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Getting ready for another round .....

Feb 4, 2010 5:52pm

..... of snow. The weather prognosticators are all over the place on this one. I'm hearing anything from 1 -2 inches to over a foot of snow. It seems that the snow amount predicting business is about as easy and on target as predicting sunspot cycles!Weather map...

You never know

Feb 3, 2010 7:19pm

who is going to visit your Website or blog. I receive nice comments about both from time to time; and it really makes the effort worthwhile. And in receiving comments, I even learn a thing or two from time to time.I received a nice e-mail from a Kristi...

Switcheroo

Feb 2, 2010 7:02pm

A new phenomena was witnessed by yours truly during the 80 Meter Foxhunt tonight. For once, 40 Meters was the quieter band of the two. I had fierce S9 noise on 80 Meters; but it wasn't the same band QRN that I get on 40. But it...

Ft. Tuthill 80 Meter Transceiver is now available

Feb 1, 2010 4:25pm

From the QRP mailing lists:At last! We're ready to go and you can now order an FT80 transceiver from our new website at http://www.azscqrpions.com. The old website URL will direct you to the proper place as well.For those who do not wish to use PayPal, please drop me...

SR-71A guy, please meet this B-29 guy......

Jan 31, 2010 5:11pm

This was pointed out to me via Bob W3BBO.Obviously, the German modeler with the SR-71A Blackbird; and this American modeler with the B-29 need to get together, hoist a few cold ones and compare notes.73 de Larry W2LJ...

Playing Radio

Jan 31, 2010 4:25pm

I finally took the opportunity to sit down behind the radio to do some operating today, which is something I haven't been doing as much as I should. In the late afternoon, I got some free time and did some listening on 20, 30 and 40 Meters.There seemed to...

Friends are a good thing

Jan 30, 2010 7:31pm

It's good to have friends, especially in Ham Radio. They see things that you don't and catch things that your brain sometimes just overlooks.I had my weekly Echolink session with Bob W3BBO today. I've mentioned Bob many times on this blog; and will probably mention him many more...

HRD - worth a look!

Jan 29, 2010 7:37pm

Thanks to Dave K2DSL, because of a comment he left on my post from yesterday, I am giving Ham Radio Deluxe a serious look. Although I do not have my rig hooked up to the computer for control, and I do not use the digital modes, the log book...

In The Lower Right Hand Corner

Jan 28, 2010 6:31pm

there is a poll.Which logging software do you use? Do you use any at all? I am keeping this up all month; so please feel free to take part. If you use more than one, you can make more than one selection. Logging software is a...

Question for you AC Log users out there.

Jan 27, 2010 7:56pm

I've been using Win-EQF for years; but I like the "look and feel" as well as some of the features of N3FJP's AC Log. I have it loaded on my desktop, my shack laptop and my netbook. I'll admit that I am paranoid and like to have double logbook...

Greenbrook Electronics

Jan 27, 2010 5:59pm

I stopped by the local electronics emporium on the way home from work this evening to pick up the following:1) Solder Wick2) A spool of 30 gauge enameled wire3) 8 pin DIP sockets4) A few 2n7000 transistorsI was able to get the solder wick and the wire, and sockets. ...

Tuesday night

Jan 26, 2010 7:00pm

was spent going over EVERY solder connection on the PFR3A that I have made so far. They all looked good to me; but while trying to sort out my receive problem, I figured "What the heck". Certainly can't make things worse to make sure there were no "iffy"...

Ham Mag

Jan 25, 2010 6:20pm

I got a notice in my e-mail inbox that HAM MAG, the French Amateur Radio e-zine is going to no longer be a free publication. Beginning immediately, if you want to subscribe, it will cost $15.00 dollars a year.I am not quite sure why an e-zine has to be...

Making progress

Jan 25, 2010 5:52pm

Thanks to Lou W0TQ for some ideas that he sent me via the PFR3 group list, I think I am making some progress with my PFR3A receive problem.Lou had asked me if I am getting DDS LO output and I am pretty sure that I am; but I went and...

PFR3A - Group 2 roadblock

Jan 24, 2010 4:52pm

I am not having much success with getting the receiver working in the PFR3A and I've been hitting my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Well, maybe I should rephrase that. I think the receiver is technically working; but is very, very deaf.I can hear...

QRP-L and 7.040 MHz and WSPR

Jan 24, 2010 11:38am

Wow!I guess I shouldn't say anything after my slight rant about RTTY on 40 Meters last night; but there is a "discussion" on QRP-L about 7.040 MHz and WSPR that is getting downright ugly. The word discussion is purposely used in quotes as there's a lot of vitriol and...

80 Meters - the safe haven.

Jan 23, 2010 7:21pm

Disappointed by the intrusion of RTTY signals which caused the break up of my QSO with KG4TUY on 40 Meters, I found a safe harbor on 80 Meters.At 0146 UTC, I heard NN3C calling "CQ" and decided to throw out my callsign in answer. What resulted was a most...

That was disappointing !

Jan 23, 2010 3:49pm

I got on 40 Meters and was hearing wall to wall RTTY across a large portion of the band. So I went all the way down to 7.032 MHz to put out a CQ. After listening for a bit, it looked to be relatively quiet and safe enough...

An attack of nostalgia.

Jan 23, 2010 7:28am

I took my car for State inspection this morning. In New Jersey, once you pass a four year period after you buy a brand spankin' new vehicle, that vehicle has to be inspected by the State every two years. They test for basic vehicle safety and to ensure...

A painless process

Jan 22, 2010 6:12pm

I've mentioned before that I had just recently renewed W2LJ and I am good for another ten years. I got the hard copies from the FCC for my wallet and wall just about a week ago.I wanted to reiterate just how easy it was to do. I renewed...

Got me a Fox pelt tonight.

Jan 21, 2010 7:27pm

40 Meters was quiet tonight. That was good and bad. Quiet from the normal neighborhood QRN is a good thing. Quiet in the lack of hearing any other radio signals is a bad thing!I tuned up and down the 40 Meter QRP Foxhunt slice; and I wasn't...

QRP DXCC

Jan 21, 2010 5:56pm

I am now official. My QRP DXCC certificate arrived in the mail today. It was slightly bent by the USPS, even though the League did put a piece of cardboard in the envelope as a preventative. No creases, however, so you will never know once it's safely...

K4TWJ - SK

Jan 20, 2010 6:47pm

It was with profound sadness that I read the following on QRP-L upon arriving home this evening:My Fellow QRPers, It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Dave Ingram, K4TWJ, became a silent key this morning. He fought hard but was unable to recover from the...

A bump in the road

Jan 18, 2010 6:51am

I finished the Group 2 Build last night and the receiver section is not working like it should. There are two things I want to redo; and that I think might be the most likely culprits.. First is L1. It did not turn out quite as nicely...

Solder Smoke

Jan 16, 2010 7:24pm

No, not the blog or the podcast - that's what I was busy creating tonight ...... solder smoke! I am almost finished with the Group 2 build on my PFR3A. All I have to do is wind and mount T1 and L1 and C1/2 and make a couple...