Category: Wake Island
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Over 4,000 Contacts and Counting
27 January 2025 I was recently persuaded to give 20m a try in the afternoon here. As you may have noticed I enjoy operating in the mornings or evenings to avoid the heat of the day. I do also like learning how the bands perform at different times of day so this was officially now… Read more
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20 Watts and a Wire
26 January 2025 I was eager to get back on 12m Sunday evening (Wake time) to see what it had in store. The past several outings were nothing less than amazing for propagation. I setup at Pirates Cove around 0630z and quickly realized I had forgot my logbook back in my room. Luckily it is… Read more
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Making Waves on Wake
22 January 2025 After last week’s 10m marathon I thought I had reached the top. However, the 12 meter band schooled me. Again, I am humbled by the number of stations looking to contact Wake Island after logging a personal record number of contacts between my morning and evening sessions on the air. For the… Read more
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12 Meter QSO Anyone?
I have received many question and requests about 12 meters over the past couple months. Well, today I did something about it. I get it. People hunt DX. Then they hunt rare DX by band. So, with some spare parts and wire I made a 12 meter dipole after work. Once hoisted and in the air… Read more
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A 10 Meter Marathon
13 January 2025 Wow. Just wow! Today was a personal record for the number of ham contacts in a continuous run. 10 meters just kept delivering today. Once I set up my gear this morning I found N6HU calling CQ at a POTA park in California and figured that was a good sign for the… Read more
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Ham Outdoors Is Where I Like To Be.
12 January 2025 After a very busy and productive week at work, I was a little reluctant to get on the radio. Tonight was just a perfect night to sit under the stars and admire a nearly full moon. The temperature was perfect. A light breeze off of the ocean. But I posted I would… Read more
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Ham Under the Stars
5 January 2025 Well, on my Sunday night I set out to try 15m. It was a beautiful evening. Just a light notherly breeze off the ocean. As the stars really began to shine I turned on my radio around 0800z with hopes for favorable band conditions. They were marginal at best. That made the… Read more
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Don’t Always Trust the Band Report
2 Jan 2025 With it being New Year’s day for North and South America and a half-work day for me I set my alarm with aspirations to play radio first thing in the morning. I woke up with plans to get on 10m. A quick check of the band report showed “poor” conditions on all… Read more
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Happy New Year!
31 December 2024 In just over the past 24 hours (my Sunday night through Monday night) I logged 590 contacts, in about 6 hours of time on the air. That was an exciting adventure and definitely a mental exercise. Speaking of mental exercise, I noticed with all this practice copying more unique callsigns than I… Read more
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5,000 Mile SOTA for Breakfast
30 December 2024 am edition After getting to bed around 1 am here, I was up at 6:30 am to get some breakfast before heading back out to play more radio. This morning I set up on the north side of the island at a little spot affectionately known as Pirate’s Cove. Technically there isn’t… Read more