Recently I ran across an intriguing notice on the RSGB website. It was a notice to “prepare for CHOTA” back in 2021. CHOTA is Churches and Chapels on the Air, a product of the World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners (wacral.org). That organization began in 1957 in England by the Huddersfield South Methodist […]
Category: Portable Ops
Brashear’s Stand: Still Being Used for a Break in the Day
The history of the early 1800s in the United States’ development holds meaning for today. More than we tend to realize. Back before Mississippi was a state, the Federal Government called it “I.T.,” short for Indian Territory. Territories were not “settled” from a Federal viewpoint. During those times, many footpaths established by Native American Tribes—for […]
Mississippi’s Finest Juel: Just-in-Time Manufacturing…when needed!
In preparation for the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Team to activate Issaquena County (see post on this blog), I discovered that we did not have two antennas that would tune to 80 meters. Team member Glen KW5GP was bringing a Buddipole that tunes from 40-10 meters (he didn’t have the 80M coil). I was […]
Baby, It Was Cold Outside….
Frank Loesser’s 1944 song, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, was number one on the Hit Parade in Mayersville, MS during last Saturday’s Mississippi QSO Party. We were guests of Mayor Shorter and permitted to use Russell Park there for our planned morning outing to activate the rare Issaquena County. I had organized the first outing for […]