January VHF Contest 2025

Back on VHF After a Long Break: Winter Contesting and First 6m Contacts It’s been a while — a long while — since I’ve participated in a VHF contest. In fact, the last time I hit the bands for a VHF event was back in September VHF 2018. After such a long break, it felt great to jump back in and give it another go. This time around, I decided to step things up a Read More …

Small Bark Tan Panel Pouch

Small bark tan panel pouch with folded welts and rolled edges around bag and flap. Flap features pinked cutouts and a decorative stitching on hinged part of flap attachment. Cowhide strap with forged buckle with adjustments. Pouch also has a decent size pocket inside. SOLD

Bark Tan Heart Shaped Pouch

Small Heart Shaped bark tan deer hide pouch. Pouch is fully welted with a small pocket inside. Cowhide strap with a forged buckle with keeper and adjustments. Pouch also has a few repairs. Sewn at 8-10 stitches per inch. Front part of pouch is lined with canvas and back is lined with calfskin. SOLD

Mason-Dixon Historical Park West Virginia

Spent most of the day driving from Maryland towards Missouri but got sidetracked by the last marker of the original Mason-Dixon Line. They did fall about 23 miles short of their original goal, but the Indians said they shall not go any farther in October of 1767. We stopped at the Mason-Dixon Historical Park in West Virginia. It was blustery and windy but we decided to make the trek to go see it. It was Read More …

Center Seam Folded Welt Bark Tan Bag

This bark tan deer hide bag features a folded welt down the middle of the flap as well as the center of the bag itself. This bag also has a rolled edge around the complete bag with hidden stitches on the front. Hand forged buckle compliments the hand woven strap my wife made for me. The bag also features a pocket inside. Lined with blue and white pillow ticking this is a great bag that Read More …

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest POTA US-4499

On our way south from Glacier National Park, we made a quick overnight stop at Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. I couldn’t pass up the chance to activate a new POTA park (US-4499), even if it was just a short visit. With limited time and daylight, I went with a simple but reliable setup: a 72-foot random wire tossed into a tree using my throw weight, fed through a 9:1 UNUN. My rig was running just 10 Read More …

HF Radio in Montana

We pulled into Willow Creek Recreation Area after a long days drive on HWY 2 from Eastern Montana. It was fairly warm but a steady wind kept it quite pleasant. After settling into camp for the work week I decided that I wanted to experience a low noise floor and also do a little bit of antenna testing on just a few watts on a long wire antenna. I setup my 27′ fiberglass fishing mast Read More …