Author Archives: K4ZA

Home from the trip to Gran Canaria….& what a trip it was! This is that oft-wished-for magical radio location—a mountain top surrounded by salt water! The focus of our trip (W2GD & I) was to determine how to make this … Continue reading →

…was right. There will be six more weeks of winter! And we seemed to experience most of them this past week, where once again we found ourselves (W2GD & I) at the NR5M radio ranch, getting the station ready for … Continue reading →

As a contester, I’ve been known to do some crazy stuff/things. This weekend’s trip to the Jersey shore, to join the W2GD multi-of effort in the CQ 160M DX Test, may qualify. Not that contesting, per se, nor the 2-land … Continue reading →

Today’s date? A palindrome…neat~! Home again at midnight, from another work week in Texas. More NR5M rebuilding. The focus this trip was to have been refurbishing the old 15M multiplier tower & the 10M stack tower. But that’s not how … Continue reading →

Evening, dear Readers… At home, getting ready for an apparently usual or ordinary “old folks” regimen tomorrow morning, a colonoscopy. The process leading up to this examination is categorically unpleasant, let me assure you. It’s like a bad skit on … Continue reading →

And I’m still in Charlotte…still waiting & wondering when the rain & the lousy weather will cease & desist, et cetera~! If it’s not raining, it’s below freezing. Fortunately, I have the tower book MSS to work on. Been revising … Continue reading →

Back home last night around midnight….from another dash down to Texas. Friday’s arrival found me (along w/the rest of Houston) in the midst of a weird winter snow storm. Sleet, high winds, & plunging temperatures brought some strange weather conditions. … Continue reading →

Home from the road. A quick dash to Maryland. Spent the weekend trying to stay awake & working 160M at the W3LPL CQ WW M-M station. A near three way tie for first place–the first time that’s ever happened in … Continue reading →

T-day, as in Turkey Day, not Tower Day. It’s drizzling & cold, & so foggy we can’t see across the street. So, a slow day here at home. Leaving tomorrow for Maryland.  Doing the CQ WW @W3LPL’s once again, then … Continue reading →

Work plans, which included finished the install for K2SD, up  in the NC mountains, slid to a halt today, with rain here, there, & apparently everywhere. Tomorrow’s forecast is more of the same, so we’re hoping for Friday now, to … Continue reading →