• Heard on CQ100, a Virtual Amateur Radio Community - What is the origin of the word “Turnpike” associated with Pay Highways?

    Updated: 2010-03-20 02:57:27
    I have a minor hobby, I guess, and I’ve had it for awhile I guess. But there are a lot of phrases used in common American and British English that sound weird… I have to often ask “Where did that word or phrase come from? Tonight on CQ100, a virtual amateur radio “ionosphere”, which means [...]

  • W2LJ (Larry): Awards

    Updated: 2010-03-19 22:32:41
    . 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 , March 19, 2010 Awards In Ham Radio , as we all know , there are a ton of awards to be had WAS , WAC , DXCC , WAZ , Worked All Counties and the . like But then there are other awards like Amateur of the Year which is awarded each year at the Dayton Hamvention . This year that well deserved award is being given to a Ham that I personally know Jim Stafford . W4QO Not only is Jim a great devotee and supporter of all that is QRP but he is also one fine gentleman . I first met Jim on 40 Meter CW back in September of 2005. We were in a QSO that was the year I did at least one QRP QSO every day for the entire year when my son Joey , who was very small at the time started crying in his bedroom . Like any concerned parent , I dropped what I was doing and immediately went to see what was the matter . Joey was having a nightmare and needed some comforting . I sat with him until he fell asleep again and only then went back to the . radio You know what Jim was there waiting for me He was concerned by my sudden drop off and stayed on frequency

  • W2LJ (Larry): Moving onward.

    Updated: 2010-03-19 21:45:41
    . . 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 , March 19, 2010 Moving . onward Tonight I managed to find a little spare time and finished up the transmitter section of the PFR3A and have moved onto the low pass filter section Group 4. It seems a little bit odd to be soldering devices again instead of troubleshooting and looking for answers to problems . I hope to get the Group 4 section done over the weekend . There's not that many passive components to solder in but there will be a few coils to wind and . mount This weekend looks like a great one weather-wide with highs expected to go above 70F tomorrow . So not only will it be a great day for the Cherryville Hamfest tomorrow but it will also be a great day for doing some outdoor chores . Maybe raking up the last of the leaves that were wind blown onto my property over the Winter and stuff like that . And hey , isn't tomorrow or Sunday the first day of Spring Goodbye Ol' Man Winter don't let the glass hit your backside on the way out the door I will NOT be sorry to see you . exit Getting back to the topic of tomorrow's

  • G3XBM (Roger): QRP 2m FM

    Updated: 2010-03-19 19:01:41
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 19 Mar 2010 QRP 2m FM For the next few days I'm going to stay with my brother in S.Devon . I'll be taking along little ham gear , just the VX2 handportable to see what I can work out P on the cliff tops . Usually I find activity levels down there very quiet but occasionally I manage to surprise myself by working some simplex DX . The weather forecast is normal for when I go to Devon rain , then rain and then some more rain The VX2 is a rather good little 2m 70cms portable very small and light but it works better with a decent antenna such as a 1 4 wave whip on 2m , which also works pretty well as a 3 4 wave on 70cms too . at 18:50 Labels : devon vx2 1 comments : g4ilo said . Drat , I thought this was going to be about an FM version of the Fredbox Fri Mar 19, 11:57:00 PM GMT Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 144MHz 0 0 50MHz 1 79 kms 28MHz 12 2411 kms 21MHz 1 827 kms 18MHz 4 7632 kms 14MHz 6 6354 kms 10MHz 26 13690 kms 7MHz 20 16451 kms 3.5MHz 17 5280 kms 1.8MHz 3 896 kms 500kHz 11 1232 km s 137kHz 0

  • VE3OIJ (Darin): 30 meters wide open to Oceania this morning

    Updated: 2010-03-19 16:04:03
    : Darin's Log My amateur radio QSO . logs Ottawa Time Eastern Standard Time EST VE3OIJ Tweets follow me on Twitter My Blogs The Squid Zone This is my general discussion rant whatever blog . You probably won't like it if you are a religious fundamentalist , extremely devout in a non-fundamentalist sect , extremely right or left wing , a believer in conspiracy theories , a believer in quackery alternative medicine especially homeopathy , and chiropractic or are cephalopodophobic afraid of nautilus , squid , octopus and cuttlefish However , if you can handle rational discussion , you're . welcome VE3OIJ and VE3PDC logs This is a link to my amateur radio blog . The blog contains links to Google Earth plots of my QSOs , and articles and opinion relating to amateur radio . As much as possible , I keep politics , religion , and non-amateur radio discussion off my amateur radio . blog Amateur Radio Blogs G4ILO blog Planet Ham VA3QV Blog VA3STL Blog VE3MPG Blog WW2PT Blog Canadian Band Plans Microwave Band Plans 13 cm Band Plan 23 cm Band Plan 900 MHz Band Plan 70 cm Band Plan 220 MHz Band Plan 2m Band Plan 6m Band Plan HF Band Plan Amateur Radio Links ARISS eQSL Search My eQSL profile This

  • G3XBM (Roger): Sub-9kHz NoV application being processed

    Updated: 2010-03-19 13:48:01
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 19 Mar 2010 Sub-9kHz NoV application being processed Rod Wilkinson confirmed that he's received my application today at OFCOM : Hi , Roger Many thanks for your email and you will be pleased to know that your application has arrived on my desk this morning , I am sure all will be in . order As mentioned earlier my colleagues have contacted the Met Office but we are awaiting their response , I am afraid this may not be a prompt . process I will keep you updated as we progress but if you do wish to check on the status please do contact . me Vy 73 Rod at 13:46 Labels : nov sub-9khz 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 144MHz 0 0 50MHz 1 79 kms 28MHz 12 2411 kms 21MHz 1 827 kms 18MHz 4 7632 kms 14MHz 6 6354 kms 10MHz 26 13690 kms 7MHz 20 16451 kms 3.5MHz 17 5280 kms 1.8MHz 3 896 kms 500kHz 11 1232 km s 137kHz 0 0 9kHz 1 0.01kms Propagation Links G3XBM's books and gadgets G3XBM's QRP website G3XBM's video channel Solar Data On-line SDR list QTH locator GoogleMap app DX cluster

  • G4VXE (Tim): An unusual Echolink QSO this morning...

    Updated: 2010-03-19 13:16:13
    : . G4VXE.COM Amateur Radio or at least , my version of . it Friday , March 19, 2010 An unusual Echolink QSO this morning . I always enjoy talking to Des , G0RBD as he has a very wide interest in the hobby and there's always something new or interesting to discuss . This morning we hooked up on GB3TD as I was driving down to Didcot from . home One of the things we were talking about was Echolink . I mentioned on the blog a week or two ago that I have the Echolink client for the iPhone which works well . As I was approaching Didcot , I asked Des if he could access GB3FH in Somerset . He said he couldn't directly , but that GB3FH is connected to GB3ZY Dundry Hill 50Mhz repeater which he could access . We signed on GB3TD as normal but agreed to try via GB3FH . GB3ZY As I was walking away from the car , I connected up my headset to the iPhone , started up the Echolink client on the phone and connected to GB3FH using the 3G network . I called Des via GB3FH GB3ZY and we were both delighted to find that it worked well . In fact it worked so well , that Des could hear the station announcements as I walked up onto Platform 2 at Didcot Excellent fun . Posted by Tim at 1:07 PM 0 comments :

  • Radio Shack HTX-252

    Updated: 2010-03-19 13:06:27
    Anyone have a Radio Shack HTX-252 they'd part with? Friend is looking for a small one for mobile... throw some affordable numbers at me. 73 KJ4QMP

  • Can anyone identify this signal?

    Updated: 2010-03-19 13:00:19
    Came across it the other night after tuning up in frequency past 40 Meters. its not in the amateur band. Its on 8.590.0 MHZ. I have heard some...

  • KENWOOD TS-940S/AT Parting Out

    Updated: 2010-03-19 12:55:33
    Parting out a 7mil series TS-940S/AT. All parts listed in good working condition. I have other parts not listed, so email me with what you need. RF...

  • Q-Codes & Prosigns

    Updated: 2010-03-19 12:52:00
    Hello Everyone, Can anyone tell me where I can find a PDF Version (ADOBE preferably) of the Q-Codes and the Prosigns for "CW", that is also a...

  • field strength variations...

    Updated: 2010-03-19 12:50:58
    I have a field strength meter set up in the shack. I use this to give me a relative idea about how my antenna is radiating. I have noticed lately...

  • Motorola Radius P1225 UHF Ham HT

    Updated: 2010-03-19 12:25:27
    I have for sale one Motorola Radius P1225 portable in UHF, model number P94ZPC90C2AA, 16 channels, 450-470MHz bandsplit (will do 440 ham freqs). Does...

  • Please add my callsign to database

    Updated: 2010-03-19 12:09:31
    Callsign: SQ8DSX First Name: Paweł Last Name: Grykałowski Address Line 1: Polna 9/38 Address Line 2: Puławy Zip/Post Code: 24-100 Country:...

  • ALC & CW

    Updated: 2010-03-19 11:41:10
    Please forgive me if this particular subject has already been covered on here. I just spent the last half hour using the search functionality to see...

  • Icom FL-232 IF Filter

    Updated: 2010-03-19 11:01:46
    Excellent shape, working fine. 350 Hz selectivity, sold by Icom as a RTTY filter but I found it was a great CW filter right between the 500 Hz and...

  • Henry amplifier restoration project

    Updated: 2010-03-19 10:36:34
    If someone is looking for that Henry 2KD series restoration project, this item recently listed on eBay will need hours of TLC !...

  • SW RX radio shack dx-394 and gps-palm gps

    Updated: 2010-03-19 10:00:03
    radio shack dx-394 xcvr great electronically -minor wear -no box $120 lowrance globalmap100 gps $50.00 no extras -works great- garmin iq3600...

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