This is current for the 2023 Texas QSO Party. A quick review of the rules: 1) Valid bands: Any except 60m, 30m, 17m, and 12m.2) Valid modes: CW, Phone, Digital3) Repeaters are not allowed4) 1 QSO = station per mode per band5) All logs MUST be submitted within 1 week6) Hours: Saturday 9am-9pm Sunday 9am-3pm7) EXCHANGE: Outside Texas: RST/State // […]
I was sitting trying to think up some interesting new ideas to try with making Mead and I saw a picture in the Mead Facebook group of someone that added green food coloring and food glitter to a Mead they made. I have to admit, it looked really dang cool. But I’m one of those weirdos that doesn’t like to […]
Back to Basics. Just Mead.
Bloody Mead!
First ever Hard Apple Cider brew
The first batch
All band all mode HF radio and 100watt amp for sale.
Very rough atmospheric conditions, seems like, tonight. Not to be deterred, our little group set an all-time high check-in number (77 total), we also had an all time high NetLogger list of 32! I remember when this net was a rowdy bunch of 30 or so rag chewers. And now… look how much of Texas we cover! Wow!
Congratulations on your purchase of a GD-77. You’re here because you want to install the absolute best firmware for the radio, OpenGD77. Great choice. First thing you should actually do with the radio is slap that battery in there, flip it on, and mash that PTT a few times right? We all do it. Don’t lie. Ok, you got that […]