In this post, I will describe basic radio antenna tuning using an SWR meter. For best transmission and reception, antennas must be “tuned” to the frequencies of the radio. When you tune a radio antenna, you are adjusting the length of the antenna so the radio transmits most efficiently. Even though this is the Ham … Read more
Today, we spent the day running from the Williams Mine Fire in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. It’s been a few days now and the fire has grown to 5000 acres and is 1% contained. Estimated containment date is 10-31-24, so our mountain bike riding in this part of the National Forest is done for … Read more
The weather has been nice, a bit on the hot side, but perfect for midsummer mountain biking in the Cascade Mountains. It has been 80-90°F during the day and in the 40’s and 50’s at night. No rain to speak of. It warms up quick when the summer sun rises above the tall forest trees, … Read more
Time for hot mountain biking, in more ways than one, from the Pacific Northwest. Things quiet down a bit after July fourth, but it’s summer. People around here know that the beautiful days of summer are short, so this is a busy time of year for outdoor activities. For the most part, the weather has … Read more
Not too much to report on the mountain bike front, so we’ll let the Cascade Mountain bike photos do all the talking. The weather has been pretty good, a bit chilly still at night. Hardly anyone here, but that will change this 4th of July weekend, the official start of the Pacific Northwest summer. The … Read more
It’s more like summer than winter, so it’s down to the MTB life in the Cascade Mountains. There’s not many people here, a few mountain climbers taking advantage of the longest days of the year. Summer is beautiful here in the Pacific Northwest, but painfully short. You have to take advantage of every nice day. … Read more
It’s Cascade Mountain bike season again in the Pacific Northwest. After a couple weeks of rain that was pretty heavy at times, it has mostly cleared up and the mountain bike riding season is off and running. With a lot of uncertainty in the world and me not getting any younger, I’m always thankful for … Read more
We’ve had some epic days of fishing lately, but it’s last call for great kayak fishing for largemouth bass on the Colorado River. We’ve done more kayak fishing and caught more fish in the past month than we have in the previous five. It has been a terrible fishing season. Due to the ever increasing … Read more
It’s just about our last chance and we lucked out with some great kayak fishing action on the Colorado River for largemouth bass. We are running out of time and each day of fishing is more valuable. The wind was coming up quickly in the late morning, so it was an early start every morning. … Read more
After a couple days of wind, we were back on the water for more kayak fishing action on the Colorado River. Our luck has been pretty good for a change, and we’re hoping it will continue. As usual, we were out there before the crack of dawn to take advantage of the calm wind and … Read more