KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog
Recent posts indexed from this public source.
- A completely different picture of Wayne Green, W2NSD (SK)
- My one-day Tech class “bag of tricks”
- Videos from HOPE: Hackers and hams, HERMES, 3d printing
- The EMF Explorer: A badge for ham radio?
- You know POTA. You know SOTA. How about BOTA?
- Recent SKs: NU2J, K3SHD, K7AJM
- Question pools should make teaching classes easier
- One lump or two (or three)?
- More QSLs: N7FAN, AD7HI
- More POTA notes, 7/30/26
- POTA notes, 7/27/26
- QSLs: WA2PAY, W3SKY
- ICQPodcast Episode 487 – A Taste of Ham Radio Friedrichshafen
- Today’s POTA activation: A nice change of pace
- Guest Post: ARRL needs new blood
- ICQPodcast Episode 485 – World Cup Special Event Station
- Button, button. Who’s got the button?
- Is anyone running for the board this year in the Great Lakes Division?
- Videos: HS ham club in NH, yet another Heathkit history, Cruz thanks ham radio
- Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 3, Friday, May 15 – Forums
- Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 3, Friday, May 15
- Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 2, Thursday, May 14
- Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 1, Wednesday, May 13
- New edition of my No Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide now ready for review
- Videos: The Heathkit story, how orchards became Silicon Valley, and a propagation monitor
- Let’s meet up at Hamvention 2026
- Is the ARRL out of touch? You decide.
- Amateur radio in the news: Students learn how to use ham radio, Saline resident reaches remote island, ham radio open house a success
- From my inbox: Free antenna book, new zBitx, how to get back into the hobby
- ICQPodcast Episode 481: Home Brewing & Kit Building
- Amateur radio in the news: MFJ sells HyGain and Cushcraft, Pitt students track Artemis, amateur radio in Bangladesh
- Summertime, Summertime, Sum, Sum, Summertime
- Exciting news for Michigan POTA ops!
- Amateur radio and RVing are great together
- Is Newington Hiring or Hemorrhaging?
- ICQPodcast Episode 479 – Baofeng UV-5R Mini
- I guess that member rights and “transparency” are bad words at the ARRL these days
- New documentary on Martin F. Jue and his company, MFJ, in the works
- K0NR VHF book gets an update
- QSLs: N0AX, N2US
- Bouvet (3Y0K) Update
- ICQPodcast Episode 477 – ARRL Bylaw 46 Changes
- This is why I keep producing study guides
- How to help others help you
- ICQPodcast Episode 475 – Expanding portable ops on 70cm/2m
- Amateur radio in the news: AD2HS, N9UKS, W5XU SK
- AI still not ready for prime time…at least not ready for my study guides
- Operating Notes: QRP signals, using the BK prosign, QSY protocol
- Amateur radio in the news: Can ham radio help Taiwan survive?, repeaters now solar-powered, ham radio connects
- A thrift shop find
- ARDC updates funding priorities
- QSLs: W8SHY, AI5BE
- What are amateur radio’s top three priorities in the next three years?
- Operating Notes, January 5, 2026
- ICQPodcast Episode 473 – Is AI About to Kill Ham Radio?
- Guest Post: It’s Harder to Become a Ham Today than 65 Years Ago
- The ARRL just makes it too easy
- Do we need an alternate question pool?
- Videos: 44 years of 44Net, Linux HT, Super Rybakov antenna
- Amateur Radio in the News: Magic of ham radio, hamfest has biggest year, are kids still looking for tech careers?
- QSLs: KA2MAT, N2TO
- Amateur radio videos: Giving back, eliminating RFI, tall tower construction
- QSLs: WA9CAT, K4CUP
- Converting the shack computer to Linux, Part 4: WSJT-X
- Another crazy idea for the ARRL
- ICQPodcast Episode 469 – Club Open Day and Radio Centre Win Award
- Converting the shack computer to Linux, Part 3: Not1MM, WFView, and FLdigi
- Converting the shack computer to Linux, Part 2: Andy’s Ham Radio Linux
- Converting the shack computer to Linux, Part 1: QLog
- Margaret Atwood on CW?
- What ChatGPT would do to attract young people to amateur radio
- It’s almost like I have a new radio
- QSLs: WN4ACE, KA9FOX
- Do we even need QST?
- QSLs: AA2UP, KT8CAT
- Urge your representatives to pass H.R. 1094 and S. 459
- ARDC looking for volunteers
- Interesting posts from around the web: Defending our spectrum, tech-focused hams, and another dig at the ARRL
- ICQPodcast Episode #464: Q&A Plus
- Just got my new stickers….
- Stuff I’ve been meaning to read/watch: The Divided Dial, portable antennas, head copy
- Two operating tips for new POTA CW Ops
- Hiring troubles at the ARRL?
- AllStar Link is definitely worth a donation of time or treasure
- QSLs: AB8AS, K4CAB
- Zero Retries Digital Conference to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025 in Everett, WA
- Does amateur radio need a DEFCON?
- Misinformation about one-day Tech classes in latest ARRL Great Lakes Division newsletter
- Interesting battery failure
- Instant Character Recognition is the key to CW speed
- Where’s the leadership in amateur radio?
- POTA, no POTA, POTA, POTA, POTA
- ICQPodcast Episode 460 – Ham Radio Friedrichshafen 2025 Part One
- A POTA procedural proposal
- QSLs: KC8ZAP, W4VIG
- Is it time to bring back the club leadership course?
- I need a new sticker
- Does anyone make a homebrew SteppIR?
- Some Ham-Vention History
- Shame on the ARRL again