K7TXX

After moving and starting a new job I've been working on getting back on the air. I've managed to check in a few times to the 9:00pm...

So far I've just been working 2 meters with my home-brew Jpole and IC-7000. I'm planning on working HF as soon as humanly possible b...

My new callsign came through today as expected. Goodbye KF7WUF - it was fun while it lasted.

One of the things that inspired me to get my ham radio ticket was when my 11 year old niece received her technicians license. Here’s a pict...

If you look carefully you can see the antenna hanging outside the sliding glass door. Well I have my Ham Shack up and running. There are...

Mike, KB7QOP, and I headed to Portland on Saturday so he could make good on his promise to buy me a radio and make good he did! I am very gr...

Made it into the 9am net for the first time this morning. I had been listening to the Net on the Yaesu HT while driving from Kent to the B...

I love getting comments and changed the comment section so you don't have to have a Google or Open ID account to comment. You can choose...

My HT radio, a Yaesu VX-6R , came today - how exciting! I took it out of the box and immediately attached the Diamond srh320a antenna I...

I had a full weekend of Ham radio activity. Mike (KB7QOP) and I hung out at his place Friday night. I made my first contact by signing in ...

Well according to the folks at  AE7Q  it looks like I will get my K7TXX call sign on August 7th. I'll miss KF7WUF but I'm happy wi...

Well I applied for K7TXX today - lets see how long it takes the FCC to process my application. They were pretty quick with getting my licens...

Got my call sign today - KF7WUF. If it were WTF it would be epic. Sadly saying "w u" together is tough and as I have ADHD and so...

Well I just had to have some major work done on my transmission (the car kind not the RF kind) and wasn't sure if I should try to buy an...

A lot of neat Homebrew stuff going on in this video.

I decided to try some CW practice tonight. Using LCWO.net I reviewed lesson 1 which teaches K and M. I had learned this a few months ago an...

So I was hanging out in KB7QOPs ham shack last night and convinced him to try PSK31 data transmissions, basically IMing over the air at abou...

They mentioned at the picnic that the PSRG website is being updated and may be offline sporadically. It's currently down.

Well I couldn't wait to go for the Xtra. The conditions were just too perfect. KB7QOP, Mike, had invited me to the annual Puget Sound ...

I'm 6% of the way through the Extra exam. The material is more difficult/esoteric and there are fewer explanations in the Ham Test Onlin...

Since I plan on going straight for my Extra class license I've been thinking of vanity call signs. My first thought was to use my old ar...

KB7QOP just sent me the following email: From: Mike Treit Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:33 PM To: Tammy Treit Subject: PSRG picnic A...

Not long after publishing the post below about some of the components I want, I realized that the amplifier does not apply to the 2 meter ba...

I'm still pretty set on creating a solid portable rig but as I look at the components I want I realized that I breeched the $1000 mark p...

I'm 85% of the way through the General test and have passed all the practice tests I've taken for both Technician and General. Once ...

The options are overwhelming when I start to think about gear. To be honest I always figured you just bought a radio, plugged in an antenna,...

When I met some of KB7QOPs HAM buddies at a recent house warming/antenna stringing event they were all pretty cool folks. I enjoyed talking ...

My brother is a HAM. His twin is a HAM. My 11 year old niece is a HAM. I guess it's about time I joined them. My brother Mike, KB7QOP,...