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- Vanuatu DXpedition *Update*by Van HerridgeVanuatu DXpedition NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Van Herridge, N4VGE November 30, 2023 Team Leader Issue: 3.0 843-303-1885 vanherridge@gmail.com VJ DXpedition Accepting Applications CHARLESTON, SC – Not every DXpedition (an amateur radio expedition to a distant country) for ham (amateur) radio operators has to be a trip into the wilderness…
- St. John Catholic School XTAL radio build 11-10by K4TCPThe first deployment of the TARC Mobile Ham Radio Station was in April 2023 at St. John Catholic School in North Charleston where the students learned all about Amateur Radio and had an opportunity to make their first ham radio contact. The event was such a huge success that TARC was invited back this fall…
- Parks On the Air – Botany Bay Plantation – Mobile Marine Park Activation – Testing Emergency Commsby Jim WassonThis is a joint POTA radio park activation between Rich (K4ZRL) and Jim (KO4MNB). This is a mobile marine activation in which we travelled from Charleston to Edisto to activate Botany Bay Plantation, K-3889. We completed this as a mobile marine activation on a Bayliner 185 with a Chameleon 17′ whip, hooked up to an…
- Stone Mountain Hamfestby Van HerridgeI am going to the Stone Mountain Hamfest, https://stonemountainhamfest.com/ Nov 4-5, in my motorhome and looking for someone to go with me. I’ll be parked at the hamfest and have an extra bed. I plan on leaving on Friday, Nov 3 and returning on Nov 5. I have already purchased a campsite and tickets. Please let…
- “Little David” (W4D) Special Event on October 7by Jim WassonOn the night of October 5, 1863, “Little David”, commanded by Lieutenant William T. Glassell, CSN, left Charleston Harbor to attack the casemated ironclad steamer USS New Ironsides. The torpedo boat approached undetected until she was within 50 yards of the blockader. Hailed by the watch on board New Ironsides, Glassell replied with a blast…