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;
Category: Maker
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
Abundant opportunity
I’m spoilt. It’s not that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I wasn’t. Nor is it that I live in California
This is not the Tardis
Grounded. No travel, no vaccine, no toilet paper, no eating out and for some no work but for me these deprivations come with copious amounts
Suitcase DXPedition SO2R – Why drive a boring BMW M-Series when you can have a Ferrari?
For many people, radios at home, in the car or wherever are simply there to hear and listen to music, news or sports. For them
Suitcase DXPedition Station Automation (Part 4) – an Arduino based 2×6 Antenna Switch Controller
A long journey to somewhere After a chance encounter with Anne of Green Gables and then a more serious encounter with metal in the sky