Category: Ham Radio
Sussex Hamfest
Went to the Sussex hamfest yesterday. They seemed to have a nice sized crowd (I’d say larger than the last couple of years) Came home with a 5 port rig runner, an aluminum project box, and the loan of an MFJ 1026 from W2IRT What I forgot to do was stock up the parts bin […]
Continue reading Sussex HamfestIt is almost not fair
It’s almost not fair Back when I had low wires, and a 600 watt amp (on a good day), a station from say Brazil would come on the air, and it would take me 10-20 minutes of hard work to get a QSO, if I was lucky Tonight PY6KY pops up on 40m ssb. Now […]
Continue reading It is almost not fairField Day
Now, I’ve never been much of a contester, and I’ll never have enough of a station to be a ‘Big Gun’, but I do enjoy it when I do contest, and with the big station upgrade, I can actually play a bit more. This weekend was Field Day, which was the first contest I ever […]
Continue reading Field DayQRO – Alpha 78
The shack upgrade is basically complete About 2 weeks ago, I purchased a freshly retubed Alpha-78, which I installed today in place of my SB-230 Now, there are some things I actually LIKE about my SB-230, and I think I’m going to keep it around, as it’s still outputting rated power from it’s admittedly rare […]
Continue reading QRO – Alpha 78New Ones for today
Well, yesterday and today Had a nice QSO with OX3KQ on 20 SSB for a band fill. I remember when I was trying and trying and trying, and just could not be heard by stations up there, and now I’m able to have a nice QSO (not a bang/bang, but actually chatting – nice to […]
Continue reading New Ones for todayToday’s QSO
Yesterday/Today, I got 4 band fills RW2A – 20m SSB ZL1BD – 17m SSB – still not confirmed, even though I have more than one worked YO3HKW – 17 SSB DL5GA – 17 SSB Won’t play in WPX CW – my CW is NOT good enough to contest – yet
Continue reading Today’s QSOA92GR Received
QSL Request sent 2011-05-13 via email, with return postage via paypal
Continue reading A92GR ReceivedNo QSOs yesterday
Yesterday was the first time since I put up the antennas that I went a day without a QSO. Bands were dead.
Continue reading No QSOs yesterdayAnother all time new one
After last night’s post, I stayed up for a while, and ended up working another all time new one FO5QB 17 SSB Brings me to 193 without deleteds – Guess I’d better start sending out QSL cards
Continue reading Another all time new oneNew Ones for 5/11
Had a nice QSO with MI0MVP on 15 SSB. Yes, I worked him last week, but he was calling CQ with no one answering so I figured I’d say ‘Hi’. It’s nice to have a real QSO once in a while. Towards the end, the signal started to fade, but Worked OE9MON 15SSB VP2VQ 20SSB […]
Continue reading New Ones for 5/11