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KE8PRB is a blog about amateur radio, outdoor recreation, and practical preparedness. It's for people who would rather touch grass than doomscroll. (more)


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Jun. 15, 2025

Rediscovering Geocaching

When you live in a city, it can be hard to get outdoors. It takes time and energy that I may not have. Cincinnati has a lot of green spaces, but you actually have to go see them. I introduced my girlfriend to geocaching, and now she is obsessed. Geocaching has changed significantly since the last time I did it. People make puzzles that have to be solved to determine the coordinates for the cache. The GF is a Sudoku whiz, so the puzzle caches are like catnip for her.

May. 30, 2025

Welcome to KE8PRB.ORG

My name is chris, amateur call sign KE8PRB from Cincinnati, Ohio. I am a dad, an IT professional, a veteran, and a ham. Camping and amateur radio are two hobbies that I picked up during COVID. During the lock-downs, I took to sweeping local radio bands with a receiver attached to my computer, known as a Software Defined Radio (SDR). Hearing radio chatter again woke up the forgotten corner of my brain where “the commo guy” lived. I was a radio operator with the Ohio National Guard way back in the late 1900’s. As a family, we took up hiking and camping as our social distancing activities. When COVID restrictions were lightening up, we took a road trip to the Outer Banks. It reminded me that America is a big beautiful place, and that I should see a lot more of it.

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