Kevin Thornton

The Arkansas QSO Party The Arkansas QSO Party, a ham radio event featuring the opportunity to contact stations all over the state.

Reminder: AR QSO Party logs are due by June 1st at arkqp.com. #hamradio

Ham radio friends: the Arkansas QSO Party is today 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Central Time. Look for me at WR5P, the bonus station.
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One week away from the Arkansas QSO party. Let’s get some AR stations on the air May 17th from 9:00a - 9:00p Central Time. #hamradio

That's funny. I think the same thing when I see them! We get drylines coming off the plains that will make radar signatures that are just a few miles wide that look just like the Nexus.

Got mine, too!

Thanks for the tip. I’ll give that a try. Merry Christmas!

First attempt this morning at receiving SSTV signal from the International Space Station. Need to make some adjustments! Doppler effect being one of them. #hamradio

Wow! Wish those were around when I was a kid.

Map with Santa’s sleigh displayed

Cool! Hamclock has a Santa tracker. #hamradio

I saw him in Dallas last year with The Hooters, Tommy Tutone and Rick Springfield and he was great!

Beautiful radio! Priceless, indeed. I have several large consoles in my collection.

Also several museum ships on the air for Pearl Harbor Day!

Having fun working National Weather Service offices for Skywarn Recognition Day. Several are on 20m right now. #hamradio

The California earthquake 30 minutes ago was felt by the seismometer at Hobbs State Park (Rogers, Arkansas) about five minutes after it began. #arwx folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_bb...

I just started relearning CW, too, and have the same problem! What are you using? I'm using a combination of G4FON's software and Morse Code Ninja.

@kristinestone.bsky.social I heard you mention this morning that you were here. Welcome to BlueSky!

Has anyone figured out a way to have a weather station auto-post to Bluesky? Twitter did away with that ability a couple of years ago and I miss getting posts from my station. #arwx

Why is it that in ham radio, you simply get one new component for the station but then end up reconfiguring the whole shack around it and buying/building 6 more things you didn’t realize you needed to accommodate that new component? This weekend, it was a LifePo4 battery. *facepalm*

Congrats! And welcome to Bluesky. 73 de K5KVN #hamradio

I’m so glad the @uark.bsky.social Hogwild Band invites us alumni to play at games over the holidays. Tonight was Volleyball. Go Hogs! #Arkansas #Razorbscks #trumpet

Good to connect with you here! I’m in Tontitown.

Thanks! I've heard good things about them from several people. Will check it out.

If you're learning or relearning #CW, what method are you using?

I've challenged myself to relearn #MorseCode this winter. I'm using G4FON's software, which uses the Koch method. My only complaint is that when you add a character, it doesn't introduce the new character before each practice. Or am I missing that function somewhere? #hamradio

OMG so true!

There should be a telegraph / Morse code keyer emoji. #hamradio

200, wow! Nice milestone. I have a "home park," too, but have a few to go before I hit 200 activations there! 73 de K5KVN

Congrats! Welcome to a great hobby. 73 from Arkansas de K5KVN

Beauty!