Adventioneering Jobs
Posted in adventure on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
So you can be an adventioneer and apparently get paid for it, too. Steve, how about helmet cam footage the next time you go up a wind turbine?
Yaesu VX-7r Antenna Connector Repair
Posted in adventure on May 30th, 2009 17 Comments »
These are antenna connector repair instructions for the Yaesu VX-7r portable H/T. I looked around the Internet for instructions when I was faced with this problem, and found none, so I thought I would share after having worked it out myself. We’re not sure exactly how “Jordan’s new” VX-7 got broken, but one thing for [...]
Begali Traveller
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
So on the advice of Brett (AI5C) I ordered one of these. Go big or go home, I guess; it worked out for snowboarding when I bought all my gear before I had even tried it.
Yaesu VX-8R
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
KB3EEE recently took advantage of my “you break it, you bought it” policy to purchase my trusty VX-7R. This left me without a radio, and in late 2008 Yaesu had come out with a new radio with bluetooth (if you bought the extra thing) and ARPS/GPS (if you bought the extra thing) and a decent [...]
Ham Radio Field Rig
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
I live in an apartment complex, which precludes a fancy antenna installation, and the usual tricks like stringing a dipole up in my living room have produced mediocre results. No, if I’m to have fun with amateur radio I need to combine it with my adventure time. Besides what better way to while away campfire [...]
Maine Bear Monitoring
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
I can’t decide if these people are totally insane or totally cool. I suppose it’s a mix of both. Basically what they do is hunt down bears in the dead of winter using radio collars, and then… dig them up! Notice the cute little cubs with their killing claws. Adorable.
Weird Noise on 4.805Mhz
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
Victoria is down in NYC so I have nothing better to do than listen to the radio, and I stumbled a bizarre repeating beacon-like noise at 4.805. As I run up the band it drops off and then picks back up around 4.820 and runs up to 4.835. It sounds a bit like a C64 [...]