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After the New Year Holiday, I really felt the need to get outside and go for a good hike. One of my favourite spots is the Valens Lake...

I purchased an Icom IC-705 transceiver at the start of the pandemic with the intent of getting into QRP. I wanted something that was...

I've been camping on and off for 30 years. Starting around 2009, my camping outings became regular - as I invested in a Coleman 10...

In April 8th of 2024, a solar eclipse made its way across essentially the Ohio Valley in the US, into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario,...

Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal Hi Everyone! So I've so far kept a promise to myself, and that is that on every odd year, I...

Hi there! I'm Joe (nickname Uncle Joe) - amateur radio operator VA3AZS (and also VA3POR). I'm based in the Greater Toronto area in...