Ten-Year Blog-iversary

Ten years ago today, I published my first post on this blog. Time flies when you’re having fun—and it certainly has been fun.

I started this blog mostly for selfish reasons. It started off as a personal journal of sorts, a way of documenting my ham radio activities and projects. When I receive a QSL card or Logbook of the World confirmation, I often go back through the posts to see where I was, what equipment I was using, and how I was set up during the contact. I thought others might want to read this stuff, and apparently they do.

Some blog posts have been consistently popular over the years. I could only pull up statistics for the last five years, but the most frequently visited posts over that period were:

  1. Revisiting the Rybakov 806 Vertical
  2. The Doublet – Revisiting a Classic Antenna
  3. A Homebrew Z-Match Transmatch
  4. Speaker Wire Half-Square Antenna
  5. U.S. Navy Morse Code Training

I don’t make any money from this blog; there are no sponsors, affiliate links, or the like. It’s just something I have enjoyed doing. So, if you are among the hundreds of visitors each day from around the world, thank you for stopping by.

Here’s to the next ten years!

72, Craig WB3GCK

8 thoughts on “Ten-Year Blog-iversary”

  1. Congratulations, Craig! I always enjoy reading your posts and I have learned a lot thru the years. My favorites are the simple tuner that can be adapted high or low by a flip of a switch and verticals and coils you use on your truck.

    I would much rather read about people who are actually doing things just for the fun of it, rather than the guys promoting something they saw online and are looking for likes or selling stuff.

    Favorites are you, W2LJ Larry, K3WWP John and VA3KOT John. Something that struck me- all are from the northheast where there are changes of season and cold weather. Can’t figure out the correlation,but I’m enjoying it!

    I hope you have many more years radioing and writing about it!

    73 de Rick N8TGQ

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  3. Congrats Craig, enjoy your blog. I’m having a blog for the same reasons and do not have sponsors nor do I make any money out of it. The fun thing is that it is a kind of personal archive and read that you see that as well. Keep writing and have fun. 73/72 Bas PE4BAS

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  4. Craig :
    Wow, ten years ! That is awesome.
    I always enjoy your postings and it is always a pleasure to work you on the air.
    72 and Grrrr !
    Michael VE3WMB / VA2NB (PB#19)

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