A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
I spent a couple of days on the roads in Eastern Montana. While out there, I spotted this old abandoned house with a tower attached to it. It is just begging to be put to good use once again. And, I would be willing to be the one to put it to good use. I’m […]
Read MoreMy little treasure from Moldova. I recently went to Moldova on a short term missions trip. While there, I found a nice 24 hour clock for sale. It is very large with the digits nearly two inches high, and the digits are very bright. Although, it is wired with a European 240 Volt plug on […]
Read MoreI don’t normally copy posts from other blogs, but I thought this one was worth mentioning. This is from the ARRL web site at http://arrl.org On Sunday, September 21, Bob Williams, N7ODM, ofBozeman, Montana, was just tuning around on 40 meters, giving his rig atest just before a scheduled QSO with his brother Rich, K7URU, […]
Read MoreI enjoy collecting old radios of any kind. I came across this little gem today at a garage sale for only fifty cents. It is a simple transistorized AM radio with a leatherette case that snaps closed on the back. It runs on 110 Volts or with batteries. The only marking on it is “Passport”; […]
Read MoreI enjoy viewing each episode of AmateurLogic.TV when they come out. Episode number 21 has been out for a few weeks and I finally made some time to watch it. AmateurLogic.TV is made by a group of three Ham Radio Operators, two here in the United States, and one in Australia. They talk about most […]
Read MoreDesire’ and I volunteered at the Governor’s Cup marathon race again this year. The races were on Saturday, June 6. The Capital City Amateur Radio Club provides race communications each year. Desire’, Lynn – K7WGR, and I – K7JM were stationed near Mill Road in Helena. As you can see from the pictures, it was […]
Read MoreHere are some photos of a simple power meter, and a QRP receiver and transmitter that I built in March and April of 2007. All of them were from “Experimental Methods in RF design“. I actually made a contact with another Ham Radio Operator using the setup exactly as shown in the photo with Morse […]
Read MoreI am testing out some video capabilities on this site. Here is a little entertaining clip. If you know how I love Ham Radio, you might get a chuckle out of this.
Read MoreThe February issue of QST arrived a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to barely look at it; but it looks like there are some good articles. I also received the bi-monthly edition of QEX which is a publication for Ham experimenters put out by the ARRL. Hopefully, in the next […]
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