Matthew Williams

Will be a while before I’m back on HF, or VHF/UHF for that matter. Got a new roof in December. Had to move my 2m/440 antenna and then the roofers just snipped the ladder line on my HF antenna. Time for a re-do in the Spring.

Whoops - power was out yesterday, was scanning around for utility truck chatter on my TH-D74 and curiously looked up my license, which expired in December! Wasn’t on 2m at all but renewed immediate from my phone, was a piece of cake. Here’s to 10 more years licensed!

I see about 90% of my timeline is now just weird ham radio and weather spam. But hey, I saw Brother Stair died - so that’s something huh?

Whoa - is this thing still on? Happy Holidays everyone, maybe someday this hobby will bubble back up on my radar beyond tuning around the bands every so often! Busy busy busy! – at NEW YORK

Hey hey - haven’t sent any RF into the ether in forever. What have I missed out on in neat ham radio news in the past year? Anything I should check out? Need to blow the dust off the 7300 and TH-D74! – at NEW YORK

Fired up the HF rig this morning for the first time I think in 2019. Might give ECARS or 7272 rag chew net a check in. Good news though, my solar install doesn’t impact my RX as all, dead quiet (Sunpower panels with micro inverters on each panel (78 panels) 400’ from the house. – at NEW YORK

Happy anniversary to my contact with the ISS at Field Day with @itsBail, @W1MSW and crew. What a fun/rare moment! youtu.be/DCksX6VYIBc – at NEW YORK

HNY all! – at NEW YORK

Alright, what’s the DMR HT to buy these days that’s field programmable and has or can be modded with promiscuous mode? HD1 looks good, but too much for how little I’ll be toying with it. Recommendations? – at New Paltz, NY

Long time no see ham radio Twitter, what have I missed out on lately? Any fun new gear out there? Any stupid cheap field programmable DMR radios out there? – at NEW YORK

78 panel array of SunPower panels, each with their own micro inverter. 400’ from the house (and pushing out insane juice to it!). Still haven’t fired up my HF rig to see if it’s putting out any nasty RF. – at NEW YORK

Long time no tweet. Selling some gear that’s been dormant for a while. Kenwood TM-D710GA needs to go! DM if interested, would like to strike a deal with someone I know before going to the QRZ forum. – at NEW YORK

Gross. Two minutes into scanning bands for Field Day activity and hear some creepy operator asking a girl her age (28) and saying in a odd way how he thought she was sooooo much younger. – at NEW YORK

The bands are alivvvvvvvvve, with the sounds of Field Dayyyyyyyyyyy – at NEW YORK

Just realized Field Day is this weekend, I think I’m going to take the kids to a local FD site to check things out since I won’t be joining the usually crew. Have fun @W1MSW, @KK1W, @itsBail! – at NEW YORK

Have a TM-710GA up for trade, any interesting offers? Probably less than a hour use, original packaging and much untouched. – at NEW YORK

Any dirt cheap DMR HTs that are field programmable? I don’t want to deal with crappy Windows software and code plugs. I just want to program a single local DMR repeater system and fiddle on the HT itself. Amazon Prime preferred. – at NEW YORK

What’s the most inexpensive weather station that’ll work with the D710GA for beaconing WX over APRS? I need to put that radio to use … or just sell it – at NEW YORK

Welp - letting my ARRL membership lapse, couldn’t tell ya the last time I opened an issue of QST. Been a while since I’ve picked up a mic or key! Though I do occasionally spin the VFO, been pretty busy! Hobby break? – at NEW YORK