There's a great source for fibreglass poles in Canada at Princess Auto Stores.
They're in the Surplus section, and come in 4 foot lengths. I'm assuming these
would be available in the US as well.
I've built a top piece for them, so they can be guyed, and it also …
Another activation in but this time doing Hollyburn
MountainCypress
Provincial Park. This is another 4 point
summit (+3 Winter Bonus), and also very accessible. The hike is only about
1.5 hours up, and can be done with spikes. It was quite busy, even for a Friday.
I've been playing around with GNU Radio, and published a GRC file that might be
useful to amateur radio operators. It's a 2-channel narrowband FM
receiver This lets you
monitor 2 frequencies in your stereo audio output. Useful for monitoring 2m
calling, and also your favourite repeater.
An amazingly sunny day for a snowshoeing trip. Cartmell Peak is part of the
Sasquatch Mountain Resort, which means you need to buy a $20 pass, but part of
that is for a lifetime membership - just don't lose the card.
Bruce (VA7SGY) organized the trip, and Austin (VE7QH) and Aaron …
CHIRP is an awesome tool
for programming radios, but it's nice to be on the latest version. I like to
install everything in a virtualenv so it doesn't mess with system packages, but
the CHIRP instructions don't cover that.
New versions are constantly released, and you want to go to …
Had a great day doing an POTA and SOTA activation of Black
Mountain in Cypress
Provincial Park. This is a 4 point summit (+3
Winter Bonus), which is very accessible. The hike is only about 1.5 hours up,
and doesn't go through any avalanche terrain. It's very well travelled …