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On Sunday, July 6, 2025, I ventured out in the morning—despite the forecast calling for wet weather—to my favorite local activation site near our home base in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Québec: Cap Tourmente (CA-0012). The day before, we had learned that my father-in-law had been admitted to the hospital. Details were still forthcoming, but we knew we’d…Continue reading “Back-seat QRPing: A Morning POTA Activation at Cap Tourmente”

This is pretty damn cool!!

I have one of these on my Robar AR15 in green, and I love it. I have a new Khyber Optics showing up today. Stay tuned for a rundown on that optic!

“What in the hell made you want to start an optics company?” – someone in the marketing end of the shooting industry asked me. “That’s simple. I don’t think anyone in the world has a finger on the pulse of what the American Rifleman needs more than me.” This year on 11 SEP will markContinue reading “KHYBER OPTICS 1-10×28: A Scope for the Modern Rifleman”

Many thanks to Richard (MM0RGM) and Markku (VA3MK) for noting that Icom has released a firmware update for the venerable Icom IC-705. Changes from Version 1.32 Improved the importing repeater list. Supported importing repeater list while retaining the existing order. Added the ability to select other near repeaters using the dial after entering an accessContinue reading “New Icom IC-705 Firmware (Version 1.40)”

The Lab599 TX-500MP is a rugged 160–6m, 10W manpack radio built for QRP SSB, digital modes, and serious grid-down or off-grid comms. Finally an HF Radio for Preppers: Lab599 TX-500MP HF 50Mhz Ham Radio

We live in an open book world. Anyone with even a small shred of awareness knows that there is no true privacy in our modern world. Everything about you, even things you don’t know about yourself, are archived somewhere in a database. The information may be difficult to access, and it’s possible no one caresContinue reading “Communications Security: It’s Not Just For Spies.”