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It 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 DayPoor Planning
One of those logistics/planning things that makes me NUTS Anna’s graduation is tomorrow – We have to drop her off at 8:00 in the tent next to the auditorium, with graduation starting at 9:00am. OK, that’s fine, can understand that – BUT THEY WON’T LET YOU INTO THE AUDITORIUM UNTIL 8:30!!!!! OK – so now […]
Continue reading Poor PlanningMore Beastie photos
Two taken this weekendSuiki And Saci (Anna took this photo)
Continue reading More Beastie photosQRO – 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 78It’s the economy, stupid
There is one lesson our President really needs to take from Bill Clinton “It’s the economy, stupid” Back when Bill was in office, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss him. There were things I hated (his gun control stance for instance, and his wife’s med plan stuff), but… GWB was no great […]
Continue reading It’s the economy, stupidNew 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 yesterday