• Please add my callsign to database

    Updated: 2010-02-28 18:11:28
    Callsign: HB3YXL First Name: Luzius Last Name: Janett Address Line 1: Birkenstrasse 9 Address Line 2: Buchs Zip/Post Code: 8107 Country:...

  • Several Mobile Related Antenna Items-ALL NEW

    Updated: 2010-02-28 17:19:31
    The items below have set on a shelf in my basement for a while. Selling them and other things to finance another project and see how close I get to...

  • Ultra Nice Telco Products TUNEABLE RFI filter

    Updated: 2010-02-28 16:59:24
    New but out of package. This could be exactly what is needed for someone wanting heavy duty construction. Not a wimpy little thing. $15.00...

  • 2 Motorola TalkAbout FRS rigs

    Updated: 2010-02-28 16:54:25
    New and in the packages, Model T-289 FRS radios. 24.00 shipped free to CONUS. My email is good here on QRZ, as is physical address. 73 Doug

  • ICQ Podcast Series Three Epsiode Five (28 February 2010) - Building TenTec1330 Part2

    Updated: 2010-02-28 16:46:00
    icqpodcast's Amateur Ham Radio Podcast Put a description of your podcast . here The Podcasts Sun , 28 February 2010 ICQ Podcast Series Three Epsiode Five 28 February 2010 Building TenTec1330 Part2 Series Three Episode Fiver of the ICQ Amateur Ham Radio Podcast . News Stories include : Ham killed in Connecticut explosion Cuban HF Number Stations Sat-nav's face big errors Ham radio's roll expanding in Haiti Mod to transmission mode GB3TM Windermere Triangle Police search for missing ham Move of GB3VHF beacon Unlicensed Police drone grounded NAQCC Lifetime membership FREE New mode ROS VK2BWI slow morse broadcast Iceland's access 70 MHz 500 KHz Your feedback , Hints , Tips and Tricks and Martin M1MRB discusses completing the building of the TenTec 1330. Direct download : ICQPodcast_S03_E05_Final.mp3 Category : podcasts posted at : 3:46 AM Comments[0 Syndicate This : Site : Archives February 2010 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2010 January February 2009 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 July August September October November December : Links Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5

  • known resources for RLC meter

    Updated: 2010-02-28 15:38:08
    Here are all the known resources for RLC meter software, with or without hardware: In Italian and also a bit more elaborate, with USB; search...

  • High ohm mic for low ohm radio?

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:35:53
    I was over at a friend house and fell in love with his D-104 desk mic. I there a way i could wire change its impedance to 500-600ohm? I want to get...

  • yaesu microphone

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:34:21
    yaesu 2800 microphone needed. phone type plug. old mic got crunched. now I just have a neat scanner. can you help????? wz7b@silverstar.com

  • Pioneer TX-410 reciever...

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:28:29
    Hi, I have a classic Pioneer TX-410 FM broadcast reciever. This is a sought after radio and i will pay shipping if you buy the radio @ 200.00.... ...

  • Eico HFT 94

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:25:29
    I found kit parts from an Eico HFT 94 Broadcast AM reciever, which consist of the unused front panel, dial, power cord, some hook up wires,...

  • IC-738 LED/wheat lamp type?

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:17:32
    The LED/wheat lamp(?) that iluminates the S Meter on my 738 has died,could someone tell me what I will need,(size/voltage),to buy before I tear the...

  • running 2 head sets from 1 radio?

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:04:41
    This summer while working Field day and this weekend while working the 160 phone contest, a friend and I where trying to use 1 heil head set to run...

  • Icom 746

    Updated: 2010-02-28 14:03:48
    For sale Icom IC746(Non Pro) Complete Station ? Ic746 with an inrad 1.8khz ssb filter, original factory box ? SM6 Station Mic and the original...

  • NQ3X (Bob): Deliberate SCA cross-posting

    Updated: 2010-02-28 13:37:20
    For my SCA readers:  ust finished a post on my SCA-oriented LJ in which maybe you can help.Have a look and tell me what you think.

  • IQ2RD: Terremoto in Cile

    Updated: 2010-02-28 13:24:45
    Rilancio dal sito dell’ARRL la richiesta di lasciare libere le frequenze riservate alle comunicazioni d’emergenza e precisamente: 3.738, 3.750, 7.050, 7.100, 14.200, 14.350, 21.200, 21.350, 28.300 e 28.500 MHz.

  • IK1JNS (Pino): Terremoto in Cile

    Updated: 2010-02-28 07:55:52
    La IARU Region 1 ha emesso la seguente comunicazione in relazione del terremoto in Cile, PRESTARE LA MASSIMA ATTENZIONE ALLE FREQUENZE INDICATE: Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:01 An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale hit Chile at 0634UTC today (27th February). Information is now being received that the local emergency communications group “Red [...]

  • KA3DRR (Scot): RadioSport History | CQ World Wide DX CW 1977

    Updated: 2010-02-27 18:53:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar 2010-02-27 RadioSport History CQ World Wide DX CW 1977 Cox and Brockman 1978 said , People sure like to have a good time . The 1977 CQ WW Contest attests to this fact . In spite of less than normal conditions , interest and activity were never higher . p 10 What makes a RadioSport event fun to operate like CQ World Wide franchise One answer is DXpeditions according to Cox and Brockman 1978 and another may include antenna system(s and or one's receiver . The broader answer maybe active involvement of RadioSport clubs where resources and talent are focused around a specific goal like number one in the Club . Box Cox and Brockman stated , Not to be outdone , the Frankford Radio Club FRC repaired their antennas , turned their rigs , and walked off with the fierce Club competition title with a total of 62.7 M points . That's alot of work and cooperation . p 10, 1977 One senses club strategy beginning to develop with a score target inside the box . Additionally , FRC channeled their knowledge and resources into improving antenna systems-to-radios inside the shack . I believe individual initiative is important in addition to having a stake in the overall

  • IK1LBL (Mario): Diploma 20° Anniversario dell'indipendenza Lituana

    Updated: 2010-02-27 08:31:56
    : skip to main skip to sidebar IK1LBL 27 febbraio 2010 Diploma 20° Anniversario dell'indipendenza Lituana Il mio carissimo amico Rolandas LY4Q mi chiede di propagandare il diploma del ventesimo anniversario dell'indipendenza della Lituania . ecco qui tutte le Infos 20 years of Act on the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania Presto on-line Sito ufficiale e regolamento . qui per ora il regolamento completo : qui To mark 20 years of Act on the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania , Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society LRMD is issuing an Award for amateurs who will contact Special Event Station with prefix LY20 or LY11 11 stations on the air and also all other LY stations in period from 2010.03.01 d . till 2010.05.01 and will collect 20 points . Points : for EU stations : LY20 or LY11 station 3 points , other LY 1 points . DX stations : LY20 or LY11 5 points , other LY 2 . points Necessary 3 QSO with LY20 or LY11 stations . QSO with same station possible to multiple on different bands and different modes . Applications deadline December 31, 2011. Please send certified list of contacts no QSL please and payment to the LRMD Award . Manager Please give your e-mail address with your

  • VK4VCC (Laurie): RadioScope - HF Propogation Study Through Multiple Sites

    Updated: 2010-02-27 06:01:13
    : skip to main skip to sidebar VK4VCC and VK4FWCC Australian Amateur Radio Stations Laurie Porter VK4VCC and 11yr old daughter Chelsea VK4FWCC 27 February 2010 RadioScope HF Propogation Study Through Multiple Sites Welcome All interested in the further study of HF propagation This new website is to generate interest in the extension of recent studies of backscatter radar and propagation on 50 Mhz by VK3OE and VK3AUU into the HF realm . How could it work The proposed concept is to create an aggregation of amateur radio stations around Australia to study the effects of propagation over the LF and HF spectrum through a nationwide grid system of stations linked via broadband internet for real time analysis . The proposed : stations will have remote rural locations for low interference reception exhibit high gain antennas for a variety of bands have broadband internet access for real time information aggregation ability to operate high power if needed for the conducting of tests MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ANY INTERESTED IN PROPAGATION Link can be found here Posted by Laurie Chelsea Porter at Saturday , February 27, 2010 Labels : hf propogation radioscope 0 comments : Post a Comment Older

  • KA3DRR (Scot): My 10,000 Hour RadioSport Challenge | 9,833 - 24 = 9,809 To Go

    Updated: 2010-02-27 00:55:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar 2010-02-26 My 10,000 Hour RadioSport Challenge 9,833 24 9,809 To Go The 2010 ARRL International DX CW event was my first operating experience when the solar flux indice broke through the 80 barrier . I watched A- and K-index steadily fall and marveled at our G4 class star . I imagined our ionosphere is much like the surface of an ocean . Each successive day reminding me of the local surf . report Is there another sport as dependent on cosmological mechanics as RadioSport Friday night did not produce spectacular results , basically , the first evening is tough . My signal rarely scores on the first , second , or third call . It is however an opportunistic moment at logging multi-multi stations on spaces such as 15m or 20m at sunset using gray line . enhancement I operated from N1MM's band map with good effect while hopping between each space after loading needed multipliers . Additionally , I entered the high end of the spectrum into the dialog box then pressed enter for example 14.080, 21.075, or 28.065 MHz then clicked . downward I practiced moving through each space as fast as possible while loading or unloading the band map . The swarm network of

  • A little salt and pepper, please ?!?

    Updated: 2010-02-27 00:09:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Friday , February 26, 2010 A little salt and pepper , please For the words in my previous post , I . mean Did it snow last night To the point that I woke up to a scene that was totally white AccuWeather.com was correct and like a fool , I doubted them . Woe is me I had to shovel to get out of my driveway the snowplows hadn't even touched the road . Thank God for four wheel drive it got me into work . today As bad as the local streets were the main highways were pretty good . The drive in was not white knuckle like it was coming home that day last week . It snowed pretty hard all morning with the sun finally peeking through the clouds around 2:00 PM or . so All told , just over a foot about 31 cm of snow fell . The winds were vicious , constantly blowing snow into my face as I tried to shovel this morning which is a bad thing when you wear eyeglasses There are snow drifts in my driveway over 2 feet high 61 cm in . places The good thing is that by the time I left work the roads were pretty much clear down to the asphalt surface and were

  • EA1CS: HQ2T HONDURAS

    Updated: 2010-02-26 22:35:24
    : EA1CS pasión por el DX Diario de la actividad en las bandas de . Radioaficionado viernes , febrero 26, 2010 HQ2T HONDURAS NP3D estará 10 días en Honduras , del 19 al 29 de marzo 2010 como HR2 NP3D , en bandas de HF pero principalmente en 160 mts Cw , Ssb y . Rtty Participará en el Xq Wpx Ssb como HQ2T . SOAB Qsl via W3HNK o RW6HS también en . LOTW 73´s,Luis EA1CS posted by Sergio 2 26 2010 10:31:00 PM Previous Posts TX4T 6Y9V JAMAICA VP5 PY2WAS TURK Y CAICOS . IS AO1ANT OC-260 OROLUK ATOLL V26M F OR9W P EU-156 SAN MARTÍN GCÍA . SA-055 ALASKA NA-235 NA-239 COLOMBIA

  • G3XBM (Roger): QRP transatlantic on 80m

    Updated: 2010-02-26 22:15:46
    Just got a report from W1XP on 80m WSPR when running just 1W into the 5m long vertical. DX is 5280kms. Report suggests that 500mW would also have crossed the pond. </td </p

  • G3XBM (Roger): First sub-9kHz NoV application with OFCOM

    Updated: 2010-02-26 20:50:45
    G7NKS has already submitted his application for an NoV to operate below 9kHz. Mine will be prepared in the next few days. Approval (or rejection) may take some time as OFCOM has to consult with the Met Office first. The Met Office monitors <9kHz for sferic activity to track storms and lightning.

  • G3XBM (Roger): New Zealand gets 500kHz (for now)

    Updated: 2010-02-26 20:47:09
    From March, New Zealand amateurs will be allowed to use 505-515kHz. The number of administrations making temporary allocations is increasing all the time now. Expect some ZL-USA (and maybe Europe?) tests before long on the band. I wonder who will be the first to receive some 500kHz WSPR beacons from the Antipodes?

  • G3XBM (Roger): Australia on 40m QRP tonight

    Updated: 2010-02-26 20:21:27
    It really is too easy with WSPR on HF. Last night some reports from Antarctica and tonight a brief 5W transmission on 40m got me another report from VK6POP in Australia. One of my projects is a micropower WSPR beacon for 10m, but it will have to be something like 10mW to be anything like a challenge :-)

  • Not bad at all

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:31:00
    Hopefully, this storm is turning out to be more hype than substance, at least in Central NJ. The snow accumulation has been about an inch - maybe. The main roads are clear and the secondary roads are slushy. The snow is wet and heavy and I'm glad I had so little accumulation to get rid of.On a positive note, I received my new clock oscillator ship in the mail today from Dan Tayloe. Bad news is, I might have to work through the weekend; so I am not so sure I'm going to get a lot of time to put it in. We'll have to wait and see.There's a 40 Meter Foxhunt tonight; and I am anxious to participate. However, I am also beat from an absolutely beastly day at work today. I may turn in early and forgo the hunt. I will see how tired I feel in 90 minutes, when the hunt begins.72 de Larry W2LJ

  • Propagation is one of those "magical" things

    Updated: 2010-02-24 04:10:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Tuesday , February 23, 2010 Propagation is one of those magical things One of the things that intrigues me the most and frustrates me the most about Amateur Radio is the mystical qualities of propagation . Over the weekend in the DX Contest , I worked a good chunk of the world with 5 Watts . Latvia , Turkmenistan , Croatia , Kaliningrad , all of these were not a . problem Tonight , on the 80 Meter Foxhunt , I barely worked Dave AB9CA in Alabama I called for over an hour and finally made a successful exchange with him at 0310 UTC Yes , there was QSB but for the most part , Dave was pretty loud into New Jersey . I was wracking my brains trying to figure out why Dave wasn't hearing me . Usually we have no problem tonight was a struggle to say the least . Switching between the wire and the vertical had no effect . Finally , I began to vary my transmit frequency a bit more and must have stumbled my way into his . passband After that , I listened for the other Fox in Arizona , W7KXB but he was just a whisper . And with only about ten minutes

  • Again ?????

    Updated: 2010-02-24 01:20:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Tuesday , February 23, 2010 Again Today , I did something on the way home from work , that I don't do everyday . I turned on the VHF UHF radio and listened some to the local 2 Meter repeater . And I heard two words that made my blood run cold Nor'Easter and snow There were intimations being made about another winter storm to hit our area later this . week So I came home , turned on the computer and went to AccuWeather , only to find : this Weather map courtesy of AccuWeather.com This is what I have to look forward to later this week . It's very disconcerting when you see the term snow hurricane being used in the place of blizzard It's also not good when they talk about an oncoming storm and use the words monster and historical proportions Stupid groundhog 72 de Larry W2LJ Posted by Larry W2LJ at 8:20 PM 2 comments : John AE5X said . We got snow here in Houston today . Anyone seen Al Gore lately . 11:38 PM g4ilo said . I think this is God's way of telling us that He is the only one who can cause climate change . 4:04 AM Post a Comment

  • Ericsson W35 Marine Pack now available - - Ericsson W35 price increase to $499 - Dealers / Installers call for special / quantity pricing

    Updated: 2010-02-23 17:17:29
    Ericsson W35 Complete Marine Package * Now available, the Ericsson W35 Marine Pack - - $840.00 + $90.00 Shipping (estimated) $840.00 + $90.00 = $930.00 What is included in the package: Ericsson W35 Marine and remote communication is made easy with the Ericsson W35. If accessing the Internet via a landline connection is not possible or convenient, the W35 can [...]

  • DX Contest weekend

    Updated: 2010-02-23 00:43:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Monday , February 22, 2010 DX Contest weekend I know I previously mentioned that I made about 50 QSOs in the sparse time that was available for me to operate in the DX Contest this past weekend . But here's an overview of the countries that I worked , each marked with a red : pin You can click on the map for a larger image . It seems all the QSOs follow a southwest to northeast line relative to my QTH . I did not work everyone that I heard , I basically just went up and down the bands , working folks at random . It was definitely not a contest effort but more of a Who can hear me exercise . Not terrible for 5 Watts and little time Some good news was received this past weekend . The Cherryville Hamfest in Flemington , NJ , which traditionally kicks off the Hamfest season in our area is back this year after a one year hiatus I thought for sure it was going to be a goner , but an e-mail from one of the local repeater clubs that I belong to has proven otherwise . I am very happy to see that this Hamfest has not gone the way of the dinosaurs

  • Alan Spicer Marine Telecom and International Marine Electronics

    Updated: 2010-02-22 20:42:21
    ASMT and IME - Providing Communications Solutions for Sail and Motor Yachts. Cost savings by the deployment of the appropriate, or multiple, Internet Access and Sharing Systems (onboard networking for desktop, laptop, pda, smartphone) for Marine Vessels. Also providing General Marine Electronics and Computer Solutions and Services. Voice Telephone and Internet Services using Cellular, Satellite, [...]

  • Internation Space Station Crew Member / Astronaut Photographs Shuttle Landing - S-Turns to slow it down, from Space Station 200 miles up

    Updated: 2010-02-22 10:48:27
    The space shuttle… as you can imagine… is going very fast when it re-enters the earths atmosphere. It has to have a certain amount of energy (speed) to make it back to Florida to the Kennedy Space Center to land. But not too much energy. So it makes a series of S-Turns to bleed off [...]

  • Space Shuttle Night Landing - Lands Safely in Florida

    Updated: 2010-02-22 10:39:31
    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space-shuttle-night-landing-100221.html Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely in Florida By Robert Z. Pearlman SPACE.com Contributor posted: 21 February 2010 10:20 pm ET HOUSTON - Space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely in Florida Sunday evening, beating a stormy weather forecast after delivering NASA’s last major additions to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander George Zamka piloted Endeavour and his five crewmates to a landing [...]

  • No time

    Updated: 2010-02-22 01:43:00
    There was not much time to play around in the DX Contest today. My daughter had that cheerleading competition, which effectively took the entire day. I was able to get on for about a half hour before leaving for Mass this morning. 15 Meters was open and I heard a lot of European stations; and worked a few also. Didn't hear any VKs or ZLs, which disappointed me a bit.In all, in the very limited amount of time I put in, I worked about 50 or so stations. Time to start writing up some QSL cards!The Flying Pigs "Run For The Bacon" is tonight. I think I'm too pooped to do any running this month.I knew I was too pooped to pop! I worked the first hour and only made 6 QSOs. I guess everyone else is pooped too. I worked C6AKQ (N4BP) on 40 Meters - that was the highlight. VE3MO on 80 Meters was the loudest Piggie I heard while I was on.72 de Larry W2LJ

  • ASMT - Computer Work for Sail and Motor Yachts: Putting More Memory in a Small Form Factor Acer Computer

    Updated: 2010-02-21 14:23:24
    Alan Spicer Marine Telecom works on Communications, Internet Access Systems, and Computers for Sail and Motor Yachts, and other Marine Customers. This is a video taken in 2009 when I was preparing 2 new Acer Small Form Factor Computers for a Motor Yacht customer in Seattle, Washington State. I prepared the two computers with a memory [...]

  • I never noticed

    Updated: 2010-02-21 05:03:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Sunday , February 21, 2010 I never noticed Now that I have the two antennas plugged into the K2 together , it is much easier to do an A B comparison . Now , instead of flicking a coax switch , I just push a button and can hear the differences instantaneously . And what I heard tonight surprised . me On 40 Meters the HF9V is giving me better performance than the wire . I was hearing stations noticeably louder with the vertical . Now the backyard is covered with snow so maybe the radial system is doing a bang up job currently being soaked in moisture from the melting snow . I don't know . But I was working stations with ease and got another new one tonight . HQ9R on 40 Meters . Yes , I've worked Honduras before but not QRP so that makes two new QRP entities for me . today In all , I've cherry picked about 50 QRP DX contacts today and learned a few new things about my antenna farm Actually , it's more like an antenna flower pot as opposed to a farm but it's all I have and I am enjoying it for . now I'm beat and off to bed . Cara has a cheer

  • Oh well ......

    Updated: 2010-02-21 02:32:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Saturday , February 20, 2010 Oh well 40 Meters was not nearly as fruitful tonight as the higher bands were during the daylight hours . I was hearing mostly Europeans and very loud stateside stations . I worked a few Germans and Poles and that was about it . Nothing too exotic on 40 Meters tonight . I pulled the plug early and will get up early tomorrow morning to see if I can possibly hear any VK or ZL stations in the morning . That would be cool to work Oceania again from NJ on 5 Watts I did have another Homer Simpson Doh moment , however . I currently have three antennas . The G5RV , the Butternut HF9V which got a workout today and my Inverted L Of all , the Inverted L gets the littlest use and I will probably take it down this Spring . For whatever reason , it is VERY noisy . Way noisier than the G5RV and even noisier than the HF9V I'm used to the vertical being noisy . So I would say it's a safe bet to say that the L get used 2 of the time , or . less So that leaves the vertical and the HF9V as my two primary antennas . I have all

  • Get the Voice Compression turned back ON in your Marine SSB Transceiver - Icom IC-M802

    Updated: 2010-02-21 00:57:17
    Icom IC-M802 Marine SSB Radio Icom AG-140 Antenna Tuner http://www.latitude38.com/features/SSB.html  I’ve got two final tips. First, if you sent your Icom 802 to the factory to get the ‘clipping’ problem fixed, you’ll note that there are two places to plug in the antenna. One is for the DSC antenna, the other for your SSB antenna. Unfortunately, they are not [...]

  • Having fun !!!

    Updated: 2010-02-20 20:07:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Saturday , February 20, 2010 Having fun In the ARRL DX Contest Both 10 and 15 Meters are open and I am just going around randomly working stations that I can pick out among the madness . Boy , there sure seems to be a lot of guys who have trekked down to the Caribbean , particularly Aruba . I have heard more stations on the air from Aruba today than I think I ever have before . I guess all the snow and cold has made a lot of Hams from the colder climates with cabin fever make the move to a warmer venue . I should try selling my XYL on that concept one of these years A new one for me via QRP has been Chile . CE1 K7CA has a superb set of ears and picked my peanut whistle signal out of the aether . That brings my QRP DXCC entity total to 104. I have to update the entities worked spreadsheet on my Webpage as I never included the very first one that I worked back in 1994, C2MV . Nauru I am finding that on 15 and 10 Meters that I am having much more success with the Butternut HF9V that I am with the G5RV . When I wasn't working stations that

  • Two new ones from Jim W1PID

    Updated: 2010-02-20 02:41:00
    Jim W1PID is about one of the nicest guys you could meet, anywhere. Whenever I hear him on the air; he has a great signal and a friendly greeting. He is a boon to the QRP community. All that and he has great adventures, too!<br /Operating on Hermit LakeandEurope on 5W SSB from the Trailare two of his newest.Enjoy! And don't forget, this weekend is the ARRL DX contest. Band conditions have been the best we've seen in a while. Have fun getting some new ones, QRP style!72 de Larry W2LJ

  • KA4UDX - Radio Amateur Station - Contact Log / Stats

    Updated: 2010-02-19 23:04:53
          Callsign:   TABLE OF CONTENTS   [ Bands] [ Modes] [ Dates] [ Countries] [ Entire]   Chapter Page Entries   Bands 2m 2     6m 5     10m 9     15m 11     17m 2     20m 43     30M 2     40m 13     80m 4   Modes FM 7     PSK31 23     SSB 61   Propagation Modes EchoLink 2   Dates 2009 December 2     2010 January 48     2010 February 41   Countries (Only includes cards to members of eQSL.cc) AUSTRIA 2     BRAZIL 2     CANADA 5     COSTA RICA 1     DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1     ENGLAND 1     GUATEMALA 1     HAWAII 1     ITALY 2     NETHERLANDS 1     PUERTO RICO 2     SLOVENIA 1     USA 49     VENEZUELA 1   Entire Logbook/OutBox Selector 91   — 73 de

  • Ham radio web sites need improved marketing

    Updated: 2010-02-19 05:27:23
    Exploring Amateur Radio Home About K9JY.com K9JY Comment Policy K9JY Pictures K9JY.com Subscriptions About K9JY Resources Media WriteLog User Site Contact You Are Here : Home Clubs Ham radio web sites need improved marketing Scot , K9JY Find K9JY : at Facebook : Scot Herrick Twitter : Scot , K9JY LinkedIn : Scot Herrick Recent K9JY Posts Ham radio web sites need improved marketing Working through the doldrums of a passionate Amateur Radio operator If you were thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 for ham radio Signals K9JY Hacked The iMac : Will ham radio be the same How to learn from every ham radio contest CW Skimmer Wins Dayton Hamvention Pileup Contest Multi-operator contesting teams and sleep deprivation What Ham Radio talking points need Ham radio Photo DXpeditions Ham radio contesting Wiki site Ham Radio Sunspot Saturday April 25, 2009 SSB is dying help save ham radio ARRL needs new media tools for donations Recent Comments Scot Herrick on Ham radio web sites need improved marketing Scot Herrick on Ham radio web sites need improved marketing KF4LXS on Ham radio web sites need improved marketing kb9jhu on Ham radio web sites need improved marketing Ramblings by K6RJ 30 Days 30

  • Halfway to DXCC in 73

    Updated: 2010-02-19 01:27:23
    It’s day 33 of my quest for DXCC in My First 73 Days on HF and I’ve hit a milestone: today I reached the halfway point.  Buoyed by a new operating mode (PSK31) , I’ve made quite a bit of progress.  Since my last report, I worked the following new entities on the following modes: SSB [...]

  • PSK31 – Early Experiences on a New Mode

    Updated: 2010-02-18 20:57:25
    Partly because my quest for DXCC in My First 73 Days had started to slow down and also because I used to really enjoy 2m packet back in the day, I decided to try some digital modes on HF.  Since I have a General class license and work exclusively on 20m, going digital also doubled [...]

  • Possibly powerline QRM (RFI) still at KA4UDX 02-18-2010

    Updated: 2010-02-18 17:59:24
    Possibly powerline noise (QRM) (RFI) still at KA4UDX, shot this video today 02-18-2010. Please excuse the “shaky cam” as I was hand holding the camera. You’ll notice it starts down at 80 meters (probably lower as well) and I can find it all the way up to 6 meters into VHF (50 / 51 Mhz). It [...]

  • Customer satisfaction

    Updated: 2010-02-18 02:15:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Wednesday , February 17, 2010 Customer satisfaction I received a response from Dan Tayloe N7 VE regarding the U11 50 MHz Reference Oscillator that needs to be replaced on my PFR 3A . He has a spare and is going to pop it into the mail for me . Dan is the one who pre-mounts the SMT parts on the PFR 3A . boards Hopefully , once I get that and install it , I will finally have the DDS LO signal that I need to get the receive section of the PFR 3A working . Then I can continue on to the transmitter . section Other than that , not much is going on here tonight . Both 40 and 80 Meters are amazingly QRN free tonight . I have called CQ a bunch of times tonight but have gotten no takers on either band . I am going to head down to the shack for a few more tries before heading off to . bed I have been on the air for about five days in a row now and it is becoming addictive again . Getting on the air makes you want to be on the air , more and . more 72 de Larry W2 LJ Posted by Larry W2LJ at 9:15 PM 1 comments : Floyd , KK3Q said . Thanks to the

  • A 2fer and some Rolaids, please!

    Updated: 2010-02-17 03:12:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Tuesday , February 16, 2010 A 2fer and some Rolaids , please If it's Tuesday night and it's Winter then it has to be 80 Meter QRP Foxhunt night And tonight was nice to start out with . The band was quiet , hardly any QRN at all . Very nice conditions for hunting Foxes . And hunt them I did and quite successfully , too Steve NØSM in Iowa proved to be the trickier of the two Foxes . His signal was up and down . QSB was a bit of a problem and I had to call for about 20 minutes before I snared him . Scott NØAR was easier , on the other hand . His signal was steady and I bagged his pelt after calling maybe two or three times . So I got a 2fer , as it is called . I worked both Foxes and the feeling is . good While attempting to work Steve , though , I managed to get my ears bloodied when out of nowhere , K3IN started calling up the 3RN Net with a 50,000000 over 9 signal . The suddenness of the beginning of the net was a startling jolt . No QRL no no nothing . Thank the Lord for the K2's crystal filters I was able to peel myself off the floor

  • The Buzz

    Updated: 2010-02-16 03:56:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Monday , February 15, 2010 The Buzz The Buzz on the QRP e-mail reflectors has been the suggestion that QRPers move their base of operations up in the 40 Meter band as a way of avoiding the increasing amounts of QRM around both 7.040 MHz and 7.030 . MHz After a posting from Prof . Arnie Coro CO2KK , it seems that many QRPers , frustrated by the QRM are willing to make the move . I for one , agree . I mean that's what we have VFOs for anyway , right And for those that are crystal controlled , I see an opportunity for someone to make some business by offering crystals that would allow the move up above 7.100 . MHz With things going the way they are it seems the digital modes and WSPR are going to take over what was commonly thought of as QRP territory . I've never been an advocate for banging my head against the wall , so it seems like a good idea to . me There's a lot of spectrum up in that area that's barely being used . Might as well put it to good use . The SKCCer's have been hanging out in that area for the past few years . I think they

  • 10 Meter Ham Radio Introduction

    Updated: 2010-02-15 16:21:18
    10 meter ham radio is known for its spectacular DX when it is open. Sunspot cycle 24 is about to unlock it. Get ready for ham radio at it's finest.

  • And again this morning!

    Updated: 2010-02-15 16:14:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Monday , February 15, 2010 And again this morning Today is President's Day in the USA a national holiday to honor and celebrate all those who have held the office of President of the United States over our 200+ year history . I know , as far as age goes , we're still babes in the woods compared to a lot of you other nations out there but hey , it's a day off from work But even a day off from work doesn't necessarily mean I can spend the day goofing off . There are chores to be done and places to go . BUT I did get on 17 Meters for a few minutes this morning and worked UY 5 ZZ in the Ukraine and ES4NG in Estonia . I have worked Estonia before but not since going totally QRP so this is kind of a new one for . me It is SOOOOO nice to see the bands awakening . I guess it will be a slow wake up process as they've seemed dead for so many months now . But , I think that this is a good sign for this coming weekend's ARRL International DX Contest . I'm pretty confident that the bands won't go back to being COMPLETELY dead this coming weekend so it

  • Nice band openings this morning!

    Updated: 2010-02-14 20:07:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Sunday , February 14, 2010 Nice band openings this morning I got home from Church this morning and was actually able to spend a few hours behind the dial . It was nice to hear 20, 17 and 12 Meters busy with activity . One would have thought that 15 Meters would have been busy also but I didn't hear any signals on that band . I sent out some CQ's for a while and got no . answers On 12 Meters I was able to work the US Virgin Islands , KP2HC and Belize , V31GT . On 17 Meters , I was able to work Belgium , OQ5M and Ireland , EI6IZ . 20 Meters yielded England . MØEDX and the Balearic Islands , . EA6UN I've heard and worked Jurek EA6UN many times with 5 Watts . He was simply pounding into New Jersey with a very good signal . I just wanted to say Hi to Jurek and to let him know that he was being heard well on the East . Coast Blue pins are countries worked today red pin was heard but not . worked A little later , I was listening to a station running a frequency on 17 Meters . I was surprised to hear him confirm a QSO with my friend Bob W3BBO .

  • Crud!

    Updated: 2010-02-14 01:52:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Saturday , February 13, 2010 Crud I worked on the PFR3A some more tonight . I was semi successful in getting U11 off the board . I used some ChipQuick and was able to remove the chip but I did lift off one pad in the process . No big deal as I scraped away some of the solder resist that led to that pad and soldered on a bit of discarded lead from a capacitor . Primitive but . workable I placed the oscillator chip in the right way and still have no receive function . The voltages are now correct , however . So as per Steve KD1JV in his e-mail to me I guess the oscillator chip did not survive being powered up in a reverse voltage . situation I sent an e-mail to QRPKits , informing Doug that I need a new U11 clock oscillator . I copied in all my correspondence with KD1JV . Hopefully , I will get the new part soon . If U11 is soldered in correctly and does its job , it will provide a clock input to U7 so I can get the DDS LO output that I need to get the receive section . working Or so the theory goes I am extremely glad that I still have my

  • Review of GlobalQSL.com by N0UN

    Updated: 2010-02-12 03:02:29
    I was sitting around (if ya’ know what I mean) last month reading my February 2010 QST magazine when I stumbled upon the “Hints and Kinks” section where the author was talking about this product/service called GlobalQSL.com (Page 61). Since I’m such a hi-tech kinda’ guy, I plugged GlobalQSL.com into my Internet Browser to find out more. Well, I registered on their [...]

  • An answer to a question

    Updated: 2010-02-11 23:19:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Thursday , February 11, 2010 An answer to a question came today in the mail . You may remember me wondering if Paul W0RW was pedestrian mobile when I worked him during FYBO . He was I got a photo QSL card in the mail confirming the . fact Paul was at Pikes Peak and was using his PRC319 military portable radio with a 10 foot whip at 5 Watts . He gave me a 599 report handwritten In the photo he was quite bundled up and the snow cover in the foreground looks pretty deep . I will try and hook up the scanner to the shack laptop later to see if I can possibly scan the card and post it . here There I managed to scan it in . Thanks for the card , Paul 73 de Larry W2LJ Posted by Larry W2LJ at 6:19 PM 1 comments : Jspiker said . BBBrrrrr . Eskimo . operations 3:21 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Larry W2LJ Originally licensed as a Novice with callsign KA2DOH in December of 1978. Upgraded to General in June of 1979 and received callsign N2ELW in 1983. Upgraded to Advanced in October of 1983 and

  • Snow day

    Updated: 2010-02-11 01:35:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Wednesday , February 10, 2010 Snow day I awoke this morning to find that a good 4 inches of snow had fallen overnight . I shoveled the driveway and headed in to work . The drive wasn't bad because all the sane companies not mine decided to close up shop for the day to allow their employees to stay . home It snowed on and off all day but really got going around 3:00 PM . They let us leave early , at 4:00 PM and the drive home was a real white knuckle affair . Visibility was very bad and there weren't enough snow plows out to keep up with it . I drove home using as a guide , the wheel ruts in the snow that the vehicles before me had . made When I finally did get home , I got to engage in my most favorite activity in the world . See the above photo for a clue to what that is The snow is just really starting to taper off now , at about 9:00 PM . I would hazard a guess that we received somewhere between 16 18 inches of . snow The good news is that even with a lot of wet , clingy , heavy snow the antennas pulled through . This morning I was

  • One pelt tonight

    Updated: 2010-02-10 04:13:00
    I managed to snag one pelt in the 80 Meter QRP Foxhunt tonight; and that was John K4AVX. I was not able to hear Jay KT5E at all. 80 Meters was VERY noisy tonight. Maybe that has something to do with the snow. Yeah, it wasn't supposed to start around here until midnight; but around 9:00 PM it started coming down.The blizzard of '10 has begun!73 de Larry W2LJ

  • Oh, joy!

    Updated: 2010-02-09 23:18:00
    . , W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Tuesday , February 09, 2010 Oh , joy Map courtesy of AccuWeather.com See that deep blue color over the state of New Jersey The W2LJ QTH is smack dab in that deep blue section . That deep blue section means 12 18 inches of snow by the time this storm blows out of here tomorrow . evening AND , we were told at work today , that we ARE expected to be in tomorrow . Hopefully , as the storm intensifies throughout the day , they will let us leave early . Tonight , I will top off the tank of my Ford Explorer . Tomorrow , I will pop it into 4 wheel drive and will expect to spend lots of time on the parking lots er , I mean . highways Sigh tomorrow is not going to be a fun . day 73 de Larry W2LJ Posted by Larry W2LJ at 6:18 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Larry W2LJ Originally licensed as a Novice with callsign KA2DOH in December of 1978. Upgraded to General in June of 1979 and received callsign N2ELW in 1983. Upgraded to Advanced in October of 1983 and upgraded to Amateur Extra

  • DXCC in 73, Week 3 Report

    Updated: 2010-02-09 00:42:01
    Though I haven’t been as diligent about reporting progress towards my goal, the progress itself is still being made. Since my last report, I’ve worked the following DXCC entities: Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Honduras St. Lucia Slovak Republic Venezuela Barbados Poland 36 down, 64 to go with 50 days left

  • This and that.

    Updated: 2010-02-08 01:34:00
    . . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Sunday , February 07, 2010 This and . that 17 Meters was open again this afternoon . I worked Eduardo CO8LY in Cuba . He was calling CQ DX and was way over S9. He sounded more like he was down the block than all the way just south of Florida . Unfortunately , it was one of those 599 TNX kind of QSOs We have worked several times before and I wanted Eduardo to know his signal was really carrying . I guess New Jersey wasn't the kind of DX he was looking . for On the other hand , it looks like I am making some kind of progress with the PFR 3A . I rewound T1 for the second time and re-installed with no improvement . So I decided that everything in the receiver circuit is probably pretty much just as it should be . That leaves the . DDS With my trusty VOM and schematic in hand , I began to take some voltage measurements . I checked the 78L05 regulator and everything seemed fine there . Then I went to check U10, the 812C35 chip . Lo and behold No 3.5V at the positive leg of C35 This led me to believe of course , that U10 might be defective or

  • FYBO Fun

    Updated: 2010-02-07 00:50:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Saturday , February 06, 2010 FYBO Fun I had a good time operating in the FYBO contest today , even though I wasn't intrepid enough to do it from outdoors . As it was , it was only 57F in the shack at the start and hovered around that temperature all day long a degree here and . there I was using the K2, which I disconnected from commercial power and placed it on one of my 12V SLA batteries which I keep charged via a solar panel . At least I'll get to claim the alternative power bonus . The antenna was my ol reliable G5RV . Here then , is my log not long 16o5 N4 BP 20M FL 80F 5W 1618 AB9CA 20M AL 62F 5W 1626 KB0 PCI 20M MN 72F 5W 1641 WA4 GIR 40M NC 39F 3W 1746 W0 RW 20M CO 30F 5W 1751 KX 0R 20M CO 25F 5W 1929 N0AR 20M MN 20F 5W 1941 WA5 BDU 20M AR 45F 5W 1949 N0 EVH 20M MO 65F 5W 2005 WQ 0RP 20M MN 26F 5W 2011 AJ 4 AY 20M AL 53F 5W 2106 KK 6MC 20M NM 20F 5W 2111 N9AW 40M WI 22F 5W 2133 NQ 7RP 20M AZ 50F 5W 2301 AE 8M 40M OH 70F 5W 2309 KB4 QQJ 80M NC 31F 5W 2313 NK 8Q 80M PA 21F 1W 2319 K8RAT 80M OH 61F 5W 2322 W3 BBO 80M PA 69F 5W 2329

  • Not too bad

    Updated: 2010-02-06 15:18:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Saturday , February 06, 2010 Not too bad as snowstorms go I woke up this morning to find that everything outside was covered with a white , puffy blanket of snow . From the second floor of the house , where our bedroom is , it looked worse than it turned out to be . I got dressed and headed outside to clean the cars off and shovel , so that my wife Marianne could leave for the hospital , where she is a dialysis . nurse I took a yardstick out in the back yard , found a clear , undisturbed spot and measured only about three inches 7.5 cm of snow . I'll take that any day compared to the 6-14 inches that they were predicting . Of course , it hasn't quite stopped yet , and unless heavier snow bands come through , I can see us only getting another inch or two , . max Some friends that I have in Virginia , whom I keep in touch via Facebook gasp yes , Facebook have informed me that they have gotten over 20 inches of heavy , wet snow . Last night , the meteorologists on the local news , were explaining that the reason the snow was delayed in our

  • This is interesting

    Updated: 2010-02-06 02:05:00
    . W2LJ's Blog QRP Do More With . Less This blog is a space devoted to my experiences with and ideas about Amateur Radio , QRPing and Morse . Code Friday , February 05, 2010 This is interesting Early reports said the snow was to start somewhere between 4:00 and 6:00 PM just in time for the trip home from work . It's nearly 9:00 PM and the first flakes have not fallen . Hmmmm Does this mean the storm is moving more slowly than anticipated If that's true , it will linger longer than expected and possibly dump a higher amount on us . Current forecast is calling for 6-14 inches . The farther South you are , the more snow you will most likely . receive In any event , the 2 Meter handheld is in the charging dock , as there will inevitably be a SkyWarn Net tomorrow on the K2GE , Sayreville NJ repeater . I'm sure they will be looking for local reports . I am an official member of SkyWarn , having taken the spotter training several times over a period of years . For the life of me , however , I cannot find the piece of paper with my official NOAA Spotter number . I think that got lost when I moved to South Plainfield from East . Brunswick My daughter's cheerleading stint for tomorrow got

  • DXCC in 73, Weekend Report

    Updated: 2010-02-01 00:28:51
    Days 14-15 are now behind me, with one new DXCC country in the logs: Northern Ireland. It’s interesting how the weekends tend to be fairly quiet here. I hear a lot of stations on the air (the band is pretty crowded), but there doesn’t seem to be all that much DX. [...]

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