Latest post aboutHam Radio on07/21/2018
The smoke from the Yosemite file still hung in the early morning air when Dan Fortune, KE7MVJ, my father-in-law and I made our way down the highway. We had decided to stop at McDonalds to grab some breakfast and coffee before making our way to Donner Ridge. Last summer we ...
- 06/23/2018Field Day 2018
I am not one to participate in contest finding them too competitive and overwhelming for me to enjoy. Field Day, even though technically not a contest, can feel just as overwhelming discouraging me for many years. However, last year, I decided to dip my toes in the water and try ...
- 06/17/2018The importance of keeping a log
When I first starting making beer years ago, I never bothered keeping a log of what I was making nor the progress. I would go down to the local brew store and pick up a recipe and the ingredients making a single 5-gallon batch. I would write on the recipe ...
- 05/26/2018Bochet is finally bottled!
When I first decided in September of 2017 that I was going to start brewing mead, I first looked up in Wikipedia the mead article and made a list of all the different types of mead that I wanted to make. I’m now nearing the end of that list one ...
- 05/19/2018Peaches 'n Cream
I started the Peaches 'n Cream mead this weekend after mulling over the recipe to use for the past several weeks. I've decided to start with a wildflower mead and add peaches and vanilla to the secondary fermenter. I looked for frozen peaches when we went shopping on Saturday morning ...
- 05/05/2018Three racks and a new mead
I had been a busy day home brewing starting early in the morning when I got up soon after sunrise. Summer has arrived in Arizona with the temperatures getting up into the 100's by mid say but still in the 60's at night. Therefore, we decided to get up early ...
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