• G3XBM (Roger): A video of the 136kHz QRP QRSS3 beacon

    Updated: 2010-07-31 18:02:40
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 31 Jul 2010 A video of the 136kHz QRP QRSS3 beacon This is a video showing the 2W QRP beacon for QRSS3 on 136.93kHz . Using a 20m spaced earth electrode transmit antenna it has been copied 8.6km away using an E-field probe antenna . at 14:58 Labels : 136khz beacon antenna qrss3 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 50MHz 2 1249 km 28MHz 18 11127 km 21MHz 1 827 km 18MHz 5 7632 km 14MHz 16 8732 km 10MHz 26 16969 km 7MHz 20 16451 km 3.5MHz 17 5280 km 1.8MHz 3 896 km 500kHz 11 1232 k m 136kHz 8.97kHz 1 0.01 km Propagation Links G3XBM's QRP website G3XBM's video channel Solar Data On-line SDR list QTH

  • 9W2PJU (Faizul): Ubuntu-hams Malaysia At KL Tower Hamfest 2010

    Updated: 2010-07-31 18:01:51
    : 9W2PJU Malaysian Ham Radio Station AMATEUR RADIO FULL DISCLOSURE Saturday , July 31, 2010 Ubuntu-hams Malaysia At KL Tower Hamfest 2010 Share Event : Hamfest 2010 http : www.hamfest.my Date : 30 July , 31 July and 1 Aug 2010 Time : 10 am to 10 pm Who we : are Malaysian Ubuntu-hams Attendee : 9W2PJU , 9W2HDZ and SWL Tony What we do here : Promoting Ubuntu to all Malaysia ham radio operator and giving free Ubuntu CDs to . them : Pictures See more photo here http : www.flickr.com photos 9w2pju sets 72157624490701603 Credits : Thanks to all Ubuntu-hams supporters , Malaysian hamradio operators , 9W2FYI the event manager , Apogee for the great logo , 9M2AR 9W2PYT 9W2HDZ SWL Tony for the picnic table , friends , foes , and big thanks To mypapit 9W2WTF for the non stop supports . Posted by

  • Best layout for dipole question

    Updated: 2010-07-31 15:10:50
    OK, I live in an area with an HOA and there are external antenna restrictions. I can't leave it up all the time but I can have one up from time to...

  • Alinco DX-77

    Updated: 2010-07-31 14:11:29
    I have for sale an Alinco DX-77, used and in good condition. Radio is 8 out of 10. Covers 160 - 10 meters in AM, FM, SSB, and CW. The transmitter...

  • VU2SGW (Sailin): Call Sign Caps :

    Updated: 2010-07-31 14:06:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , July 31, 2010 Call Sign Caps Nice collection of call sign caps Click here Website URL http : www.astridsembroidery.com Posted by Sai , VU2SGW at 6:36 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Search Loading . QRZ callsign lookup About me View my complete profile Labels Acknowledgements 1 Comic 2 Links 10 My Inspiration 8 My QSl cards 3 QSL 5 Video 16 Blog Archive Blog Archive July 6 June 11 May 7 April 6 March 12 February 10 January 19 December 15 November 15 October 11 September 15 August 23 July 22 June 19 May 17 April 23 March 25 February 20 January 25 December 29 November 17 October 17 September 18 August 15 July 18 June 11 May 8 April 6 Sai,VU2SGW Create Your Badge Followers Visitors Blog stats Rate this

  • 9W2PJU (Faizul): Malaysia Amateur Radio Examination Sample Questions (RAE)

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:09
    : 9W2PJU Malaysian Ham Radio Station AMATEUR RADIO FULL DISCLOSURE Saturday , July 31, 2010 Malaysia Amateur Radio Examination Sample Questions RAE Share I received lot of questions asking me about Malaysia amateur radio examination sample questions from my non hamradio friends . For your information , this examination is under MCMC , this is just a samples . Uploaded to my Dropbox account and here it goes http : dl.dropbox.com u 8414601 Contoh_RAE.doc http : dl.dropbox.com u 8414601 Contoh_RAE2.doc Posted by 9W2PJU at Saturday , July 31, 2010 Labels : amateur radio dropbox hamradio mcmc question RAE sample Malaysia Amateur Radio Examination Sample Questions RAE I received lot of questions asking me about Malaysia amateur radio examination sample questions from my non hamradio friends .

  • KC7ZRD The North Valleys Simplex Group

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:02
    Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/NevadaThis group is located just north of Reno, Nevada and primarily uses simplex frequencies.

  • WA7HXO Las Vegas

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:02
    Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/NevadaThe Las Vegas Repeater Association (LVRA) owns and operates VHF and UHF amateur radio repeaters throughout Southern Nevada.

  • Sisterhood Of Amateur Radio-SOAR

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:01
    Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/NevadaSisterhood Of Amateur Radio

  • CARLA Repeater Network

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:01
    CARLA Repeater Network Resource details Search CARLA Repeater Network C.A.R.L.A . is a growing network of repeaters providing coverage across Northern Central California and Western Nevada . It is intended to be used as a reliable communications resource during significant local , regional and wide area incidents , and is open to all licensed amateur radio operators California Ham Radio Clubs North America USA California Ham radio clubs in california CARLA Repeater Network is listed on dxzone.com since 2010-07-31 Hits 4 Rate 0.00 Votes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The scale is 1 10, with 1 being poor and 10 being . excellent Webmaster , add a Remote rating to your site . Share on Facebook Who visited CARLA Repeater Network in Ham Radio Clubs North America USA California category , also visited

  • Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:01
    Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/NevadaSNARS incorporated as a cooperative, non-profit, Nevada corporation on April 16, 1968, for the purpose of fostering the educational and scientific needs of Western Nevada's radio amateur community

  • S-COM LLC

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:00
    Manufacturers/RepeatersManufacturer of Amateur and Commercial Repeater Controllers, Autopatches, and Accessories.

  • WA7DG Wide Area Data Group, Inc

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:32:00
    Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/NevadaServing Reno Sparks Tahoe Area, Nevada USA

  • TPL Com

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:31:59
    Manufacturers/AmplifiersVHF RF power amplifiers manufacturerr

  • Pls register my callsign into QRZ.com database.

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:29:05
    Please register my callsign into your database. Callsign: 9w2dtf First Name: Ahmad Ismail Initial: Mad Last Name: Nik Aman Add 1: 41, Jalan...

  • FLUKE

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:24:48
    1-fluke 720a voltage divider $375 or best offer 1- tektronix p6042...

  • Noob when it comes to Packet radio....how to and will this work???

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:12:40
    Ok so I have only been licensed for 8 Months give or take a day and I love ham radio. I currently am operating a Yaesu FT-857D. I am looking into...

  • Kenwood TS570D hf transceiver

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:10:32
    I have a good condition Kenwood TS570D not the dg model for sale.it does have a few dings in the cabinet but nothing major.Faceplate is 100% fb.It...

  • Yaesu FP757HD power supply

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:06:40
    I have a Yaesu FP757HD 12vdc power supply that produces 20 amps it is in really good condition ...i would like $110 shipped conus including insurance...

  • Signalink USB

    Updated: 2010-07-31 12:30:05
    I have for sale a Signalink USB for sale that is about 2 weeks old and that comes with the 6 pin mini din cable adapter from the radio to the...

  • honda elite 80 body panels

    Updated: 2010-07-31 12:26:24
    WTB blue honda elite 80 body panels, email me at wiccan.and.proud@gmail.com

  • Help, Need 6146 amp shematic

    Updated: 2010-07-31 11:36:17
    I would like to build a stand alone linear amp using two 6146A tubes (which I have) for 20 mtrs. Exciter is homebrew 20 mtr SSB rig with 10 w...

  • Ten Tec External VFO for Corsair

    Updated: 2010-07-31 11:35:18
    Looking for an external VFO for a Ten Tec Corsair. Please contact me with condition, price and any other information. wb8rfb (at) arrl (dot) net

  • MFJ-945D Schematic

    Updated: 2010-07-31 10:33:14
    Hi Guys, Anyone here can share a schematic diagram for MFJ-945D manual antenna tuner? Email me at : kayumanggihams [at] yahoo.com Please...

  • wow... i survived, the bike didnt.........

    Updated: 2010-07-31 10:02:42
    My dad brought home a REALLY nice honda elite 80, 900 dollars. a thousand miles, PERFECT condition... took it for a ride it was nice.. went to park...

  • New Palstar Auto tuner to be released?

    Updated: 2010-07-31 10:00:45
    Any one have any info? Whats the price of the new one???

  • NQ3X (Bob): Something to remember me by

    Updated: 2010-07-31 03:48:57
    You are viewing nq3x s journal Log in Create a LiveJournal Account Learn more Recent Entries Archive Friends User Info NQ3X Radio Free Raubsville Something to remember me by Oh , no . Not ME again . Blurb Blurb . Blurb , blurb , blurb . Blurb Blurbitty Saemus McBlurbington , Laird of Glen MacBlurb July 2010 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 28 29 30 31 Previous Memories Share this Next nq3x 30 July 2010 10:48 pm Something to remember me by I'm off to Pennsic in the morning , so I won't be posting or commenting for a couple of weeks . nbsp So you don't forget me , know that this is my new WANTWANTWANT : toy It will be mine . nbsp Oh , yes , it will be . mine Current : Mood enthralled 4 comments Leave a comment 4 comments Post a new comment

  • G3XBM (Roger): 2696km on 10GHz - new record

    Updated: 2010-07-31 00:08:46
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 30 Jul 2010 2696km on 10GHz new record A new DX record for terrestrial non EME communication has been set with a QSO between D44 and CT on July 10th over an incredible 2696km . See http : www.hyperatlantica.ch for more information . at 22:08 Labels : 10ghz 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 50MHz 2 1249 km 28MHz 18 11127 km 21MHz 1 827 km 18MHz 5 7632 km 14MHz 16 8732 km 10MHz 26 16969 km 7MHz 20 16451 km 3.5MHz 17 5280 km 1.8MHz 3 896 km 500kHz 11 1232 k m 136kHz 8.97kHz 1 0.01 km Propagation Links G3XBM's QRP website G3XBM's video channel Solar Data On-line SDR list QTH locator

  • From the Brown Bailout Newsletter: July 30, 2010 House and Senate Pass Important Air Safety Legislation

    Updated: 2010-07-31 00:02:38
    July 30, 2010 House and Senate Pass Important Air Safety Legislation The House and Senate voted in support of important air safety provisions that were combined with a 60-day extension of the full FAA Reauthorization Act. Maury Lane of FedEx has issued the following statement:  FedEx has long supported the important air safety legislation which Congress has now passed. [...]

  • G3XBM (Roger): Further fun on 136kHz with QRP and earth electrode antenna

    Updated: 2010-07-30 22:08:50
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 30 Jul 2010 Further fun on 136kHz with QRP and earth electrode antenna Today I increased the power from my QRSS3 136.93kHz beacon to 2W out of the PA into the 20m spaced earth electrodes . Another ride about test locally with the deaf FT817 and E-field probe RX antenna gave the following : results At 2.4km good copy on the Spectran display At 4.6km clear copy on the Spectran . display At 8.6km the signal was detectable , but weak see picture attached from Spectran screen These reports are roughly end on to the electrodes and I've yet to try other directions such as orthogonal to them . No attempt was made to match the PA output to the impedance presented by the earth

  • AE5X (John): Details about HF2K RF amp from YouKits

    Updated: 2010-07-30 20:25:57
    Entries RSS Comments RSS Radio Other Interests AE5X watts happening Kingwood , Texas Home DXing 80m DXing DXCC with Index Lab’s QRP+ Thoughts on Propagation DXing QRP Batteries AA Cells in Various Chemistries Battery Comparisons in QRP Applications Gel Cells Panasonic’s Oxyride Battery Rechargeable Li-Pos QRP Equipment ATS-3 from KD1JV Elecraft KX1 Fort Tuthill 80 G0UPL’s Unichip 80 LC Meter from Jackson Harbor Press a Video Review NN4CW’s Skinny Minnie” ATS-3 QRP Transceiver Kits Mini-Review Spectra of various QRP Kits QRP Excursions Appalachian Trail Backpack 1999 Charon’s Garden , OK 2005 Crater Lake , NJ 2000 East Texas Campout 2000 NVIS From the Wichita Mountains QRP Afield 2004 QRPTTF 2000 QRPTTF 2004 QRPTTF 2006 Rain , Sprain the Telegraphic Domain Stokes State Forest Campout 1998

  • AE5X (John): 160m antenna doin’s

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:48:58
    Entries RSS Comments RSS Radio Other Interests AE5X watts happening Kingwood , Texas Home DXing 80m DXing DXCC with Index Lab’s QRP+ Thoughts on Propagation DXing QRP Batteries AA Cells in Various Chemistries Battery Comparisons in QRP Applications Gel Cells Panasonic’s Oxyride Battery Rechargeable Li-Pos QRP Equipment ATS-3 from KD1JV Elecraft KX1 Fort Tuthill 80 G0UPL’s Unichip 80 LC Meter from Jackson Harbor Press a Video Review NN4CW’s Skinny Minnie” ATS-3 QRP Transceiver Kits Mini-Review Spectra of various QRP Kits QRP Excursions Appalachian Trail Backpack 1999 Charon’s Garden , OK 2005 Crater Lake , NJ 2000 East Texas Campout 2000 NVIS From the Wichita Mountains QRP Afield 2004 QRPTTF 2000 QRPTTF 2004 QRPTTF 2006 Rain , Sprain the Telegraphic Domain Stokes State Forest Campout 1998

  • G3XBM (Roger): Class E MOSFET PA for 136kHz

    Updated: 2010-07-30 11:05:28
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 30 Jul 2010 Class E MOSFET PA for 136kHz I'm trying to optimise an IRF510 MOSFET PA for use in the 136kHz beacon and later transverter design . Alan Melia G3NYK has a very useful page on practical approaches to class E designs for 136kHz at his page http : www.alan.melia.btinternet.co.uk classepa.htm together with a useful Excel worksheet to come up with practical values for the output network . Class E using square wave drive on the input can produce very good efficiencies , thereby reducing heatsink requirements . at 09:05 Labels : 136khz class e g3nyk 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries-

  • 9W2PJU (Faizul): Android On Your PC!

    Updated: 2010-07-30 06:46:01
    : 9W2PJU Malaysian Ham Radio Station AMATEUR RADIO FULL DISCLOSURE Friday , July 30, 2010 Android On Your PC Share Android is popular linux based operating system for most of smart phones and also tablet PCs . Some said that android based phones is an iPhone killer . Can we run an android on your x86 pc yes we can Steps Get android x86 iso here at http : android-x86.googlecode.com files android-x86-1.6-r2.iso you need UNetbootin to make bootable USB drive or just burn the iso if you got cd dvd drive you can also run this iso in your virtual environment , vmware , virtualpc , virtualbox reboot your pc to your USB drive or burned cd dvd Screensnap Posted by 9W2PJU at Friday , July 30, 2010 Labels : android gnu linux opensource operating system smartphones ubuntu x86 Android On Your PC

  • K3NG (Anthony): Don't Call On The Calling Frequency!

    Updated: 2010-07-30 02:38:00
    : The K3NG Report the ionosphere is your canvas Home Stuff About The K3NG Report Thursday , July 29, 2010 Don't Call On The Calling Frequency The six meter calling frequency and perhaps other calling frequencies on other bands are a bit of a paradox . Six meters is often dead and will magically open up between areas due to Sporadic E propagation . You won't know the band is open unless you continually scan the lower end of six meters hunting beacons or someone happens to be calling on the calling . frequency We have an amateur in the area who likes camp out on the six meter calling frequency and have his voice keyer automatically call CQ for a few hours some evenings . It's logical to do such a thing as no one will know the band is open unless someone is transmitting and someone receives

  • VU2SGW (Sailin): Ubuntu Linux for Hams :

    Updated: 2010-07-30 01:44:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , July 30, 2010 Ubuntu Linux for Hams This free operating system provides your PC with all of the usual features , including lots of ham radio . applications The ham radio applications include programs for Morse code training , APRS and packet programs , rig control , CW and digital mode terminal applications , satellite tracking , Smith Charts , logging , DX clusters and more . In most cases there are multiple programs available for each of these applications and there is also a logging program that interfaces with LoTW http : www.arrl.org ubuntu-linux-for-hams Courtesy VU2HVK , OM Harsha Posted by Sai , VU2SGW at 6:14 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Search Loading . QRZ callsign lookup About me View my

  • AE5X (John): LoTW approaching 25%

    Updated: 2010-07-30 01:37:39
    Entries RSS Comments RSS Radio Other Interests AE5X watts happening Kingwood , Texas Home DXing 80m DXing DXCC with Index Lab’s QRP+ Thoughts on Propagation DXing QRP Batteries AA Cells in Various Chemistries Battery Comparisons in QRP Applications Gel Cells Panasonic’s Oxyride Battery Rechargeable Li-Pos QRP Equipment ATS-3 from KD1JV Elecraft KX1 Fort Tuthill 80 G0UPL’s Unichip 80 LC Meter from Jackson Harbor Press a Video Review NN4CW’s Skinny Minnie” ATS-3 QRP Transceiver Kits Mini-Review Spectra of various QRP Kits QRP Excursions Appalachian Trail Backpack 1999 Charon’s Garden , OK 2005 Crater Lake , NJ 2000 East Texas Campout 2000 NVIS From the Wichita Mountains QRP Afield 2004 QRPTTF 2000 QRPTTF 2004 QRPTTF 2006 Rain , Sprain the Telegraphic Domain Stokes State Forest Campout 1998

  • G3XBM (Roger): 136kHz PA progress

    Updated: 2010-07-30 00:38:48
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 29 Jul 2010 136kHz PA progress Today I started to modify my 136kHz QRP beacon to increase the power from 250mW to around 5W using an IRF510 MOSFET PA . I've still work to do to optimise the design but hope to complete this tomorrow . at 22:38 Labels : 136khz 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 50MHz 2 1249 km 28MHz 18 11127 km 21MHz 1 827 km 18MHz 5 7632 km 14MHz 16 8732 km 10MHz 26 16969 km 7MHz 20 16451 km 3.5MHz 17 5280 km 1.8MHz 3 896 km 500kHz 11 1232 k m 136kHz 8.97kHz 1 0.01 km Propagation Links G3XBM's QRP website G3XBM's video channel Solar Data On-line SDR list QTH locator

  • G3XBM (Roger): More on time travel

    Updated: 2010-07-30 00:34:34
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 29 Jul 2010 More on time travel A rather long , but fascinating article on the possibilities and issues with time travel is on Wikipedia . at 22:34 Labels : paradox quantum time travel 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WSPR DXCC Reports Band countries- DX 50MHz 2 1249 km 28MHz 18 11127 km 21MHz 1 827 km 18MHz 5 7632 km 14MHz 16 8732 km 10MHz 26 16969 km 7MHz 20 16451 km 3.5MHz 17 5280 km 1.8MHz 3 896 km 500kHz 11 1232 k m 136kHz 8.97kHz 1 0.01 km Propagation Links G3XBM's QRP website G3XBM's video channel Solar Data On-line SDR list QTH locator GoogleMap app DX cluster Christopher Lapthorn Photography G3XBM With our

  • G3XBM (Roger): Quantum time machine?

    Updated: 2010-07-30 00:23:06
    : Roger G3XBM's Amateur Radio Blog Simple QRP projects , 10m , 6m , WSPR beaconing , sub-9kHz and other random stuff 28 Jul 2010 Quantum time machine Researchers at MIT may have come up with a way of travelling through time and space using quantum closed timeline curves or CTCs . It has always fascinated me that in quantum mechanics one can describe things as wave functions that have existed in all space and all time , past present and future . It takes a leap of imagination to consider the possibilities . For an explanation see http : www.telegraph.co.uk science 7904712 Quantum-time-machine-allows-paradox-free-time-travel.html This is the abstract of the original MIT : paper This paper discusses the quantum mechanics of closed timelike curves CTC and of other potential methods for time

  • W2LJ (Larry): 20 Meter QRN gone

    Updated: 2010-07-29 23:21:02
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Thursday , July 29, 2010 20 Meter QRN gone I have no idea what caused that horrendous QRN on 20 Meters the other night but I have been hanging around and listening to 20 Meters tonight and so far there is no sign of it . The weather here is the same as it was Tuesday night hot and humid , no . rain I am sure that it will probably not rear its ugly head again until the next time I am scheduled to be the 20 Meter Fox in a few . weeks . Sigh However , I did manage a very quick QSO on 30 Meters with HP3DX . K2 and the Butternut got me a 449. Bill was about 569 .

  • IZ1CRR (Maury): iPhone ... or spyPhone?

    Updated: 2010-07-29 14:43:29
    : skip to main skip to sidebar i1-21171's blog ShortWaveListener and more i121171 IZ1CRR 8Q7RR T88SI V8PMB 9M8PSB Twitter Blog Archive 2010 51 July 7 iPhone or spyPhone Kilinailau islands OC-256 are disappearing Dec 1996 Eleuthera Bahamas Live ISS Video No more OIL SPILL : LIVE hopefully ARI SWL : Work in progress 425 bulletin 1000 May 8 Romeo , 3W3RR 12 tips to learning Morse Code Rinnovo quote associative Insubria Radio Club VI2BI OC-212 No more logs . I love Radio Rock Dinner with friends T32 the movie Over 3,500 channels on your PC April 11 425 toolbar 15 years of 425DXNews T32 logs online T32 breakfast time Radio Monitoring A How To Guide FREE Radio Hams film 1939 Catching satellites on ham radio VY0V update IOTA SWL Listing 2010 Regenerative RX with fine tuning 9M6DXX writes on ship

  • Guess I have heard everything

    Updated: 2010-07-29 04:05:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Wednesday , July 28, 2010 Guess I have heard everything I have often heard it said that , If you listen to the radio long enough , you will hear everything . I think that in 30+ years as a Ham , that finally came true the other . night I was driving home from work and had the Icom in scan mode . It settled on one of the repeaters in New Jersey that is linked for statewide coverage . I heard a Ham relating the following . story He was driving through a certain town and got stopped by a police officer for going over the speed limit . He was also on the radio at

  • I Finally Have a Mini Solder Pot

    Updated: 2010-07-28 04:15:12
    Two years ago—almost to the day—I wrote about making a min-solder pot to tin toroid leads. Well, now I finally have one. Sunday, at the museum, Jim, K8ELR, brought down all of the soldering irons he’d ever purchased to try them out in building the little QRP transceiver kit he just bought. The . . . → Read More: I Finally Have a Mini Solder Pot

  • iPhone Problems Show Apple Could Use Some Hams!

    Updated: 2010-07-28 04:15:11
    Some purchasers of the latest Apple iPhone have been experiencing reception problems. Apparently, the band around the phone is the phone’s antenna, and when held in a certain way, the antenna doesn’t function as well as it should. Well, doh! Any amateur radio operator could tell you that you probably don’t want to touch your antenna while . . . → Read More: iPhone Problems Show Apple Could Use Some Hams!

  • That was bad!

    Updated: 2010-07-28 03:54:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 27, 2010 That was bad Tonight was my night in the barrel as Fox in the 20 Meter Summer Foxhunt . And in the 5 or so years that I have been a Fox , this had to be my worst performance , by far 20 Meters was lousy for me tonight with some local QRN that was horrendous . I took some video , have a : look And this was one of the times when the bursts were coming at a relatively slower rate I had to deal with this for about 80 of the time during the 90 minute time window . Look at how the S-meter practically pegs I'm very lucky that I was able to hand

  • Vatican Radio: Study Says RF Levels Are Too High

    Updated: 2010-07-27 04:12:04
    As I’ve often mentioned, many of us started out as shortwave listeners (SWLs). It’s also true that SW broadcasting isn’t what it used to be. Nearly everyone, except the Chinese, have cut back their broadcasting schedules. Heck, the BBC doesn’t even broadcast to North America anymore. So, it’s hard to report bad news concerning a long-time SW . . . → Read More: Vatican Radio: Study Says RF Levels Are Too High

  • Lessons learned

    Updated: 2010-07-27 00:21:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Monday , July 26, 2010 Lessons learned As always , FOBB taught me a few , lessons 1 Really have to get a Buddipole mast . The plastic insert on my painter's pole can't handle the weight of the Buddistick Those 10 foot whips add A LOT of weight It did the job yesterday but at the end , the antenna was listing pretty . badly 2 Have to finish the Fuchs tuner , so I can play around with an end fed tossed up a . tree 3 It always seems the weather for the major QRP outdoor events will always end up being less than desired . Have to account for all kinds of

  • Catalog Spurs the Imagination

    Updated: 2010-07-26 03:33:13
    Back in the day—and by that I mean before we had the World Wide Web—electronics and ham radio companies published catalogs. They were wondrous things. Paging through them, one’s imagination could run wild. As a kid, I would pore over the Allied, Lafayette, and Olson catalogs and just imagine all the cool things I could do . . . → Read More: Catalog Spurs the Imagination

  • Flight of the Bumblebees 2010

    Updated: 2010-07-26 00:30:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Sunday , July 25, 2010 Flight of the Bumblebees 2010 I think that today , it should have been the Flight of the . Butterflies My wife Marianne , who is a nurse , was on call today . That meant , at any given moment , she might have been called in to go to the hospital to administer dialysis to a patient , had the need arisen . With her schedule so uncertain , and not being able to leave the kids home alone yet I decided to operate FOBB from the backyard . We have a few butterfly bushes out there and while I was operating , I glanced over to see a multitude of

  • IOTA Contest

    Updated: 2010-07-25 03:32:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Saturday , July 24, 2010 IOTA Contest is in full swing on the bands . I worked IS0B in Sardinia and ZF2JT in the Cayman Islands QRP , of course The Butternut HF9V is a wonderful antenna IS0B photo courtesy of QRZ.com All this while sniffing around for a ragchew that I never found . Tomorrow is the Flight of the Bumblebees and a family commitment has come up that might severely cut into my operating time . With any luck , I should at least manage to get one or two hours in towards the end of the contest . Keeping my fingers . crossed 72 de Larry W2LJ Posted by

  • Need I say more ?

    Updated: 2010-07-24 20:51:00
    72 de W2LJ (frying eggs on the sidewalk)

  • Announcement from Marine Telecom (Communications) - Group on LinkedIn.com

    Updated: 2010-07-24 18:21:22
    Announcement from Marine Telecom (Communications) Thank you to everyone that has joined Marine Telecom (Communications). Please tell your friends and colleagues, who are marine professionals, either vessel crew/officers, or support persons (shore support, electronics, marinas, shipyards) working in marine to please join us. Please ask questions … please post discussions. Tell us the story of your shipboard [...]

  • Happy Birthday to Alan Spicer - July 23rd.

    Updated: 2010-07-24 04:49:28
    Happy Birthday to me today … well for about 12 more minutes. And then it’s another day and somebody elses birthday. — Alan Spicer

  • Hurricane Hunter Plane still running sorties on Tropical Storm Bonnie now in the Gulf (BP Oil Spill territory)

    Updated: 2010-07-24 04:47:50
    I just took another Google Earth shot of the Hurricane Hunter track and the Tropical Storm (Bonnie) now in the Gulf of Mexico in BP Oil Spill territory …   Here’s my latest screen shot of the Hurricane Hunter Plane flying in the Tropical Storm Bonnie area… And here is my latest Tropical Storm Bonnie screen shot from [...]

  • Eeek, it's hot!

    Updated: 2010-07-24 03:07:00
    . , 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Friday , July 23, 2010 Eeek , it's hot Here it is , almost 10:00 PM local time and it is still 87 F 30C outside It reached just shy of 100 F 37C today and promises to be even hotter tomorrow . So it seemed that discretion was the better part of valor , which dictated a nice trip to my cool basement shack , where the temperature remains a pretty constant 69 F 20C throughout the . summer The trip yielded two nice ragchews on 40 Meters the nice part just above 7.100 MHz . The first was with John WB4OFT in Advance , NC . John was using a Kenwood TS570 to and

  • Hurricane Hunter Recon Mission for Tropical Storm Bonnie (Google Earth plug-in - Screen Shots)

    Updated: 2010-07-23 07:53:41
    This is what the Hurricane Hunter plug-in shows me right now for the Hurricane Hunter mission on Tropical Storm Bonnie heading for the area of South Florida and the Florida Keys. And later they fly back through the storm area … coming up on 0800 Z time. And here is the weather (Tropical Storm Bonnie)  that  they [...]

  • Weather related things to Plug In to Google Earth

    Updated: 2010-07-23 07:27:02
    http://www.tropicalatlantic.com/satellite/#taoverlays Weather related things to Plug In to Google Earth But you really have to click and drill down to the things that you want. But if you do … a lot of data is available (*requires you to be Internet Connected, because it downloads) related to Storm weather and regular / Marine Data. I originally found this [...]

  • Ready for FOBB - I think .....

    Updated: 2010-07-23 00:28:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Thursday , July 22, 2010 Ready for FOBB I think The parts that I need for the Buddistick arrived via UPS yesterday . In addition to two new 22 inch antenna arms , I bought two of the heavy duty 10 foot whips . These do not collapse down small enough to fit into the nylon Buddistick carrying bag but no matter . Using the longer whip should really help out on 40 Meters . From the tip of the painter's pole will be 44 inches worth of antenna arm , with the multi-band coil coming next . On top of that will be the 10 foot whip . That's close to 14 foot worth of

  • What a Deal!

    Updated: 2010-07-22 20:05:34
    Get ‘em while they’re hot!………Dan SB QST @ ARL $ARLB019 ARLB019 Vanity Call Sign Fees to Decrease August 17 ZCZC AG19 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 19  ARLB019 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT  July 22, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB019 ARLB019 Vanity Call Sign Fees to Decrease August 17 On July 19, the Federal Communications Commission announced via the Federal Register that the cost . . . → Read More: What a Deal!

  • New Theme!

    Updated: 2010-07-21 20:02:30
    I’m experimenting with a new WordPress theme. Please feel free to comment here or e-mail me with any comments. The first thing that’s going to go are the nature scenes. They’re nice photos, but they’re not about ham . . . → Read More: New Theme!

  • Lest I forget ....

    Updated: 2010-07-21 01:09:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 20, 2010 Lest I forget today is the 41st anniversary of the Moon Landing . I was 12 years old and watched every minute of it that I could on CBS News . Those were the days , watching Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra as . commentators My family gathered around the television and watched the TV late into that Sunday night as Houston decided to let Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin begin their EVA early . Those were heady times for a young boy of 12 with strong interests in science , astronomy and radio . I am very glad that I was alive during the era

  • A real treat!

    Updated: 2010-07-21 00:16:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 20, 2010 A real treat I visit eHam on a regular basis . eHam is , as Forrest Gump's mama would say , Like a box of chocolates You never know what you're going to get there and sometimes you have to delve through the crappy chocolates to get to the good . ones Today , I was pleasantly surprised to find one of the BEST chocolates right at the top of the box A short story by Don Keith N4KC entitles The Antenna Party Please click on the title to go read the story . It is a . gem For those of you not familiar with Don he is a very talented , best

  • AT&T to launch LTE with Ericsson - this isn’t a new video, but …

    Updated: 2010-07-20 22:53:31
    AT&T to launch LTE with Ericsson - this isn’t a new video, but … to give Ericsson a fair shake here on my blog - Ericsson has been chosen for AT&T’s LTE launch which this video says could be as soon as next year? — Alan Spicer Alan Spicer Telecom / Marine Telecom http://www.marinetelecom.net - http://www.wifiyacht.net communications (at) marinetelecom.net +1 954-683-3426

  • I Need Your Vote On Facebook

    Updated: 2010-07-20 20:22:08
    VE2DPE's Ham Radio Blog The ham radio blog below plays an essential role in my triple action communication . strategy This Web site is especially designed to assert itself among amateur radio related Web sites . How See the Powered by . at the bottom of each page This blog on the other hand , is designed to offer an extra access to the Web site's content through RSS feeds thus augmenting its visibility on the . Web Last , but not least , this blog also enables me to publish special timely posts containing my comments on amateur radio related news and events , as they . happen In other words , I am using every available channel of communication , on the Web , to make my information accessible to the largest audience . possible A Proven Infopublishing Technique I use a unique infopublishing

  • Propagation

    Updated: 2010-07-20 03:18:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Monday , July 19, 2010 Propagation I am looking at the propagation box to the lower right and I am liking what I see Flux is up around 80. While the SSN is only 12, conditions are looking . better Can it hold out for the Flight of the Bumblebees this weekend I certainly hope so My replacement Buddistick whips should arrive here on Wednesday . I am pumped and will be ready to go even if it's only from my backyard my wife is on call this weekend , so no traveling far from the house The extended forecast for Sunday is looking for clear , sunny skies with

  • Net Dilemma

    Updated: 2010-07-20 02:10:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Monday , July 19, 2010 Net Dilemma Last night , I had the Wouxun in scan mode and settled in on a conversation taking place on one of the local repeaters . As it closed upon 10:00 PM local time , the Hams in conversation were quite rudely interrupted by other Hams informing them VERY impolitely that the daily traffic was about to . begin As long as I have been a Ham , this net has taken place religiously on that frequency at 10:00 PM . But that's a tradition and shouldn't be etched in stone . No one owns a frequency . The Hams in question could and SHOULD have

  • 18,270 New Licenses Issued Through June 2010

    Updated: 2010-07-19 20:17:17
    From the July 15, 2010 issue of the ARRL Letter: With more than 18,000 new Amateur Radio licenses issued in the first half of this year — 18,270 to be exact — 2010 is shaping up to be a banner year for Amateur Radio. So far, the number of new licenses issued by the FCC in 2010 . . . → Read More: 18,270 New Licenses Issued Through June 2010

  • I’m Now a VE

    Updated: 2010-07-18 20:11:26
    A little over a month ago I decided to bite the bullet and get my VE certification. It wasn’t difficult to become ARRL-certified. You simply get the VE Manual (free download), read through it, then take an open-book test (the ARRL calls it an “open-book review”). It took me about an hour and a half to . . . → Read More: I’m Now a VE

  • Vacation was wonderful

    Updated: 2010-07-18 01:37:00
    but it's also good to be back home! Not looking forward to hitting the "daily grind" on Monday; but we made it back safe and sound.Oh, we did put down a deposit for the same cabin next July. Only 51 weeks away!72 de Larry W2LJ

  • Three New Web Resources

    Updated: 2010-07-17 20:58:22
    Here are a couple of new web resources that I have found out about recently: The Portable Antenna.This is John, KC8ZTJ’s new blog on his experiments with QRP operation and portable antennas. W1PID.Com. Jim, W1PID, operates a lot of QRP mobile. This website chronicles many of his adventures, and include a lot of nice pictures, like the one . . . → Read More: Three New Web Resources

  • Perceptions

    Updated: 2010-07-16 22:46:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Friday , July 16, 2010 Perceptions In addition to the HF gear that I have brought along on our yearly pilgrimage to Lake George , I have also brought along the Wouxun 144 440 MHz radio and a spare battery . I have not gotten on to talk but have done a lot of monitoring . I have not gone out of the way to program in any new repeater frequencies but have made do with what I have already programmed . in Sure enough , some of the repeater pairs that I have programmed in are active up here and it's quite interesting listening . There's one repeater in particular ,

  • Google Chrome

    Updated: 2010-07-16 18:54:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Friday , July 16, 2010 Google Chrome While being up here in Lake George , the WiFi connection has been not so good very weak So I have found that , for whatever reason , that using Google Chrome as the browser of choice has been working much better than FireFox . It loads quicker and doesn't seem to get hung up as . much No HF operating today . Our last day here has been rainy . Intermittent showers are making everything wet and very humid here , to boot . And we are now in the process of packing up to head back to NJ tomorrow . Next year I will bring extra

  • Portable operating thoughts

    Updated: 2010-07-15 16:27:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Thursday , July 15, 2010 Portable operating thoughts The PFR3A is a very good radio . Better than I was willing to admit given the sour taste I had towards it as a result if my building experience . Still not quite as good as the K1 but a solid performer . Major need for improvement in one area the display . Man , is it hard to read an LED display outdoors in the daytime . An LCD would have been the way to go but I guess that would have raised the price of the radio considerably . I found myself shielding the display with my hand , so I could know what frequency

  • Practical things

    Updated: 2010-07-14 18:30:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Wednesday , July 14, 2010 Practical things With the Buddistick out of commission until the new whips arrive , I was forced to resort to using my zip cord 88' doublet antenna always good to carry SOME kind of backup It is quite a pain setting up a doublet antenna for just an hour or two of operating . If in and out quickly is your main goal then the Buddistick or PAC-12 is the way to go . The time it takes to set up a doublet or dipole takes away from operating . time Getting back to setting up the doublet I used a hint from Jim W1 PID Instead of using my

  • Software Defined Radio Bliss

    Updated: 2010-07-14 14:46:00
    I just hooked up my QS1R software defined radio (SDR) (by Software Radio Laboratory LLC) to my newly installed Carolina Windom 160 Special (by Radio Works). Man! What a combination. Being able to pick signals out of the background noise like that ... is pure unadulterated bliss! :-)

  • When disaster strikes

    Updated: 2010-07-14 01:15:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 13, 2010 When disaster strikes it is best to be prepared . Disaster struck , I was not and I have learned from . it I brought the Buddistick out with me to do some outdoor QRPing , only to discover that I forgot to bring my painter's pole mast with me . So I decided to make due by setting the Buddidtick on the small tripod on top of the car . You guessed it it fell over , snapping the whip in . two I have placed an order with Budd for TWO new 10 foot replacement whips . One to use and one as a back up . I also ordered two more 11 inch antenna arm

  • Off from work today

    Updated: 2010-07-12 17:37:00
    And it is hot and humid; but I am going to head out and try operating from "The Great Outdoors" in a bit. Listen for me around 1800 UTC on 7.040 and 14.060 MHz.72 de Larry W2LJ

  • IARU Contest 2010 OZ1HQ 20 m SSB / 40m CW @ OZ1ADL

    Updated: 2010-07-12 09:35:18
    IARU Contest 2010 OZ1HQ 20m SSB 40 m CW OZ1ADL IARU Contest 2010 OZ1HQ 20 m SSB 40m CW OZ1ADL This week-end we had a great time in the Shack with lots of activity on both 20 m and 40 m and lots of visitors including the local TV-station see it : here http : www.tv2regionerne.dk id=554718 r=7 OZ1XJ , OZ1JUX , OZ4P , OZ1ETA , DK2OY OZ1ADL filled up the above mentioned slots in the great puzzle of the collective OZ1HQ entry , which all together added up to more than 9.000 QSO´s  and 12,2 million points , while my son John , OZ7PEA was turning 15 on saturday , and the party was going on next . door See more on http : oz1hq.oz0j.dk 12 07 2010 Comments Widget next

  • QST meet John Atanasoff, inventor of the digital computer

    Updated: 2010-07-08 06:41:41
    While flipping through the July 2010 issue of QST I stumbled on the Vintage Radio column titles "From Dits to Bits".  In this article, John (K2TQN) describes his long held fascination with computers and connections to some some early computer magazines, clubs and kits. I would imagine many hams would ...

  • Summer Fox Hunt Season

    Updated: 2010-07-07 03:32:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 06, 2010 Summer Fox Hunt Season The 2010 Summer QRP Fox Hunt season commence this evening . The two Foxes were Jim N0UR in Minnesota and Sam N4SAM in . Alabama I managed to bag a pelt from Jim early on but Sam proved to be pesky . I had to turn the AGC off to hear him only with the vertical the G5RV yielded nothing and at BEST he was 339. I listened until close to the bitter end but could tell he switched from working split to simplex only by the stations calling him on frequency . At this point he was at ESP levels I think I hear him so I called

  • Sultry!

    Updated: 2010-07-07 01:31:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Tuesday , July 06, 2010 Sultry It reached 103F here today 39.4C AND we lost power this afternoon for about an hour . My only concern was contemplating trying to sleep in this heat without at least a fan . Turned out to be the transformer on the utility pole down the street . Public Service Electric and Gas came out very promptly to make at least a temporary fix until a permanent replacement transformer can be installed . tomorrow I grew up in a house that had no air conditioning and can generally live without it with not much problem . I guess that's why I don't

  • More bonding time

    Updated: 2010-07-06 03:15:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Monday , July 05, 2010 More bonding time was spent with the PFR3A transceiver tonight during the ARS Spartan Sprint . I did not get on the air to try and win the Sprint or even operate the entire time . I just wanted to see what I could hear and work on 20 and 40 . Meters 20 Meters yielded John K4BAI and Dave AB9CA . 40 Meters yielded an additional half dozen or so contacts before I shut it down for the night . Tomorrow is back to work so I am going to hit the hay right after finishing this . post I got good practice using the built in Balanced Line tuner ,

  • That was fun and enlightening !

    Updated: 2010-07-05 03:58:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Sunday , July 04, 2010 That was fun and enlightening I participated in the Michigan QRP Club Independence Day Sprint for a little bit after almost forgetting about it . It was on my mind all day yesterday , how I wanted to join in and then , when the Sprint begins , my mind is a million miles away Anyway , instead of using the K2, I used the PFR3A hooked up to the Butternut HF9V . Instead of using my Emtech ZM2 tuner , I decided to give the PFR3A's built in tuner a try . There have been a lot of comments on the PFR3 Yahoo Group about some guys not being able to

  • Happy Indpendence Day!

    Updated: 2010-07-04 14:29:00
    . 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 Pages Home Projects Station W2LJ Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating QRP Contesting Sunday , July 04, 2010 Happy Indpendence Day We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights , that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . That to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the . governed Have a safe and Happy 4th of July and please remember what it's all about 72 de Larry W2LJ Posted by Larry W2LJ at 9:29 AM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home

  • Solar Powered Field Day – Part 2: 190W Rollable

    Updated: 2010-07-04 08:16:01
    The Story County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) held field day at the 4H building on the Iowa State University campus again this year. This building is considered an EOC for the campus which allows us to "compete" in "F" category. We have been using two transmitters plus a "Get on ...

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