W0RMT Amateur Radio

  • FFWN seasonal radio activity

    The questions of the week for the 10/17/25 FediFridayWinlinkNet was “Does your ham radio activity change with the seasons, and if so how?” Here re teh responses:

  • FFWN Favorite HTs

    For the 10/10/25 #FediFridayWinlinkNet, the question was “What is your favorite HT?” The responses were interesting and somewhat surprising to me, and I have summarized them here.

  • FFWN Reboot

    I have been thinking about restarting the Fedi Friday Winlink Net (FFWN). I’ve got a bit more breathing room with work right now and I think it would be fun to get it going again. I’ve also been trying to check-in weekly to the Great Lakes Area Winlink Net (GLAWN) which is a much larger…

  • LoRa APRS Logging

    There are a few options for viewing LoRa APRS stations on the web in a map-based display. Of course, one could just go to https://aprs.fi/ and set some filters by station type, destination callsign, etc. The most comprehensive “ready to go” LoRa APRS map viewer appears to be https://lora.ham-radio-op.net/ which is run by EA2RCF. I…

  • FFWN Most Interesting Op Location

    The FediFridayWinlinkNet question of the week on 5/31/24 was “What is the most interesting or unique place from which you have operated a #hamradio?” We had some really interesting answers! See the list below.

  • FFWN Weekend Plans

    Here are the responses to the #FediFridayWinlinkNet question from 05/03/2024: What are your #hamradio weekend plans?

North Cascades Mountains looking south from Command 1 repeater on the Sourdough Fire, 2023.
North Cascades Mountains looking south from Command 1 repeater on Ruby Mt, Sourdough Fire, 2023

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