Category: Ham Radio
Some more new ones
Had some fun on the radio this weekend. There are advantages to having aluminum up in the air I worked East Kiribati and India for all time new ones. I also got South Cook Islands on 20m and FJ/O1ST on 15m for band fills (That brings my band totals to 3 on FJ/O1ST – 10, […]
Continue reading Some more new onesNew Antennas
Well, the Alpha Delta DX-EE is gone. Oh, it wasn’t a BAD antenna, (in fact I liked it), but I got the chance to put up a beam and a rotary dipole I now have a Force12 C3SS and a D140. No, the neighbors are NOT happy In the last 5 days, I’ve worked SIX […]
Continue reading New AntennasWire Management – again
How come, in this day and age of way too many wires, we don’t see desks, either for the home, or for the office, with good cable/wire management features? Wire troughs, outlets trips build in, etc? Yes, I know wireless stuff is becomeing more common now, but that just means you’ll have a USB or […]
Continue reading Wire Management – againNice weekend
I did 2 things this weekend I haven’t done in over a year 1)Played in a ham radio contest – actually, the first NY State QSO party that has been held in 17 years, 2)Had a wee dram of scotch – as I’m no longer on pain killers, I was able to sit by the […]
Continue reading Nice weekendShack Updates
Well, I never have gotten the beam up. Two years later, it’s still sitting in the yard. I can’t find anyone to install it, because no one waht the liability of bolting it to the roof. I might just have to save up, and out up say a 40 ft crankup in the yard. One […]
Continue reading Shack UpdatesDidn’t do Field Day
Missed Field Day for the 3rd year in a row. Sheet rocking on Friday ran LATE – but we got started late, so I didn’t get the 1st coat of tape up. Ended up doing that on Saturday AM, then had to spend the rest of the early afternoon running to Home Depot, and the […]
Continue reading Didn’t do Field DayField Day 2009
I was really really hoping to make it to Field Day this year, but last Friday I received an invite to a friend’s Daughter’s High School Graduation. This is one I will NOT miss. I hope to get to play some on Saturday, after putting a 2nd coat of taping compound on the spare bedroom […]
Continue reading Field Day 2009APRS-SCS
Last week, the developer of APRS-SCS, John – KB2SCS announced that he was dropping all support for APRS-SCS, as it is written in VB6, which is no longer supported by “the boys from Redmond”, aka Microsoft. At that time, John put the source code up on his Web Site. I started to talk with John […]
Continue reading APRS-SCSWAS and New Mexico
Well, one of my big goals for FD didn’t happen AGAIN this year. The ONLY state I have NOT worked – EVER, is New Mexico. I often hear stations working New Mexico, but I’ve NEVER even heard a station out of New Mexico The only other state I don’t have confirmed is CT – Mostly […]
Continue reading WAS and New Mexico