Soon after year zero, it was simply a sideways V and pulsating underscore. Time passes and that very retro screen text is replaced by icons
Author: W6PNG
Generative and a “re-generative” world
Once upon a time I was paid to write software. It was momentous. I was being paid real money far in excess of what I
Up a creek with aspens
It starts out “Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting on a train” and then unfolds as one of America’s best love songs, written by Kris
Terror on Trafton
SOTA summit: Trafton Mountain https://sotl.as/map/coordinates/37.851320,-118.567070/14.0?popup=1 Activation Date: October 4, 2025 Unique: Yes, peak number 317 Call sign used: W6PNG Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR EndFed Band/Modes used: 20m, 30m 40m
Fickle me….another radio kit!!
I’m back from an extended European wander. The Irish were great, the Baltic states an eye opener and my Norwegian group hike was and is
Clay Cups and Rickshaws
We almost feel like old hands. Days have turned into weeks, and we’ve covered two or three thousand miles by train. It’s slow going—maybe ten
Leh, 1978 and the story of a photograph
The plane is empty. She’s adamant that we must stay in our assigned seats but I somehow find myself stealthy relocated to a window seat.
Asturias and Picos de Europa, Spain
SOTA summit: Cabeza de Mesa https://sotl.as/summits/EA1/AT-052 Activation Date: July 11, 2023 Unique: Yes, peak number 276 Call sign used: EA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Yeasu 857D Antennas: SOTABeams 20/40 bandhopper Band/Modes used: 20m and
What’s in your WAS circle?
I never thought of myself as an award chaser. Maybe like many kids, the endless pressure to achieve a scholastic level as measured by an
Activating an Atlantic Squall
SOTA summit: Hestetinden https://sotl.as/summits/LA/SF-555 Activation Date: May 24, 2023 Unique: Yes, peak number 200 and something Call sign used: LA/M0SNA/P Portable operation: Yes Radios: Elecraft KX2 Antennas: LNR End Fed 40/20/10 Band/Modes used: 20m
Node-Red Calling Summit to Summit
In the arcane and niche world that is the intersection of peak bagging and ham radio, aka SOTA, the participants fall into two broad groups;
Paint by numbers radio kit
The arc of radio kits is waning. Easy to work with parts are going out of production in deference to tiny, minuscule equivalents that are