Who's ready for Field Day? The whole gang is up at Black Lake in Northern Wisconsin and we will go LIVE tonight (Friday June 27) at 8:00pm CDT. Join us, share your plans in the chat, and crack open a cold one as we have a good time around the fire. watch video on watch page
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Catch me on the air Saturday June 7 from 11am-12pm (1600-1700z) on 20 meters. I’m activating the submarine USS Cobia for Museum Ships Weekend. Special event call sign NB9QV. Watch DX Summit for frequency.
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Great news! I've been secured as a last minute presenter for this year's Hamvention. My forum topic. Five Years of POTA, what I've learned will be on Friday May 16, at 10:25am in Room 4. The talk is an introspective look at why I love Parks on the air and my secrets on how to have more fun with it.
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This evening's (Thursday March 6) livestream is going to be cancelled. I contracted Influenza-A this week and am still fighting the effects. Most notably my voice is gone. I'll make an announcement if I decide to reschedule, otherwise see you all in April.
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Saturday Feb 1 is the Minnesota QSO party and Dave and I have bold plan. We will be parked at US-4266 along the Mississippi River and I want to kilo this park in 10 hours. That’s 1000 contacts plus whatever Dave gets. Listen for K0M, we will spot on the POTA page. We will be on all bands both sideband and CW. Remember the exchange, State(or MN county) and first name. We’ll give park numbers on request. Hope to catch you in the contest. ~KB9VBR and KZ9V
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Big schedule change for this week! With Christmas Day being on Wednesday, my feature video will be released on Sunday the 22nd at 1:30pm CST (with an early Patron preview on Saturday), and my 2nd tier video will happen on Wednesday. Can you guess where I am? Hint, the video is a holiday POTA. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!
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I'm going to try something a little different. I've noticed the last few weeks that 10 meter DX has been pouring into North America during (our) early morning hours. So I'm going out, braving the cold, and setting up my famous 10 meter J-Pole antenna to catch the European grayline. I'll be on 10 meter sideband and FT8, Sunday December 1, 1400z - 1600z at Rib Mountain State Park US-1473. Look for me on the POTA spotting page ~KB9VBR
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The 2nd annual Wisconsin Ham Radio campout is only a few days away. Participants will receive a complementary sticker. Not attending the event? You can get one too. just make contact with KB9VBR at US-1442 this weekend and send in a QSL card. I’ll return a card and a sticker.
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Are you ready for RadioExpo? Northern Illinois' largest hamfest is Sunday September 22 at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Chris and I will be in the flea market area with an assortment of VHF/UHF antennas and other goodies. I hope the weather holds out.
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We've got a big weekend ahead of us. Saturday, September 21 I'll be stopping in at HRO Milwaukee's Superfest. If you are in the SE Wisconsin area, catch me wandering the show around 10 am or so. After that, we head to Belvidere, IL for the Chicago FM Club's RadioExpo At the Boone County Fairgrounds on Sunday.
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