Spinning & GrinningI’ve had QSOs with W1AW when they’ve been at the Dayton Hamfest as well as other locations around the country, but I had never logged the home station back in Connecticut. That is until I was on my way back from the National World War I Museum where we had an offsite class followed [...]
Back in early October I finally strung an HF antenna here at the Kansas QTH. The antenna was a RadioWavz End Fed Zep. The performance was mixed and I never did get it to load on 75M. I am a believer in the magic of a dipole (132′ fed with ladderline). [...]
I have devoted a significant amount of time to plow through QSL cards for my YI9MI operation in Iraq last year. The highlight was getting a few cards with actual valid CW contacts. The hard part was sending QSL cards back to folks who had contacts with the CW pirate station. I [...]
I am (at long last) catching up on all the QSL cards from my YI9MI operation in Iraq. Lots of cards through the ARRL Incoming Bureau and good deal of direct as well. I was able to answer many of the cards from Iraq – those who acted quickly and sent their card [...]
Temperatures have dropped here in eastern Kansas, off the Missouri and Platte Rivers. Morning temps are getting down to the high teens but we’ve had generally clear skies – so no snow yet.
Been having a problem with my Toyota Tundra. I had the shocks replaced about two months ago, but I am still [...]
My dad has recently upgraded to General and has been getting on the air making contacts. This isn’t the first time he’s been on HF or exchanged QSL cards. Back in his younger days, he held the call KN6ILL (I Love Lucy) and operated an HT-20 transmitter and a National NC-57 for a [...]
Interesting post on W2LJ’s blog about his PDA. I have an assortment of PDAs:
- Palm Pilot Pro that I got an upgrade kit for to make it a Palm III (new chip along with IR sync capability)
- Palm IIIxe which I bought on eBay. It works well except that it eats up [...]
I went up to the Richmond, VA hamfest (aka FrostFest) on Sunday. They had an ARRL card checker and I was able to get my QSL cards verified for the Worked All States (WAS) award. I spent the early part of Sunday organizing my cards (my QSL card organization needs some work). [...]
Christmas was good to me. I received a NorCal 40A kit along with David B. Rutledge’s The Electronics of Radio. Together these items make up a basic analog electronics’s course and my hope is to build the kit and learn more about electronics and radio.
Notes from the budding brewmaster: The final bottles [...]
Here’s my current roll up for DXCC – just need to get those QSL cards! I have 53 confirmed so far.
CALLSIGN
DATE
BAND
MODE
DXCC
CNFRMD
OH0X
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Aland Is.
7X2LS
12/11/2005
20
PSK31
Algeria
VP2EBR
12/16/2005
20
PSK31
Anguilla
V26B
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Antigua &
Barbuda
LW9EOC
10/15/2006
15
SSB
Argentina
P40W
10/28/2006
15
SSB
Aruba
VK4CZ
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Australia
OE1DWC
2/7/2006
40
PSK31
Austria
R
CU2/OH1VR
10/28/2006
15
SSB
Azores
EA6ADM
1/17/2006
20
PSK31
Balearic Is.
8P2K
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Barbados
EW7EW
12/21/2005
20
PSK31
Belarus
R
OO6FN
11/29/2005
20
PSK31
Belgium
R
V31LL
10/17/2006
17
SSB
Belize
VP9LN
8/20/2006
20
SSB
Bermuda
R
PJ2T
10/28/2006
80
SSB
Bonaire, Curacao
T94KC
3/23/2006
20
PSK31
Bosnia-Herzegovina
R
PS7LN
12/11/2005
20
PSK31
Brazil
R
VP2V/AH6HY
10/1/2006
20
SSB
British Virgin
Is.
LZ1BJ
1/26/2006
17
PSK31
Bulgaria
VE9DX
12/4/2005
17
PSK31
Canada
R
EA8/OH2NAF
12/6/2005
20
PSK31
Canary Is.
R
ZF2PP
1/9/2006
20
PSK31
Cayman Is.
CE/VE7SV
10/17/2006
20
SSB
Chile
HK3GXI
4/30/2006
40
PSK31
Colombia
R
TK5IH
2/10/2006
20
PSK31
Corsica
R
TI8II
10/1/2006
15
PSK31
Costa Rica
9A3LE
1/22/2006
20
PSK31
Croatia
R
CO3JN
11/30/2005
20
PSK31
Cuba
R
OK2VA
1/2/2006
17
PSK31
Czech Rep.
R
OZ5ESB
8/19/2006
20
SSB
Denmark
HI3/OK2ZU
3/4/2006
20
PSK31
Dominican
Republic
R
HC1JQ
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Ecuador
YS1PY
8/20/2006
20
SSB
El Salvador
R
G3PGA
1/7/2006
20
PSK31
England
R
ES7FQ
1/9/2006
20
PSK31
Estonia
R
RW3DQC
12/9/2005
20
PSK31
European Russia
R
OH3GIF
1/26/2006
20
PSK31
Finland
R
F5RRS
12/1/2005
30
PSK31
France
R
FY1FV
11/27/2005
20
PSK31
French Guiana
R
DL5KSS
12/4/2005
17
PSK31
Germany
R
SV3FUK
1/22/2006
20
PSK31
Greece
R
J3/DL3VFN
1/8/2006
20
PSK
Grenada
R
FG5JK
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Guadeloupe
TG9SM
1/21/2006
40
PSK31
Guatemala
8R1EA
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Guyana
KH7U
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Hawaii
HR2/LU1DY
2/7/2006
20
PSK31
Honduras
R
HA7TY
1/13/2006
20
PSK31
Hungary
R
TF4M
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Iceland
EI7M
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Ireland
MD4K
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Isle of Man
IV3LBP
12/8/2005
20
PSK31
Italy
R
6Y1V
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Jamaica
RK2FWA
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Kaliningrad
YL2AZ
1/9/2006
20
PSK31
Latvia
R
HB0/HB9AON
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Liechtenstein
LY2ZZ
10/19/2006
20
SSB
Lithuania
LX8DL
12/13/2005
20
PSK31
Luxembourg
R
Z35T
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Macedonia
CT3DL
10/7/2006
15
SSB
Madeira Is.
9H1SP
1/9/2006
17
PSK31
Malta
R
FM/K9NW
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Martinique
XE2YWB
1/7/2006
15
PSK31
Mexico
R
ER0ND
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Moldova
VP2MHX
10/28/2006
15
SSB
Montserrat
CN3A
10/28/2006
15
SSB
Morocco
PA1FR
1/13/2006
20
PSK31
Netherlands
R
ZL6QH
10/29/2006
40
SSB
New Zealand
YN2EJ
10/28/2006
20
SSB
Nicaragua
MI3JQD
10/22/2006
20
SSB
Northern Ireland
LB9JE
1/10/2006
20
PSK31
Norway
R
HP1DCP
2/7/2006
20
PSK31
Panama
R
ZP5MAL
10/29/2006
20
SSB
Paraguay
OA4WW
10/29/2006
15
SSB
Peru
SP4R
1/2/2006
17
PSK31
Poland
R
CT1GTI
12/11/2005
20
PSK31
Portugal
R
KP4SQ
12/19/2005
40
PSK31
Puerto Rico
R
XF4DL
10/28/2006
15
SSB
Revillagigedo
FS/SM7DKF
5/7/2006
20
PSK31
Saint Martin
R
T77GO
2/17/2006
20
PSK31
San Marino
HI8HCJ
5/28/2006
20
SSB
Santa Domingo
R
IM0GNF
2/5/2006
20
PSK31
Sardinia
R
GM0KWW
1/27/2006
20
PSK31
Scotland
R
6W8CK
12/7/2005
20
PSK31
Senegal
R
YU6AO
7/23/2006
20
SSB
Serbia &
Montenegro
OM5DP
10/18/2006
17
SSB
Slovak Rep.
S51HA
2/8/2006
20
PSK31
Slovenia
R
EA3BDE
11/28/2005
20
PSK31
Spain
R
V44KJ
2/6/2006
20
PSK31
St. Kitts &
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