Attended 2018 On Saturday June 30, 2018, I attended the Firecracker Hamfest held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club presents this Hamfest each year. There was a road/row with tailgaters on each side. There was a shaded awning area with commercial vendors. I find this to be a nice hamfest and have attended many of them in years past. […]
Field Day Visit to the – Aero Amateur Radio Club On Sunday June 24 2018 I went to the Essex Skypark to visit the field day activities. Joe Miko WB3FMT graciously showed me around the clubs field day operations. They had a Carolina windom, 20 meter beam, a G5RV, an hf vertical a VHF/UHF vertical and a 40 meter dipole in […]
Field Day – Notes Earlier today I visited the Field Day setup of the Southern Pennsylvania Communications Group – SPCG. I met Gary LaBarre N3GL and Michael LaBarre N3YRR. It was a little before 3 pm when I visited. They were just under way with their Field Day operating. Some antennas they had up, included a Beam, a Carolina Windom and […]
Hamfest – May 27, 2018 – Howard County Maryland I attended this Memorial Day hamfest. There were a great number of tailgaters at this Hamfest. I did not take any pictures while there. I did see Mike selling cables. There were several other commercial vendors at the Hamfest. There was a DMR MD-380 radio on sale for $70.00. I was interested […]
DMR Hotspot System Earlier on, the AB3BO station started with a DV4MINI and a Raspberry Pi 3 for operating DMR. The system has graduated to a MMDVM Hotspot sitting on top of the Raspberry Pi 3. The plastic case had to be dremeled out to make room for the MMDVM. The Micro SD card is loaded with the PI-Star System . […]
The York Pennsylvania Hamfest was held on Saturday April 28, 2018 I attended but forgot to take pictures. This was a nice hamfest. Sunny day and a great crowd including vendors, buyers, sponsors and browsers. It rained last year, this club was due for great weather! There were a few commercial vendors included in the mix! I was looking for a […]
