Selkirk QRP

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JS8 station is finally up

Comfy permanent 40M JS8 station

This has been a long time coming. I've been planning on creating a relatively permanent station running JS8Call on 40 meters for many months now, but like many of my other projects it kept getting pushed off in lieu of higher priority projects. Now that I have a second desk in my office I was able to justify the horizontal real estate to dedicate to such a station.

Comfy permanent 40M JS8 station

After suspending up a 40M End Fed Halfwave antenna between my office window and an extendable fly fishing rod attached to my fence, I fired up the radio to check out the background noise. Right...

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Bucket List Peaks

My father and I with Mt Crocker in the background

A list of peaks I'd like to climb before I expire along with personal notes on how I plan to tackle them.

Mt Crocker:
Currently no one has activated this remote 10+3 point peak in the Eastern Sierras. I'd like to be the first (if possible), as the summit and I technically family. My father and I hiked to the base of the summit in the summer of 2023 with the intention of reaching the peak, but at the snowline we realized how woefully unprepared we were to to traverse the ice sheets and decided it would be best to just enjoy the alpine lakes instead. Next time I'll make sure to take an ice axe a...

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