Back in W/K/N-land

I arrived back in the US after a great trip to Finland.  Next trip will include either the KX1 or the KX3 (if it ever comes...)  :)

I got to do a bit of SWLing but had nothing with which to transmit.  Probably ok given my 18 hour day work schedule.

I am off to Florida Thursday for my son's college graduation and then travel should slow down for a bit.

Jet lagged in Seattle...

Finland SWLing

I moved my base of operations today north to Tampere, Finland where I will be the rest of the week.  I am having fun SWLing on the ham bands hearing all the call signs I drool over working from the states like they are next door...  Because they are!  Hanging out on the low end of 20 metres mostly, but I am hearing a lot of activity on 17 metres as well.

Not much antenna to work with (about 8-10 metres of wire) but having fun in OH-land.  I will be sure to bring along a QRP rig next time I come to Europe and give those fun airport security folks something to quiz me about.

Greetings from Finland

I arrived today in Finland where I will be working this week.  I brought along a little Grundig G6 Aviator receiver (yeah, it's the "Buzz Aldrin Edition") as it is tiny, runs on batteries and also has a BFO so I can decode CW and SSB signals.  I have a little wire antenna I clip on the whip and string it up in the window of my hotel.  20 metres is very busy tonight with a lot of CW, digital and SSB signals.  It will be interesting to see how the band does as the sun goes down.  Only problem is...  I can barely keep my eyes open as I have been up for about 24 hours.  We shall see how it goes.

Off to OH-land (Finland)

This weekend, I will be traveling to Helsinki, Finland for a week.  I have not had time to comply with the Finish Communications Regulatory Authority requirements to apply for a visitor amateur license, so I will not be on the air.  I expect that I will be making future trips to Finland, so I will apply for a visitor license when I return.  The Finnish Amateur Radio League can be found here.