2017
The WAS That Wasn’t, That Suddenly WAS… January 15, 2017
On Reaching Fifteen… January 6, 2017
A New Kind of Seasonal Tropospheric Propagation? December 21, 2016
Warming the Clouds during a Real Artic Cold RAC Winter Contest December 19, 2016
The ARRL Ten-Meter Contest – QRP at the Bottom of the Sun Cycle December 16, 2016
An RTTY “Mêlée” and a Quick Ferrite Solution to a Band-Specific problem December 4, 2016
A Spartan Participant of the CQ WW CW December 2, 2016
“Portable Afloat” Almost 100 Years Ago November 25, 2016
A 90-Year Old False Telegraph Office…? November 22, 2016
A Fuel Pump for the Trailer-Sailer’s Diesel Land Auxiliary November 17, 2016
Further data on the “Kit’s Second Chance at Life” November 15, 2016
QRP from Ontario in the OK/OM DX Contest November 15, 2016
An Old Kit’s Second Chance at Life in the Shack November 12, 2016
A QRP CW Sweep Over One-Half Clean… November 8, 2016
A QRP IOTA Award…? An Electronic QSL IOTA Award…? November 4, 2016
Screams in the Night… Just Before Halloween… November 1, 2016
W/VE Island QSO Party 2016 – Results October 1, 2016
The MINI (1/4th) W3EDP – A Special Design for a Balcony Down South September 27, 2016
Alchemist “Energies” and Poor HF Path Prediction in the South Atlantic September 9, 2016
Because She and I Still Can September 7, 2016
Another CXpedition September 2, 2016
A Duck in a Mad River Party in Ohio September 1, 2016
Self-Marooned in an Island with only a W3EDP and a KX3 August 30, 2016
Rare Species in the Mer Bleue Conservation Area August 30, 2016
A Memorable QRP/P-QRP/P, KX3-KX3, EFW-EFW QSO (with QRM) August 30, 2016
Wires in the Rigging: Junior and the SunCat, a Perfect Match? August 24, 2016
A Single Gybe to Horaceville for a Night at Anchor in the Moonlight August 22, 2016
A 42′ Portable Multiband HF Antenna with no Wire on the Ground: the “W3EDP Jr.” August 15, 2016
The NAQP CW with the “Ottawa Valley QRP” Team August 8, 2016
3,000 QSL’s in LoTW August 8, 2016
A Frustrating QRP Weekend in Hell and Chasing Bumblebees August 1, 2016
DX QSOs and a NPOTA while /P from Rockland, ON July 28, 2016
QRP Bike Portable from the Cape North Lighthouse July 21, 2016
QSO with Tesla’s Wireless Station July 19, 2016
A Hen and a Cat go Messing About July 19, 2016
International Technologies in a 2-Watt DX QSO July 6, 2016
One Year of Wakes… June 27, 2016
A HEJAN Box’s Devotion to Winlink June 27, 2016
Overnight on the Lee of the Island June 20, 2016
QRO Power in a QRP Shack June 13, 2016
“Shack-in-a-Pelican” June 8, 2016
Portable-Afloat from “Horaceville” cove June 5, 2016
First Sail of 2016 May 28, 2016
A “Flimsy” W3EDP Portable Antenna (“la Manquita”) May 22, 2016
A New Toy for the Shack: the LDG RT-100 May 21, 2016
“Sassy” got her sail…! May 21, 2016
“For Whom the ‘CW’ Tolls”… May 17, 2016
First /QRP/P HF Outing of the Season May 13, 2016
Solo-Launching of ‘Sassy Gaffer’… May 12, 2016
“Expéditionnaire Extraordinaire”… May 10, 2016
La stagione dei fiori è già qui… May 6, 2016
Second in Sweden… April 27, 2016
Certified Emergency Coordinator April 25, 2016
South American 10-Meter Contest April 14, 2016
Basic DXCC Award for SM5/VE3DTI March 22, 2016
First Two Weeks from GF25id: No Miracles in the High Bands… March 16, 2016
What’s in a WAS…? February 29, 2016
Three years in the ARRL DX CW, with 5W and a small wire antenna February 25, 2016
QRV /QRP/P from CX-land… February 14, 2016
Winner in Hell… February 10, 2016
Re-wiring the Palm Portable Key (PPK) and The Red Cable Mystery February 5, 2016
A Spell of Hell February 1, 2016
A K3Y QRP Sweep January 29, 2016
Using CHIRP to Interface a Mac with a Kenwood TH-K2 January 26, 2016
A “Wolf Moon” QSO January 24, 2016
NA QSO PARTY SSB, this time from the Shack January 18, 2016
One Second and Two Firsts for VE3DTI January 16, 2016
A New “Random Wire” Antenna Goes up the Maple Tree in the Backyard January 5, 2016
The bearings of 10m QRP QSOs from the Southern Hemisphere correlate better with the Sun Azimuth than 20m QRP QSOs from the Northern Hemisphere December 20, 2015
Anniversary of a Lucky QRP DX: Ottawa-Antartica on 5W and a Simple Wire Antenna December 17, 2015
QRP with a Small Magnetic Loop Indoors from a Valley in North Rhine-Wesphalia December 17, 2015
Europe and Asia /QRP/P from Norse Lands, with a Magnetic Loop Indoors November 30, 2015
A Failure as a Zombie… November 20, 2015
SM5/ from Storvreta & DL/ from Müsen… November 15, 2015
Sail-Cruising the Ottawa River between Lac Deschènes and Chat Falls in the early 2000’s November 11, 2015
QRP with the SKCC – Twenty-Five “WES” November 9, 2015
The Beat of the Code – A Ham Opera in CW-major… November 6, 2015
Remotely Tuned Magnetic Loops & Remote Tuning the Alexloop – A Brief Review November 3, 2015
A Spooky Sight… October 31, 2015
A QRP Shouting Weekend at the Shack: the CQ WW SSB October 27, 2015
An Infallible and Brilliant Way for Deploying an Anchor October 24, 2015
The RF Gain – The Other Part of the “Magic”… October 17, 2015
Undead Correspondence with the Grand Witchess… October 16, 2015
An “Echte” Schwaben “Brew”… October 12, 2015
… alla stagion dei fior! October 9, 2015
Radio Amateur “Portable-Afloat” October 5, 2015
Island Activations and Qualifyings… the Beginning…? October 3, 2015
Two KX3 Macros for Accurately Tuning the Alexloop October 2, 2015
Only a Small Proportion of VA/VE Callsigns show-up in my Logs… September 30, 2015
A Short Sail with Old Friends… September 26, 2015
Encounter of an Island Kind September 22, 2015
CME causes G3-class storm affecting local nets in 80 meters September 21, 2015
Another Day in the Park… but not quite as usual… September 19, 2015
RMS Express runs in OS X and is able to exchange Winmor messages via a sound card and HF Radio September 16, 2015
RMS Express runs in OS X and is able to exchange messages via Telnet September 15, 2015
CX7RT – First CX, First in the SA continent, Record Holder…? September 13, 2015
“Forward to the Past”: a return to 12-year old technologies… September 12, 2015
Ladies’ Day on The Lake September 11, 2015
Contacts of another kind… September 9, 2015
ON4UN, QSX possibilities, and posting in a Yahoo Group via Winlink September 7, 2015
The Strange Story and Qualifying of “Rideau Island” (ON-297) September 5, 2015
Returning to Aylmer Island (ON-295) for the W/VE Islands QSO Party September 4, 2015
Upper Duck Island (ON-296) August 25, 2015
Aylmer Island (ON-295) August 21, 2015
NAQP CW August 2015 – IF Shift “Magic” with the ICOM 703 and the FL-52A Optional Filter August 2, 2015
July 29 – An eventful sail upriver – the engine dies (again!)… July 31, 2015
July 18 – Folding bike-portable… July 23, 2015
July 16 2015 – /P from Rockland… July 18, 2015
July 9 and 12 – Bike-Portable… July 18, 2015
Leeway with the SunCat July 13, 2015
RAC Canada Day 2015 July 4, 2015
Canada Day’s Eve… June 30, 2015
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