• AVR Butterfly Keyer

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    AVR Butterfly Keyer Resource details Search AVR Butterfly Keyer The Atmel AVR Butterfly is a credit card sized board which contains an AVR MEGA169 processor , a six character LCD display , a five way joystick navigation switch , a piezo speaker , a 3 volt lithium battery cell for power and a few other odds and . ends Keyers Technical Reference Keyers Voice and CW Keyers AVR Butterfly Keyer is listed on dxzone.com since 2012-02-08 Hits 40 Rate 0.00 Votes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The scale is 1 10, with 1 being poor and 10 being . excellent Webmaster , add a Remote rating to your site . Share on Facebook Who visited AVR Butterfly Keyer in Technical Reference Keyers category , also visited PIC Keyer FT290 CW KOX Circuit AVR Butterfly Keyer A low cost morse Trainer Keyer QLF Filter CW K Pip Tone

  • PIC Keyer

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Technical Reference/KeyersThe PIC Keyer is a full-featured Morse code keyer which has been programmed into a PIC 16F88 Microcontroller by W7GC

  • 12V System Surge protection

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Technical Reference/Power SupplyA surge protection project by G8MNY

  • Antenna Mast and Mounts Manufacturers

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Links to dealers and manufacturers of telescopic antenna masts, poles, antenna mounts. Hard to find masts, expecially designed to support antenna for portable, emergency or field day use <img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7DNEUXbUSUfRyPEoRcsD7-CcATA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"

  • Astro Radio

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe/SpainAmateur radio shop in Barcelona Spain

  • M0WWA Vector Network Analyzer

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Technical Reference/Vector Network Analyzer60KHz to 60MHz. laboratory quality Vector Network Analyzer project <br/

  • W1YW Fracatal Antennas

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Antennas/FractalW1YW QRZ page dedicated to fractal antennas

  • VHF Yagi Balcony Mast

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Antennas/Masts and mountsAn Antenna Mast Idea for a VHF/UHF antenna

  • Fractal Antennas

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Antennas/FractalFractal Antennas by Philip Felber A literature study as a project for ECE 576

  • Paper calls for emcomm digital networks

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    Fierce Homeland Security, a website for domestic security leaders, reports: In a paper (.pdf) dated Jan. 24, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology says unlicensed spectrum in the 2.4 gigahertz to 5 GHz spectrum, television white space and possibly even 60-100 GHz spectrum could augment the planned national broadband network….In addition, the [...]

  • Ham radio ops playing basketball?

    Updated: 2012-02-10 09:14:34
    A recent item in a Google Alert titled, “Aranda takes MVP plum of MDX caging.” I clicked on the link and was taken to the website of the Saipan Tribune, where I found a story about a guy named Jack Aranda who “won the coveted MVP award after lifting San Antonio to an 87-72 victory [...]

  • EA1CS: AB0IH/KH2 Guam Is.

    Updated: 2012-02-10 04:47:36
    : . EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 viernes 10 de febrero de 2012 AB0IH KH2 Guam Is . De Dx World Twitter Take JS6RRR y Aki AB0IH KH2 se encuentran activos desde la isla de Guam , están QRV de 6 a 80mts en Cw , Ssb y . Rtty 73´s , Luis EA1CS Enviar por correo electrónico Escribe un blog Compartir con Twitter Compartir con Facebook Entrada antigua Página principal Entradas más populares última semana Que verguenza De mal en peor HK0NA Log online estadísticas finales FW0NAR Pirata TX6T y TX6T P Noticias HK0NA QRT . es historia CT8 DL2UX EU-175 Sígueme en Twitter Hora local Avilés , Asturias prevision del tiempo Avilés Gracias por tu visita ENLACES Dx World El Diario Worldwide Antartic Program EA1WX Blog

  • Marine VSAT: Luckily most of this is done for you … VSAT Maritime Regulatory article -

    Updated: 2012-02-10 02:17:03
    Luckily some of this will be done for you by the service provider when you get some kind of VSAT - Satellite Internet System on your marine vessel. http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/satellitepolicies/A-Maritime-Regulatory-Strategy_35087.html A clip of this says: 3. Take Note of Your Position Where a vessel operates is the most important piece of information in planning your first-level strategy. There are three [...]

  • G3XBM (Roger): Reliability of radio gear

    Updated: 2012-02-09 23:14:49
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 9 Feb 2012 Reliability of radio gear Tin Whiskers on an IC contact When I mentioned the eHam review of the KX3 on the GQRP reflector last night most of the replies focused on the reliability of complex modern electronics equipment . Some people believe that with fewer parts and SMA components reliability is higher today than in earlier times . Others , including me , were more circumspect and feel that , unless production processes are well controlled , the danger of failure is higher . There are also potential issues with leakage in small geometry ICs as well as the dreaded tin whiskers issue where metal dendrils can grow over time between IC balls . My own experience in

  • W2LJ (Larry): Back in the saddle

    Updated: 2012-02-09 22:40:08
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Thursday , February 09, 2012 Back in the saddle So I missed a day so what I got right back up on the horse and in the saddle via another great QSO with Jim W1PID on 80 Meters . Jim was telling me that if the weather stays warm in New Hampshire tomorrow , that he just might experiment with a kite antenna . I told him to make sure to grab lots of pictures to post Jim has asked me how my KX3 fever was going . I told him it was starting to climb and the only cure would be a package from Drs . Wayne and Eric . I will patiently wait and endure , but the recently released eHam review isn't making things . easier I got the new QST Antenna Issue today and with interest I read the

  • EC1KR (Jesus): Nueva Version Super Check Partial

    Updated: 2012-02-09 22:15:33
    AMATEUR RADIO STATION I Love CONTEST DX Home Sobre mi Contacta QSL Info Mi estación Mis concursos Galería Libro de visitas LOG Nieve , Hielo , Frio CQ WPX RTTY 2012 Nueva Version Super Check Partial Ha salido nueva version del Super Check Partial Database con los indicativos para Concursos que realiza Bob WA1Z actualizado a 05 02 2012. Link : http : www.supercheckpartial.com Calls in the MASTER.DTA file : 43,454 Calls in the MASTERTTY.DTA file : 11,913 Esta entrada fue escrita el 9 Febrero 2012, 23:15 y archivada en Concursos Puedes seguir las respuestas en esta entrada a través de RSS 2.0 Puede dejar una respuesta o hacer trackback desde su propio sitio . Comentarios 0 No hay Comentarios Cancelar respuesta Nombre Requerido E-Mail Requerido No será publicado Website Enviar Comentario

  • 2E0HTS (Simon): Day 9 February QSO Challenge

    Updated: 2012-02-09 22:06:59
    : Ham Radio Thursday , February 09, 2012 Day 9 February QSO Challenge Day 9 of the QSO challenge was completed whilst operating down on the 80m band 3.583MHz This portion of the band is used by stations operating PSK31 and is always busy with plenty of activity to choose . from I watched my P.C screen whist running the PSK31 Deluxe Super Browser where I then made a nice QSO with ON5UN . Erwin During our QSO I was using 30W , FT-1000, RIGblaster plus and C.W antenna . The software I use for PSK31 is PSK . Deluxe ON5UN was at a total distance of 305 miles away from my station . Our QSO can be seen below with the time and station information . The actual PSK31 QSO RX 21:34:48 UTC CQ CQ de ON5UN ON5UNCQ CQ de ON5UN ON5UNCQ CQ de ON5UN ON5UNPSE K oe TX 21:35:11 UTC ON5UN ON5UN de 2EØHTS

  • EA1CS: 4W0VB QRT

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:57:09
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 4W0VB QRT Si me habéis trabajado como 4W0VB operé desde OC-148, si también me tienes en el log como 4W0VB P la referencia es OC-232. Todos los qso han sido subidos a LOTW . Si necesitas la qsl en papel me permito sugeriros que la solicitéis directa y no por el buro . Pero atención por que lo americanos no son aconsejables , si los IRC . También puedes utilizar Paypal , que sería . perfecto Tal vez haya algún qso que no esté en el log , probablemente habrán pirateado 4W0Vb o bien por que tuve mucho QRM en alguna banda . No dudes en todo caso preguntar si tienes alguna duda con algún . qso Qsl vía . UA4WHX En Dx World.net tenéis algunas fotos

  • EA1CS: 6Y1X Qsl especial en 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:56:09
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 6Y1X Qsl especial en 2012 De Dx World Twitter Robert 6Y1X Para celebrar los 75 años del DXCC y el 2012 Diamond Challenge DXCC he hecho una nueva qsl para esta fecha tan especial en la historia de la radioafición . También quiero homenajear con ella a John F . Griñan VP5PZ primer radioaficionado en Jamaica en el año 1926 73´s , Luis EA1CS Enviar por correo electrónico Escribe un blog Compartir con Twitter Compartir con Facebook Entrada más reciente Entrada antigua Página principal Entradas más populares última semana Que verguenza De mal en peor HK0NA Log online estadísticas finales FW0NAR Pirata TX6T y TX6T P Noticias HK0NA QRT . es

  • W2LJ (Larry): Busted!

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:40:49
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Thursday , February 09, 2012 Busted And so my everyday streak comes to an . end Yesterday was one of those days at work where you just want to dig a hole , jump in and pull the hole in after yourself . nbsp And unfortunately , due to the wonderful world of cell phones and Blackberrys , it didn't end when I got . home Needless to say , when all finally calmed down around 10:30 or so , I didn't feel like getting on the radio . nbsp I tried raising V31JZ on 30 Meters tonight but I could not bust through the pileup before the witching hour came and 0000 UTC occurred . nbsp So February 9th , 2012 goes . QSOless So , what do I do Pick myself up , dust myself off and start anew

  • EA3AKY (Josep): 3C6A / 3C0E expedition dates

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:18:00
    : EA3AKY CONTEST 6M DX EME BLOG Blog per compartir les meves experiencies de radioaficionat , especialment dedicades als concursos , dx en 6m i experimentació en . V-U-SHF Pàgina principal Calendari DX 6m WKD DXCC 50 MHz QSL INFO CQ WW DX CW Contest CQ WPX CW CONTEST Plan de Banda 50 MHz IARU R1 2012 dijous 9 de febrer de 2012 3C6A 3C0E expedition dates The team departs Alicante , Spain on February 21 we arrive the same day late in the evening and will activate 3C6A on February 22, to 26 We will then depart Malabo on February 27 for Annobon 3C0E and will be QRV from February 28 until March 11 when we will QRT We hope to work all of you in the . pile-ups 73, Team 3c0e Publicat per Josep , EA3AKY a 21:18 Envia per correu electrònic BlogThis Comparteix a Twitter Comparteix a Facebook 0

  • EA1CS: VP6T (información 8 feb.)

    Updated: 2012-02-09 20:17:21
    : . EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 VP6T información 8 feb . De Dx World Twitter Apenas una semana desde que VP6T finalizó , más de 23.000 qso 41 de los 56.300 qso se ha subido a . LOTW Si quieres conseguir la qsl puedes solicitarla directa o buro a través de OQRS en Clublog , busca tus qso y pulsa SOLICITAR QSL También la podéis solicitar de forma tradicional por el buro o al manager Nigel G3TXF . Si has recibido confirmación en LOTW y no quieres la qsl tradicional , puedes hacer una pequeña donación a través de la web de VP6T , será bien . recibida En cuanto lleguemos a casa publicaremos más fotos de la Dxpedition , 73 desde Tahiti VP6T . Team Jacques F6BEE , Vincent

  • Bencher BY-1 Paddle Repair

    Updated: 2012-02-09 17:20:14
    My Bencher BY-1 took a 4 foot drop off a shelf and one of the half-round pieces toward the front and pressed into the base is pretty bent. One...

  • FS: Yaesu VX-8DR 6m/2m/220/440 aprs ht w/bluetooth, gps speaker mic, adms prog sw

    Updated: 2012-02-09 16:47:26
    Hi folks! I just don't use this radio, so away it goes! Yaesu vx-8dr w/aftermarket antenna (radio is mars/cap modded) wall charger bluetooth...

  • HF antenna

    Updated: 2012-02-09 16:35:42
    Some advice please. I have moved to a location with only a small yard and cannot put up a full sized antenna and I really don't like trapped...

  • FCC Update for 2012-02-08

    Updated: 2012-02-09 16:00:45
    This information was distributed by the FCC on 2012-02-08 at 08:00:00 Looking for a new license or...

  • s'il vous plait entrer mon call

    Updated: 2012-02-09 15:46:48
    F5BOB CHABRIER ren? qth : PERRIER 63

  • KDK ctcss tone board

    Updated: 2012-02-09 14:59:50
    Looking for a KDK tone unit for FM-2030 and/or x033 with DIP switches instead of a pot. Always looking for Alinco DJ-100/120/200/500 accessories...

  • EA1CS: "Qslwatch" Nueva Web

    Updated: 2012-02-09 14:16:00
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 Qslwatch Nueva Web De Dx World Twitter Freddy J28RO y Yan XV4Y tienen el placer de anunciar el lanzamiento de una nueva web en la que ofrecerán todo tipo de servicio a los radioaficionados y Dxers . Hace unos meses compartimos la idea de hacer una web donde se publicaran no la ruta de las qsl´s , sino información sobre la calidad de las respuestas de los managers . es cierto que durante la última década con el creciente número de mega-expediciones , algunos amigos una minoría han encontrado una forma buena de financiar sus proyectos . Ambos coincidimos en que esto está lejos del espíritu del . radioaficionado Lo que nos hace sentir mejor es

  • Bird Termaline 8201 Dummy Load 500 Watt

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:56:39
    *I have a gently used 500 watt dummy load that needs a new home..I no longer run QRO, so have no use for such a large item..I am going all QRP and in...

  • Elecraft KDSP-2 Board

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:39:40
    *I have an assembled and fully functional KDSP-2 board for the K-2 Transceiver. I no longer need this item and it is ready to go to work for...

  • Stone Cold Drunk

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:37:17
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_QyYMxn_rg

  • [RAC-Bulletin] RAC Bulletin 2012-008E - Amateur of the Year for 2011

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:19:56
    RAC Bulletin 2012-008E - Amateur of the Year for 2011 2012-02-09 The RAC Board of Directors takes great pleasure in announcing the selection of Dr. Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC of Kingston, ON as the Canadian Radio Amateur of the Year for 2011. Dr. Trifu exemplifies the Canadian Amateur with numerous...

  • does anyone have a fix for led tail light glow?

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:09:03
    . . this is not directly applicable to ham radio, its more of a technical question, but i would appreciate the use of this forum to try to find an...

  • LDG DWM-4 Digital Watt meter

    Updated: 2012-02-09 12:49:49
    Shipped $130. with 3 sensors & cables & doc's & DC wall power wart = HF-Vhf -Uhf sensors , yes 3 sensors, recently cal'd to Bird 43 and Bird load. ...

  • Icom SM-20 desk mic

    Updated: 2012-02-09 12:42:43
    Excess my needs $130. shipped. Not original box but packed well. Al k2erg

  • EA1CS: JW/LZ1UQ y JW/LZ2HM Svalbard Is.

    Updated: 2012-02-09 04:58:58
    : . EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 JW LZ1UQ y JW LZ2HM Svalbard Is . Mitko LZ1UQ y Andy LZ2HM estarán activos desde la isla de Svalbard del 15 al 21 de febrero 2012. Operarán en bandas de HF y participarán en el ARRL Dx Cw . contest 73´s , Luis EA1CS Enviar por correo electrónico Escribe un blog Compartir con Twitter Compartir con Facebook Entrada más reciente Entrada antigua Página principal Entradas más populares última semana Que verguenza De mal en peor FW0NAR Pirata HK0NA Log online estadísticas finales TX6T y TX6T P Noticias HK0NA QRT . es historia CT8 DL2UX EU-175 Sígueme en Twitter Hora local Avilés , Asturias prevision del tiempo Avilés Gracias por tu visita

  • EA1CS: Heard Is 2013 Cancelada

    Updated: 2012-02-09 04:55:38
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 jueves 9 de febrero de 2012 Heard Is 2013 Cancelada Los planes para activar la isla Heard durante el año 2013 han sido CANCELADOS La comunidad Dx espera con impaciencia el día en que la isla Heard esté en el aire . VK0 H se encuentra entre los 10 primeros países más solicitados del . DXCC 73´s , Luis EA1CS Enviar por correo electrónico Escribe un blog Compartir con Twitter Compartir con Facebook Entrada más reciente Entrada antigua Página principal Entradas más populares última semana Que verguenza De mal en peor FW0NAR Pirata HK0NA Log online estadísticas finales TX6T y TX6T P Noticias HK0NA QRT . es historia CT8 DL2UX EU-175 Sígueme en Twitter Hora local Avilés ,

  • Amateur Radio: Clean Sweep … 50 States contacted with W7DRO the final one

    Updated: 2012-02-09 02:26:16
    Thanks to W7DRO Cedar City, UT 84721 for being #50 for a clean sweep of all 50 states - contact was on 40 meters 7 Mhz band. 2,075 miles … http://www.qrz.com/db/w7dro W7DRO-Google-Earth-2075-Miles — 73 de KA4UDX, Alan Spicer

  • ST2NH: AO-27

    Updated: 2012-02-09 00:40:54
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Search This Blog Loading . Pages Home HO-68 Schedule Back to Basic February 8, 2012 AO-27 AO-27 TELEMETRY THANK ST2UOK 11:33 UTC Posted by ST2NH at 2 08 2012 Labels : AO-27 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom ST2NH . Nader's Satellite Blog Welcome to the Blog Archive 2012 13 February 5 AO-27 STRaND-1 the World's first SmartPhone Nanosatell . FO-29 CW TLM MASAT-1 New decoder Version SRMSAT and JUGUN TLM January 8 Simple AFSK 1200 Decoder FO-29 CW TLM RS-39 Chibis-M CW . Beacon RS-39 CW Beacon RS-39 Chibis-M deploys January 24 PSK2K a new meteorscatter mode by DJ5HG INCREASING SOLAR ACTIVITY CLEANS UP : SAT-DEBRIS KN-Sat1 Ground Station is ready to go 2011 131 December 3 ESA’s CubeSats ready for flight TinySDR CubeSats

  • J28RO (Freddy): Scores coupe du REF Cw

    Updated: 2012-02-09 00:21:59
    : J28RO Freddy Blog radioamateur mercredi 8 février 2012 Scores coupe du REF Cw Quelques pré-résultats annoncés de français lors de la dernière coupe du REF Cw Call QSOs Mults hr Score Club All Club LP F6REF(F6KQL 1189 320 1,204,480 Call QSOs Mults hr Score All M S HP TM6GGR 2060 318 37 3.004.342 F6KLO 1631 286 2.142.000 TM70TRS F5KIN 1484 272 36 1,937,763 F6KMX 1025 368 42 1,124,120 F4KIO 671 331 13 638,380 Call QSOs Mults hr Score Club All M S LP F6KRK 1492 402 36 1,870,104 Call QSOs Mults hr Score All SOAB HP F5UTN 1737 488 28 2,674,240 F8DZY 1549 335 28 2,478,398 F5VHY 1685 473 28 2,380,609 TM2T 1296 305 28 1.596.510 F5VKT 444 237 21.5 407,403 F5CQ 339 192 7 223,104 Call QSOs Mults hr Score All SOAB LP F1AKK 1358 468 28 2,106,468 Les Nouvelles DX Call QSOs Mults hr Score All SOSB 10 HP

  • K0NR (Bob): This Spewed Out of the Internet #21

    Updated: 2012-02-09 00:12:55
    : KØNR : Radio Enthusiast Amateur ham radio , VHF UHF , QRP , mountaintop operating and technical stuff This Spewed Out of the Internet 21 without comments There’s lots of information spewing forth from the interwebznet . Here are a few items of . interest Dan KB6NU has started doing an Extra Class Question of the Day on his blog . I think this is a great idea . I may need to borrow  steal reuse this idea on my . blog The Fi-Ni Report did their usual outstanding job of educating the ham community , this time via A Short History of QSLing Just because something is fictional,doesn’t mean that it’s not . real The ARRL announced that the Logbook of the World is going to support the CQ Awards This is great news for the ham community . The more awards that are supported , the more usage LoTW

  • J28RO (Freddy): Pour s'entrainer en Cw

    Updated: 2012-02-09 00:03:24
    : J28RO Freddy Blog radioamateur jeudi 9 février 2012 Pour s'entrainer en Cw Le Atmel AVR butterfly est une carte format carte de crédit qui contient un AVR MEGA169 processeur , un écran LCD à six caractères , un joystick de navigation cinq voies de commutation , un haut-parleur piézoélectrique , une pile au lithium de 3 volts . nbsp La carte est disponible chez Digi-Key pour 21,95 Numéro de la pièce ATAVRBFLY-ND La carte est livrée assemblée , de sorte que vous n'ayez plus qu'à ajouter quelques fils pour la faire fonctionner . reste de l'article traduit en français lien info F8LDX Libellés home made 0 commentaires : Enregistrer un commentaire Merci de laisser votre indicatif pour que votre commentaire soit . accepté Message plus ancien Accueil Inscription à Publier les commentaires Atom

  • EC1KR (Jesus): Nieve, Hielo, Frio = CQ WPX RTTY 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-08 23:17:22
    , , AMATEUR RADIO STATION I Love CONTEST DX Home Sobre mi Contacta QSL Info Mi estación Mis concursos Galería Libro de visitas LOG Charla sobre Propagacion por EA5DY Nueva Version Super Check Partial Nieve , Hielo , Frio CQ WPX RTTY 2012 Confirmado , estaremos el próximo fin de semana 11 y 12 Feb en el CQ WPX RTTY como ED1R en categoria M S un pequeño equipo formado por EA1CJ , EC1KR , EC4DX y EA4AOC La intencion es pasarlo bien y disfrutar de un frio fin de semana que se presenta pasado por hielo en toda EA He leido que habrá otros grupos EA en la misma categoria , me alegro por ello y la competicion es la mejor motivacion a intentar hacer bien las cosas . Nos leemos en el WPX de Titiway , mucha suerte a tod s Esta entrada fue escrita el 9 Febrero 2012, 00:17 y archivada en Concursos

  • 2E0HTS (Simon): Day 8 February QSO Challenge

    Updated: 2012-02-08 23:12:34
    : Ham Radio Wednesday , February 08, 2012 Day 8 February QSO Challenge After a busy day I finally fired up my shack and began listening up and down the bands to see what I could hear and possibly work . I spent an hour or so checking out the HF bands to find most of the bands to be closed down for the . day I checked out the lower bands where I heard a Japanese station coming in with a weak signal working a huge pile up down on 80m . Apart from that nothing much of great interest was going . on At 22.15 utc I had my Satellite antennas beaming a 315º and my Ft-847 was on standby for LEO SAT Saudi Oscar 50 SO-50 when I heard CT2GOY . Jose CT2GOY was coming in well at 5 9 when I gave him a call via the SO-50 Satellite . We made our QSO at 22.21 utc where I received a 5 7 signal report back

  • J28RO (Freddy): 6O Somalie (4)

    Updated: 2012-02-08 22:10:27
    Merci à Darko J28AA pour ses dernières nouvelles qui vont réjouir la communauté des Dxers: Hier après-midi il a obtenu son visa, aujourd'hui il a pu acheter son billet d'avion et son départ se fera vendredi matin et la licence sera obtenue samedi sur place.

  • Student Sends MIT (Admission) Letter to Near Space (Amateur Radio involved…)

    Updated: 2012-02-08 15:45:01
    I got wind of this in a ZDNet “tweet” via Twitter … http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/student-sends-mit-letter-to-space/15114 This is the short version, there is a longer version video as well on HER Youtube site … MIT’16 EA Tube goes to Near Space! - short version King used two GPS ham radio transmitters (APRS), a helium-filled weather balloon, and a GoPro Hero camera as [...]

  • Amateur Radio: KP2Z Puerto Rico on 80M, ND State on 40M for Worked All States

    Updated: 2012-02-08 11:10:54
    This morning I checked into a Caribbean Weather and Traffic Net on 3815 Khz (3.815 Mhz) S.S.B. with KP2Z after having listened to him run through taking check ins from the Island Chain of the Caribbean … they’ve been having some rain in many of the islands of the Caribbean. KP2Z is located in Arroyo, [...]

  • J28RO (Freddy): Transmissions militaires russes

    Updated: 2012-02-08 08:34:59
    : J28RO Freddy Blog radioamateur mardi 7 février 2012 Transmissions militaires russes Au détour d'un site russe , j'ai trouvé un article relatant le matériel de transmissions russes , plutôt une porte ouverte à des journalistes de ce pays , pour monter les nouvelles capacités en termes de télécommunications , nbsp comme le précise le narrateur , toutes les unités ne sont pas équipées de tout ce qui est montré , il y a beaucoup de disparités , en gros 40 de la brigade est totalement équipée de ces nouvelles . technologies http : twower.livejournal.com Libellés Militaire 0 commentaires : Enregistrer un commentaire Merci de laisser votre indicatif pour que votre commentaire soit . accepté Message plus ancien Accueil Inscription à Publier les commentaires Atom Google translate blogger blogger

  • Random thoughts.

    Updated: 2012-02-08 01:25:00
    . . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Tuesday , February 07, 2012 Random thoughts . The other night , I tried uploading some QSOs to Log of the World . nbsp I was unsuccessful as my certificate had expired . nbsp I filed for a new one , got everything working and uploaded my latest batch of QSOs without a problem . nbsp I try to do this once a month or once every couple of . weeks Out of curiosity , I went back to the LOTW site tonight to do a little math . nbsp I have a LOTW QSL return rate of 19.8 percent . nbsp I have no idea as to whether that's good , bad or . average I went over to eQSL and did the same math 19.27 percent slightly lower . nbsp Frankly , that surprised me . nbsp I think we can all

  • Things I found while twittering

    Updated: 2012-02-07 16:33:13
    Just some things I found while twittering. I found them interesting, so I thought you might, too…….Dan Tworse Key:  a tweeting Morse key. An open design exercise in interface archaeology, that decodes the input from a classic Morse key to send twitter messages. The source code and hardware schematics are available online http://modin.yuri.at/tworsekey/ Design analog chips. According [...]

  • Extra Class question of the day: stay in band

    Updated: 2012-02-07 16:33:13
    When using a transceiver that displays the carrier frequency of phone signals, the highest frequency at which a properly adjusted USB emission will be totally within the band is 3 kHz below the upper band edge. (E1A01) So, with your transceiver displaying the carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX station’s CQ on [...]

  • Ham Radio in the News – 2/3/12

    Updated: 2012-02-07 16:33:12
    Ham radio in the new for February 3, 2012: Ham radio: Last means of communications in a disaster. This short spot appeared on KVAL-TV in Eugene, OR. The two-minute video describes how ham radio operators helped out  during the recent flooding in the Eugene area. Scout training (and ham radio) saves the day for backcountry [...]

  • A wake-up call for amateur radio?

    Updated: 2012-02-07 16:33:12
    Yesterday, this letter to the editor was published on the website of The Review of East Liverpool, OH: Ham radio usage needs fixed Dear Editor: Attention amateur radio operators, it is easy to forget where amateur radio is and what we are here for. First let me give you a story. A man sat in his [...]

  • QRP Antennas

    Updated: 2012-02-07 00:44:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Monday , February 06, 2012 QRP Antennas I guess in all reality , that's a misnomer . There are antennas period . I often get asked , What's the best antenna for a budding QRPer Without a doubt , this : is But if you're like the rest of us mere mortal human beings , you don't have the real estate , money or insurance agent for one of these . But you do want to get involved in QRP on the HF bands . What should you use Again , my friends that's the 64,000 dollar question and there as many answers as there are . Hams But the main thing to remember is this . In the end , you have to determine this for yourself , as everyone's situation is different . Here are some questions

  • Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial - “Matthew’s Day Off” Extended Version

    Updated: 2012-02-06 15:20:53
    Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial - “Matthew’s Day Off” Extended Version — Alan Spicer

  • Madonna ~ Halftime Super Bowl XLVI (dolby surround) - 720P High Def Video

    Updated: 2012-02-06 15:11:40
    Madonna ~ Halftime Super Bowl XLVI (dolby surround) - 720P High Def Video — Alan Spicer

  • The NYG’s won Superbowl, Madonna was awesome, Mathew Broderick Commercial …

    Updated: 2012-02-06 03:42:22
    The New York Giants won the Superbowl … The Madonna in the Half Time Show was awesome … And the Mathew Broderick - Ferris Buellers Day Off parody Commercial was ok too. — Alan Spicer

  • Weather over S. Florida tries to satellite block my SuperBowl Sunday

    Updated: 2012-02-06 02:21:20
    I turned on DirecTV today and tried to get NBC 6 (or anything else HD for that matter) and I was getting “Satellite not found” errors. I looked at the Weather over South Florida … Weather over South Florida on Super Bowl Sunday Anyway after trying and trying all the HD channels … I watched the Super [...]

  • Amateur Radio - working on WAS - Worked All States … only 2 left! (48 States Confirmed)

    Updated: 2012-02-06 00:55:20
    Thanks for W0MRZ who was nice enough to come up on 3710 Khz, 75 Meters, this morning - in IA which is The State of Iowa … I got another state for www.eqsl.cc eWAS - Worked All States. After this I only need UT - Utah and ND - North Dakota. I also have 68 countries confirmed [...]

  • Sub-Tropical System Could Be Forming Near Cuba … S. Florida area to be affected

    Updated: 2012-02-06 00:37:57
    http://weather.weatherbug.com/hurricanes/hurricane-news.html?story=13196&zcode=Z5831®ion=8®ion_name=North%20America&country=US&country_name=USA&state_code=FL&state_name=Florida&zip=33334&city_name=Fort%20Lauderdale&stat=BSO04 Sub-Tropical System Could Be Forming Near Cuba UPDATED 3 AM EST, February 6, 2012 By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Chad Merrill Weather-System-02-06-2011-Google-Earth - Screen capture by Alan Spicer Although we`re only in mid-winter, there is a bit of stir going on in the warmer tropics. A low pressure near western Cuba is slowly gaining sub-tropical characteristics. Regardless of development, the system [...]

  • First KX3 Field Test

    Updated: 2012-02-06 00:25:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Sunday , February 05, 2012 First KX3 Field Test This appeared on the KX3 YahooGroup reflector : today All- Attached is a photo of KX3 6. It's an outdoor shot with the backlight off . This unit is in Field Test here , which is its own type of milestone for all those waiting patiently . I'll be writing objective appraisals of this FT unit . That will be my intent , anyway objectivity This email is a first cut . Read . on My personal opinion is that this is the coolest amateur transceiver ever designed , built , or dreamed of . Perfect size , perfect weight , VERY respectable performance . You can really take the KX3 with you , and you’ll really want to . Mine’s going

  • Brave and Hearty Souls

    Updated: 2012-02-05 22:49:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Sunday , February 05, 2012 Brave and Hearty Souls Now this is REALLY Freeze Your Buns Off Polar Bear Moonlight Madness QRP'ers are we dedicated or just plain crazy Gatineau Park and the Wolf Trail sure look beautiful Thanks Martin , for sharing , you have shown us the quintessential FYBO PBMME . effort FYI , the HK0NA DXpedition ended today . nbsp Thanks to the crew and its supporters for their efforts . nbsp I got them exactly once and that's plenty for me . nbsp According to the Team , even after 190,000 QSOs , the pileups were still very deep . nbsp Hope all of you were lucky enough to have worked them , if you were . trying 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send

  • FYBO fun

    Updated: 2012-02-04 23:47:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Saturday , February 04, 2012 FYBO fun FYBO was fun today . nbsp No big effort as there were way too many other things going on that vied for my attention . nbsp In between chores and duties , I was able to get out to the driveway , where I had the PFR3A on a battery in the back of my Jeep . nbsp The antenna was the Buddistick on the magmount on the top of the roof . nbsp Kudos to Bob W3BBO for suggesting this setup it worked great The car body acts as a much better counterpoise ground plane than the single wire and using the magmount eliminates the need for mast and guying . nbsp So if you're not hiking this is a great way to use a . Buddistick It ends up being much

  • Must be date night

    Updated: 2012-02-04 02:07:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Friday , February 03, 2012 Must be date night Since it's Friday , it must be date night . nbsp 20, 30 and 40 Meters are spectacular Not a bit of local neighborhood QRN the local Plasma TV watchers must be out to dinner or a . movie The FOC is all over lower 40 Meters with their contest , so I switch over to 30 Meters and while quickly scanning , I hear a pileup . nbsp I have no idea who it is , but by listening carefully , I can tell that they are listening up 2 kHz . nbsp Abiding by the rule , Work first , worry later I nabbed them on my third . try They eventually gave their call and it turns out to be the HU2DX DXpedition down in El Salvador The fact that they were

  • Close one!

    Updated: 2012-02-04 01:04:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Friday , February 03, 2012 Close one I really thought my MOCAD streak for 2012 was going to come to an . end Last night , I could not participate in the 40 Meter QRP-L Fox hunt due to rally bad local QRN . nbsp 80 Meters was like a desolate , deserted island . nbsp No QRN but no signals either . nbsp Checking the Reverse Beacon Network , my CQs were being heard all up and down the Eastern Seaboard . There were just no . takers Fortunately , I was able to get on this morning between dropping off Joey and Cara at school and leaving for work . nbsp I heard Eduardo CO8LY on 17 meters calling CQ DX and gave him a call . nbsp I got an answer , so Eduardo in the log for the

  • Extra Class question of the day: contesting

    Updated: 2012-02-03 23:27:27
    E2C01 asks, “Which of the following is true about contest operating?” The correct answer is “Operators are permitted to make contacts even if they do not submit a log.” This is a fun way to get your feet wet in contesting and helps the operators participating in the contest to achieve higher scores. Having said [...]

  • Extra Class question of the day: antenna gain

    Updated: 2012-02-03 23:27:27
    Antenna gain is one of the most misunderstood topics in amateur radio. There are several reasons for this, including: Antennas don’t really have gain in the same way that an amplifier has gain. When you use a linear amplifier, you get more power out than you put in. Since transmitting antennas are passive devices, there’s [...]

  • Ham Radio Online Increasing Presence

    Updated: 2012-02-01 14:08:51
    Ham radio online takes on many forms of expression. Here are the most noticeable ones.

  • Deuce !!!!

    Updated: 2012-02-01 02:38:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Tuesday , January 31, 2012 Deuce Great success in the 80 Meter Fox hunt tonight , due to the great ears of Dave N1IX and Tom KV2X . The fact that Dave lives in New Hampshire and Tom in New York was to my benefit as these are pretty easy hops for me on 80 . Meters I went to the ARRL's Web page today and downloaded the Diamond DXCC DDXCC Scorecard which is an Excel file that you can use to keep track of the entities that you have worked towards the award . So far in January , I worked 15 entities that count . So I am 15 of the way there . Not a terrible start and we have the major DX contests still to come the ARRL DX Contest coming up in February as a matter of fact . I

  • Extra Class question of the day: resonance

    Updated: 2012-01-31 23:23:54
    Yesterday, the National Committee of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) question pool committee released the latest version of the Extra Class question pool, and I’m pleased to announce that I will be writing an Extra Class study guide. I’m planning on having it ready to release it at the Dayton Hamvention. In conjunction with that, I’m [...]

  • Ham Radio Suppliers Wanted

    Updated: 2012-01-31 22:26:30
    Our Web site visitors are looking for reputable ham radio suppliers. Would you care to apply? High visibility available.

  • ST2NH: Simple AFSK 1200 Decoder

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:22:51
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Search This Blog Loading . Pages Home HO-68 Schedule Back to Basic January 31, 2012 Simple AFSK 1200 Decoder Qtmm is a simple AFSK1200 decoder that uses the computer's sound card for input . It can be used to decode packet radio , APRS and telemetry from OSCAR and . Cubesats Testing shows a good performance in monitoring the International space station APRS Beacon . More Qtmm soundcard modem for decoding AFSK1200 Posted by ST2NH at 1 31 2012 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Labels ESMO 1 ROSAT REENTRY ROSAT DECAY ROSAT SATELLITE 1 Software Defined Radios 1 What is Galileo 1 مسارات القمر روسات فوق السودان 1 ST2NH . Nader's Satellite Blog Welcome to the Blog Archive 2012 8 January 8 Simple AFSK 1200 Decoder FO-29 CW

  • EA1CS: 6O0DX Somalia

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:22:50
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Dxpeditions . Noticias . Propagación . Actividad antártica . Colaborador de Dx-world.net CWops 825 martes 31 de enero de 2012 6O0DX Somalia Del 10 al 20 de febrero 2012 Darko J28AA operará desde Hargeisa Somalia . Le han concedido licencia y le será entregada a su llegada . Utilizará un FT857 i vertical multibanda de 10 a . 40mts Darko intentará enseñar a los aficionados a la radio en Hargeisa y tal vez crear un radioclub , donará un receptor IC735 con la antena apropiada . nbsp Recordar que Darko tuvo que cancelar inicialmente su operación desde Somalia que tenía programada del 21 al 30 de noviembre 2011. 73´s , Luis EA1CS Enviar por correo electrónico Escribe un blog Compartir con Twitter Compartir con Facebook Entrada antigua Página principal Entradas más

  • Decisions, decisions .....

    Updated: 2012-01-31 02:10:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Monday , January 30, 2012 Decisions , decisions A little back story is in order to set the . scene In my department at work , it's just me and one other guy in our building Our office has to have coverage each day from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM . So we have two shifts , if you will . The early guy works from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM , while the late guy works from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM . We rotate from week to week , so that neither of us gets stuck staying until 6:00 PM all the time . nbsp This week , I'm the late guy so after dropping the kids off at school for 7:30 AM , I have some time to kill each morning this week until I have to leave for work . Today , when I came

  • Is it easier now to be a hacker / experimenter / DIYer?

    Updated: 2012-01-30 22:04:50
    In a recent blog post, EE Times editor Bill Schweber notes the passing of Norman Edmund, the founder of Edmund Scientific, and speculates on whether or not it’s easier now to be an experimenter/hacker/DIYer than it was years ago. Those who say it’s not point out that years ago we had magazines, such as Popular [...]

  • Keeping the streak going,

    Updated: 2012-01-30 00:53:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Sunday , January 29, 2012 Keeping the streak going , I got two quick QSOs in the books tonight as January 29th turned to January 30th UTC time . Both were on 30 Meters . The local QRN was non-existant and since today is the layoff weekend between AFC and NFC Championship football and the Super Bowl , I am not all that surprised . This is why I'm leaning towards the culprit being a Plasma . TV Anyway , the QSOs were with PJ2 AA9A and KI9E . I used the Butternut HF9V in both cases . In any event , I wanted to get this out of the way quickly tonight , not because I don't like being on the radio you all know THAT's not true My son Joey asked me to watch a movie with him

  • A good day on the radio

    Updated: 2012-01-29 03:20:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Saturday , January 28, 2012 A good day on the radio Twas a fine day on the radio . Lots of activity and lots of stations to be worked . I added a few new ones , new ones as far as working for Diamond DXCC goes , that . is C6AKQ Bob N4BP in the Bahamas UT7UJ Dmitry in the Ukraine OE5PGL Peter in Austria CT8 HB9CQL Rudolf in the Azores and HK0NA on 17 Meters this . afternoon Yay Finally managed to break through the pile up . The team has been there a few weeks now and the pileups don't seem to be diminishing at all , they're still in great demand . Today was the loudest I have ever heard them to date and was lucky enough to get them in my . log I also spent a few minutes

  • Not quite what I suspected

    Updated: 2012-01-28 03:17:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Friday , January 27, 2012 Not quite what I suspected You know what they say about conventional wisdom that more often than not , it's . wrong I got my QSO in tonight on 80 Meters , which was again practically deserted . Scanning the entire CW portion and only hearing a handful of QSO signals is depressing . We have all that beautiful spectrum and it's like no one is using it Anyway , after a QSO with Burt K1OIK who lives on Cape Cod , I decided to do a little experiment . I wanted to find out , using the Reverse Beacon Network , what the difference in performance is roughly between the 88' EDZ and the Butternut HF9V on 80 . Meters Since activity seemed to be light at

  • Stupidity and inspiration

    Updated: 2012-01-27 04:05:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Thursday , January 26, 2012 Stupidity and inspiration Argh Sometimes I feel like such a dolt 80 Meters was quite vacant again tonight . Spinning the dial , up and down , looking for someone to talk with . I hear a loud station down near 3.511 MHz calling CQ . Notice that I said I heard a loud station calling CQ . But as it turns out , I didn't listen The operator was Car N3AS and when I called him , he politely chatted with me for a few minutes . We exchanged the usual pleasantries and the QSO was very brief . After we bade our good-byes , Car starts to call CQ again . But this time , I was truly listening and I heard him calling CQ DX He must have been wonderng what

  • This is a good thing

    Updated: 2012-01-27 01:57:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Thursday , January 26, 2012 This is a good thing Looks like the 40 Meter QRN is going to knock me out of the QRP-L Foxhunt for tonight again It's a good thing I am 80 Meter capable . nbsp In a bit , I'll go down and get a few QSOs in the log before turning in for the . night The good thing , that I mention in the post title is that I am noticing that as I spend more time on the air , I spend less time on the Web . nbsp And the time I do spend on the Web , is Amateur Radio related . nbsp I might check Facebook for a minute or two just to see what Ham friends are up to , but not much more than that . nbsp And the news sites are filled with politics and sensationalism ,

  • Coming soon to an outdoor venue near you!

    Updated: 2012-01-26 23:00:00
    Courtesy of Rem K6BBQ - Amateur Radio video maker of note:BTW, the rules for the contest that K6BBQ is speaking of can be found here. That's right folks, save the date - February 4th - one week from this Saturday!72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!</div

  • Another 80 Meter night

    Updated: 2012-01-26 03:16:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Another 80 Meter night 40 Meters and 20 Meters were quite loud with neighborhood QRN so 80 Meters was my refuge once again . Even so , it took me quite a while to get a QSO in . Activity seemed to be on the light side . Maybe the ionosphere is still a little bit hootsy from the CME the other day I ended up having a nice chat with Phil W8OZM from Willowick , Ohio . Willowick is between Erie . PA and Cleveland , Ohio right close to the shores of Lake Erie . In about 20 minutes however , the band began to change and increased QRN and QRM on Phil's end cut our QSO . short Speaking of QRN , Mike VE3WDM posted a YouTube video that he made on his

  • 80 Meters and the CME

    Updated: 2012-01-25 02:56:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Tuesday , January 24, 2012 80 Meters and the CME Coronal Mass Ejection or not I was successful in bagging both Foxes in the 80 Meter Fox Hunt tonight . Paul AA4XX and Drew K9CW have magnificent ears . I cannot know what band conditions are like at their QTHs , but I am finding 80 Meters to be significantly more noisy than normal . I guess the ionosphere is still in a tizzy after Ol' Sol's bout of solar indigestion . yesterday Before the Fox Hunt , I took a few minutes to check with Ham Radio Deluxe to see exactly what I need for CQ's WAZ Award . I need six more zones . As luck would have it , they're all on the opposite side of the globe of course Would be nice to have a

  • Log of the World can be used for CQ awards

    Updated: 2012-01-25 01:24:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Tuesday , January 24, 2012 Log of the World can be used for CQ awards This is the skinny straight from the : ARRL The ARRL and CQ Communications , Inc have signed an agreement to begin providing support for CQ-sponsored operating awards by the ARRL’s Logbook of the World LoTW electronic confirmation system . The agreement was announced jointly today by ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer , WJ1B , and CQ Communications President Richard Ross , . K2MGA CQ’s awards will be the first non-ARRL awards supported by LoTW and will be phased in beginning with the CQ WPX award , with additional CQ awards to follow . The ARRL’s LoTW system an interactive database recording

  • Whoa!

    Updated: 2012-01-24 02:11:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Monday , January 23, 2012 Whoa I'm sitting on 3.560 MHz listening for 80 Meter QRPers and all of a sudden an ear splitting tone comes on frequency . Then I hear some SSB , weakly in the background . I quickly changed the K2 over to LSB and I hear KB2H calling CQ 75 Meters Wow that can't be right According to QRZ , Lou lives on the North shore of Long Island , so he's not that far away from me . Must be something wrong with his rig somewhere Maybe he doesn't realize the split button is on I've done that I looked him up on QRZ looking for an e-mail , so I could let him know that he's coming in quite clearly in the CW portion of the band but none was listed . This would

  • Largest Solar Storm Since 2005

    Updated: 2012-01-23 23:41:35
    Coronal mass ejection (CME) to reach Earth Jan. 24 at 14:18 UTC. Latest news here http://bit.ly/dlKNHX

  • My eyes

    Updated: 2012-01-23 01:34:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Sunday , January 22, 2012 My eyes are not what they used to be , that is for sure . nbsp I re-started building my NE QRP Nescaf filter kit this afternoon . nbsp Last time I started , all I managed to get installed were the three IC sockets , before I got called away to work on something else . This afternoon , I began to solder components in . nbsp And of course , I misplaced a resistor and a capacitor since I unpacked it so many months ago . nbsp Looks like a trip to the local electronics store on the way home from work . tomorrow But back to the title of this post . nbsp My eyes are not what they used to be . nbsp I used to use a binocular magnifier just to read the

  • Snowy day

    Updated: 2012-01-22 04:30:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Saturday , January 21, 2012 Snowy day But not bad only about three inches of the fluffy white stuff . Enough to make for a nice day at home where I was able to spend some time behind the K2, instead of running around all day like a chicken with my head cut . off When I got on for a small morning session , 15 Meters was nicely open . I worked Pavel OK1MU from the Czech Republic who was very loud into NJ 599 Plus . A funny thing happened though . When I sent out my call in answer to his CQ , upon answering me , he immediately knew my name and asked me if I was running QRP . I'm used to people knowing my name , as it's so easy with logging programs tied to call book sites .

  • A new challenge

    Updated: 2012-01-21 04:05:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Friday , January 20, 2012 A new challenge After reading Ron AE5NO's post CQ Panama on AmateurRadio.com , and the Stan Horzepa WA1LOU's latest post , Doing Something New on the ARRL Website , I decided to give a closer look see into this ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge This challenge is to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the DXCC . program Psssssst . so here's the low down . nbsp The Diamond DXCC Challenge is very much like the Millennium DXCC Challenge that was held back in the year 2000. The difference here is that you have all of 2012 to work 100 DXCC entities that existed back in 1937, the inaugural year of the DXCC program . nbsp For the entities that no longer exist

  • Not a bad life, if you can get away with it!

    Updated: 2012-01-20 02:52:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media Thursday , January 19, 2012 Not a bad life , if you can get away with it Thanks to fellow RVRC and ETS of NJ member , Don K2DSV for . sharing My evening was spent on good ol' 80 Meters tonight as 40 Meters had that unfortunate 20dB over S9 QRN on it tonight so no 40 Meter Foxhunt for W2LJ But wow The pickin's were very sparse Not many signals at all on 80. I did have one QSO with a fellow who cut it very short after I told him he had a 579C signal . nbsp He asked what the C was for , and I honestly told him he had some pretty bad chirp on his signal . nbsp I went from being FB COPY to pretty hard to hear in a matter of seconds . nbsp I guess he didn't appreciate being

  • How To Buy A Power Supply For Ham Radio, Etc.

    Updated: 2012-01-19 23:19:03
    , . Home AB9NN's HamRadioResources.com Blog HamRadioResources.com blog open to anyone that is a ham or wants to be Jon Kreski , AB9NN Author Owner Home APRS for Ham Radio Automatic Packet Reporting System Ham Radio Antennas Ham Radio License Exams HF Mobile Ham Radio Communications Uncategorized Ham Radio Subjects 1389 0 http 3A 2F 2Fwww.hamradioresources.com 2Fblog 2Fhow-to-buy-a-power-supply-for-ham-radio-etc 2F How+To+Buy+A+Power+Supply+For+Ham+Radio . 2C+Etc 2012-01-19+23 3A19 3A03 Administrator http 3A 2F 2Fwww.hamradioresources.com 2Fblog 2F How To Buy A Power Supply For Ham Radio , . Etc January 19, 2012 If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting The short answer is , for ham radio use or any other use , buy the best power supply that does what

  • Ham Radio Repeaters in Italy

    Updated: 2012-01-17 13:27:38
    An updated and  complete list of ham radio repeaters in italy, is mantained by IK2ANE  in his website, where you can download the  italian repeaters excel file Here is  a subset of Italian ham radio Repeaters ...

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