This Week at Amateur Radio Station N8VCL 16-22JUL22

6 contacts this week, all in CONUS. But the big news is my Daughter's wedding last Sunday!! As you can imagine, it's been busy around here, especially both days of the weekend. Monday was a recuperation day, and with the solar and geomagnetic activity this week, it just hasn't been a big radio week.

So I worked a couple Straight Key Century Club members. SKCC is a club dedicated to communication via Morse code using mechanical keys, ie typical straight keys or "bugs." Just a lot of folks (26,000+!!) who like CW and sending with mechanical means instead of electronic keyers or computers. It's a  great group that has a lot of members who go out of their way to help newcomers.

I also worked a couple "Parks on the Air." This is a program where hams go to parks and operate portable equipment. They're called "Activators" and the rest of us who try to locate them and make contact are called "Hunters." 

Like a lot of other operating activities, SKCC and POTA offer "awards" for certain accomplishments; Certificates for working certain numbers of stations, etc. It's a hobby. It's for fun. Some folks may lose sight of that, which is too bad. Lots of opinions about what's "real radio" and so on, but if I want to argue and be grumpy about something, I can do that at work. HA! 

I also checked in to a couple of nets and hung out on some round-table chats. Very casual week. 

Thanks for reading! If we QSO'd, thanks! If we didn't, I hope we do soon.
73!

 

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