Shipwreck Museum – Whitefish Point – Michigan

A Shipwreck Museum is located along Lake Superior at the upper peninsula of Lake Michigan. It is a worthwhile place to visit. The museum has a great deal of information of shipwrecks that have occured over the years on the Great Lakes. How the wrecks occurred, how serious they were and information on lives lost is also included. The physician give […]

Whitefish Point Light Station and Shipwreck Museum

Attended 2018 – Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club – Hamfest

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 – Aero Club

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 – Spring Valley County Park

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

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 […]

Memorial Day Hamfest - Ticket

Raspberry Pi 3 with MMDVM Hotspot

DMR Hotspot System

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 . […]