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Five Portable Antennas
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EFHW Summary
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DIY 6 Band Vertical
Make a KW4JM vertical
QRPGuys 3 Band Vertical
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Portable 17 ft. wire vertical
Other Portable Antenna Options
Dipoles/Inverted VEEs
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Off Center Fed Dipole OCD
Comparing the Trap vs. Fan Inverted Vee
Link Inverted Vee
Trap Antennas
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20 & 40 meter trap dipole qrpkits
40/20 Meter Trap-Inverted Vee
17/20/30/40 Trap Inverted Vee
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x5105 Go Kit
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Repairing Mic Cord
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Portable HF....
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Pedestrian Mobile
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Ped Mobile Considerations
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Thots on POTA Activations
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My Ideal POTA Kit
My Ideal POTA Antennas
POTA - Lizard Mound State Park k-9704
POTA k-4348 Black River State Forest
POTA k-3383 Bald Mtn State Rec Area
POTA k-2314 Pine Lake State Park
POTA K-4429 Coronado National Forest
POTA K-4491 Superior Nat. Forest
POTA K-1440 Big Foot
POTA K-4265 Bong
POTA K-1437 Aztalan State Park
POTA - Ice Age Scenic trail K-4238
Vernon State Wildlife area
Tichigan State Wildlife area
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2020 Portable Ops
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ELECRAFT T1
Tuna Tunah II
EMTECH ZM-2 ATU
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2020 Mobile Installation
2015 Re-install the Mobile
Miscellaneous Ham Radio Topics
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Baluns, Ununs, Etc.
Keeping wires and ropes untangled
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Things Happen
Backpacking/Camping
2020 Backpacking/Camping Season
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2020 Oct Boundary Waters Trip
July 2020 Koehler-Andrea St. Park Birthday Camping Trip
2019 Backpacking/Camping Season
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September 2019 High Sierra Camp Loop
August 2019
June 2019 Boundary Waters
2018 Backpacking/Camping Season
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Oct 2018 Boundary waters
August 4-5, 2018 Wisconsin River Canoe Trip
July 16-18 Devil's Lake Birthday Campout
June 28-30, 2018 Backpacking/Camping
June 2018 ARRL Field Day Camput
April 2017 Ice Age National Scenic Trail
2017 Backpacking/Camping Season
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July 2017 Camping at Timber-Lee Christian Campground
Cancelled Ice Age Trail Backpacking Trip
June 2017 Hiking/Backpacking/Camping
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Cave of the Mounds and Blue Mounds State Park
May 2017 Backpacking/Hiking/Camping
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May 19 Ottawa Lakes Campground
May 4-7 2017 Porkies Backpacking Trip
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Porkies Backpack Trip Day 1
Porkies Backpack Trip Day 2
Porkies Backpack Trip Day 3
Porkies Backpack Trip Day 4
April 2017 Backpacking/Camping/Hiking
March 2017 Hiking/Camping More Preparations
Feb 2017 Hiking/Camping
2016 Hiking/Backpacking/Camping Season
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December 2016 Hiking/Camping
November 2016 Hiking/Camping
Oct 2016 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Trip
August 2016 Camping
July 2016 Hiking/Camping/Backpacking
June 2016 Hiking/Backpacking/Camping
May 2016
April 2016
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Tents
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Reparing Tent Poles
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Hammock Stand
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Portable Hammock Stand
SnakeSkins or Sleeves vs. Stuff Sacks
Hammock Suspension
Keeping Warm in a Hammock
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Lite Top Quilt or Bag Liner
DIY Under Quilt
Glacier National Park 2015
Training for Glacier National Park Backpacking Trip
Backpacking Stoves
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Trangia 27-3 UL Stove
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Cooking with Trangia
ALOCS Trangia Look Alike Burner
Fancee Feest Stove
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Fancee Feest & Stanley Cook Pot
Another Cat Food Can Stove
DIY Alcohol Stove
DIY Igniter for Alcohol Stoves
Lexada Wood-Gas Stove
Wood Burning Backpack Stoves
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Emberlit Fireant
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Backpacking Food
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Cowboy Coffee
Santa Fe Cheesy Beans and Rice
Healthy Instant Oatmeal Packets
Bacon Ranch Chicken Wrap
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Adventures
50th Anniversary In Alaska
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Day 1 Sites in Fairbanks
Day 2 Morning River Boat Cruise
Day 2 Afternoon travel to Denali
Day 3 Denali History Bus Tour
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McKinley Wilderness Princess Lodge Photos
Day 4 Coach ride to Anchorage/Whittier
Day 5 Ship Cruise at Yakutat Bay and Hubbard Glacier
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Photos of Yakutat Bay
Day 6 Galcier Bay
RC Planes
2019 Flying Season
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2015 Flying Season
Great Planes Escapade - .40 size
T-6 Texan
Cessna 170
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Great Planes PT-40 Trainer
Great Planes Combat Spitfire
Hobbico TWINSTAR
Other Planes
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Flite-Test FT-Cruiser
Micro Fokker Eindecker by Dave Robelen
Things I've learned....
About
July 12, 2017 Flood
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Remembering Charles & Eva
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Feist Family Photos
KW4JM Contact Log
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