Last Thursday - Sunday, Bruce (VA7SGY) and I did a hike through the Skyline Trail in Manning Park. It was amazing! The weather was almost perfect, and we activated three SOTA summits, one of them being a first time activation. Manning Park is a huge park in BC that offers a …
There's a great source for fibreglass poles in Canada at Princess Auto Stores. They're in the Surplus section, and come in 4 foot lengths. I'm assuming these would be available in the US as well. I've built a top piece for them, so they can be guyed, and it also …
Another activation in but this time doing Hollyburn Mountain Cypress Provincial Park . This is another 4 point summit (+3 Winter Bonus), and also very accessible. The hike is only about 1.5 hours up, and can be done with spikes. It was quite busy, even for a Friday. Made contacts …
I've been playing around with GNU Radio, and published a GRC file that might be useful to amateur radio operators. It's a 2-channel narrowband FM receiver This lets you monitor 2 frequencies in your stereo audio output. Useful for monitoring 2m calling, and also your favourite repeater. I want to …
An amazingly sunny day for a snowshoeing trip. Cartmell Peak is part of the Sasquatch Mountain Resort, which means you need to buy a $20 pass, but part of that is for a lifetime membership - just don't lose the card. Bruce (VA7SGY) organized the trip, and Austin (VE7QH) and Aaron …
CHIRP is an awesome tool for programming radios, but it's nice to be on the latest version. I like to install everything in a virtualenv so it doesn't mess with system packages, but the CHIRP instructions don't cover that. New versions are constantly released, and you want to go to …
Had a great day doing an POTA and SOTA activation of Black Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park . This is a 4 point summit (+3 Winter Bonus), which is very accessible. The hike is only about 1.5 hours up, and doesn't go through any avalanche terrain. It's very well travelled …