Ham Radio Blogs from MyHamShack.com

Why I don't participate Portugal Day Contest anymore!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:43:10 GMT

That's Truth! I'm realy disapointed! Maybe that's why Poor Participation!

2meter cactus j pole

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:14:56 GMT

Put the,j pole outside the house.,works aord better them out did inside the house. Going to put it on a 5 foot pole today.

The Wouxun (KG-UV3D) Radio is awesome...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:56:07 GMT

Wouxun (KG-UV3D) Radio A great little radio for the price, it charges in 3-4 hrs, and it last for about 13hrs. it's an awesome buy i'm sure you'll agree if you purchase one. finally all I can say is Thanks "WOUXUN"..... KE6GRP Ed Figueroa Wethersfie...

Radio Clubs in San Jose area?...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:43:47 GMT

I will be in San Jose on February 27th - 29th and thought it would interesting to visit a local radio club in the area. I have had a look on-line, but have not come across any with meetings on those days... Any suggestions? Also, are there any Amateu...

Amateur Radio - UK advanced distance learning course...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:33:20 GMT

Hi Folks... I, and about 70 others, have signed up for the "Bath Based Advanced Distance Learning" course in preparation for the UK Advanced amateur radio exam... The course is outlined in latest issue of "Radcom", but an on-line search f...

sommerkamp line

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:31:27 GMT

well after turning over a lot of stones i finaly got my line more or less compleet... no i got sommerkamp ftdx-500/frdx-500/fv400s/sp-400/fldx-2000/super sidekick mike... think this is the longest line in norway atm ;)

History

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:03:19 GMT

When I had my handheld radio, I was active on the following: CGARC - Central GA Amateur Radio Club: WM4B Repeater, WA4ORT Repeater - 146.850 MHz - Warner Robins cgarc.wikidot.com/repeater146850 My radio disappeared and I have been inactive since. ...

Baofeng UV-3R HT

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:45:42 GMT

Hey All, Anyone know much about these ? Bill - 73's - KA6KBC

Happy Chinese New Year

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:09:45 GMT

It's taken nearly 2 years to put up this light-weight mast in the backyard of our "town" site station. The "tower-like" base section is a salvaged TV antenna base from the second floor balcony when we did minor remodeling of the house. Originally I wa...

Whatch out for scammers !!!

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:02:36 GMT

****REMEMBER -- PREVENTION IS YOUR ONLY DEFENSE!!!***** Hi people It seems if another round of scammers are replying to wanted to buy equipment adverts on ham websites. They then offer you what equipment you have been seeking, at what seem...

DX work

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:38:42 GMT

My logbook is filling up fast with daily DX contacts, especially on 15 Meters. My present QTH is Subic Bay, Philippines. My next trip over, a tower will go up with a different antenna.

Its about frickin time!!

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:42:17 GMT

Hello from k4kak, well believe it or not, the new ham shack will be here tuesday morning at 8:30. Just looked out side and its snowing and the roads are really slick. It would be my luck the roads will be to slick to deliver it. If it does make it I wil...

My blog entry keeps getting lost

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:40:19 GMT

Whats with it, I prepare a great blog entry and when I post it, it disappear and I was loged out. Well see you tomorrow. 73

Dash!2 South Sudan

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:40:16 GMT

Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham just got back from his latest DX adventure with cool pix and snappy patter. Don't miss "Sugar Tango Zero/No Limit," now playing at http://www.dashtoons.com/DxAvatar.html No Photoshop, no phoolin', ham radio fun like none other, ...

Antenna upin Iowa City

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:45:50 GMT

I had help putting up my dipole Wednesday in Ia. City Right now it's on 10 feet up. I'm going to bring my Yaesu ft 450 up and a antenna tuner. Going to try to tune up the antenna.Antenna works good. Gets our on 75 meters better than expected. Worked O...

WOW! talk about slow!

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:32:34 GMT

Hello from K4KAK, Wow loading pictures onto this site is slooooooow. How can you upload hords of pics quick? I've added a few pictures so my site doesnt look so plain. Hope every one enjoys what they see so far. Looking to make lots of friends on here. ...

Its any ones guess at this point!

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:42:55 GMT

Hello from K4KAK. Well i spoke to the builder today and he said the new shack would be here Tuesday. I hope! I went this weekend to Lowes and shopped for suppies and materials needed to get started. They had a real deal on laminate flooring. Found a AC ...

"My Favorite DX Stations"

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:49:42 GMT

"My Favorite DX Stations" (These are only a few of many more to come !) Over the years, many DX operators and hams from around the world have left good impressions on me and I would like to offer tributes to several of those who have touched ...

Radio Waves And Astronomy

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:44:53 GMT

Hello! Steve here. (KK2W since 2008 & N2VPI 1993-2008). Thanks for another Great QSO! Always a pleasure! And thank you for visiting my HamShack.com listing. ALL of my 4000+ radio contacts with 240 DXCC Countries since 1993 have been...

Bibliography

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:35:19 GMT

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Steven J. Wamback (Books, Articles, Essays, Projects, Publications) My Most Recent Articles Appearing on eHow.com Charles Darwin Credits Both Creation AND Evolution to God. eHow.com: How to See Charles Darwin as Both a Creat...

Rain Rain Go Away!!

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:29:57 GMT

Hello from K4KAK, well the rain is pouring down and its making it impossible to move in the new ham shack. The ground is just to soft. It's my guess the building is very heavy. Looking forward to making lots of pictures to share with all of you the even...

New shack coming soon!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:37:56 GMT

Hello from K4KAK. This is my first blog entry since I've joined. I having a new shack built and it will be delivered maybe next week so im told, but if not then the next week. Any way, getting the shack out of the house. I'll be makeing a lot of new pic...

New Station setup

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:48 GMT

I'm working on a portable setup in Ia. City. My other qth. I bought a 75-10 meter g5rv. 105 ft. long. trees at this lot are not tall enough. I need to measure the lot might have enough room to make an inverted V.Also my rig is a Kenwood ts 440 s. It ne...

Been a long time

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:12:48 GMT

Just came back and visited the site since my last time back in 2010. My apologies for not checking back and updating connections list. Am going to try to upload some new pics and have already changed the info to reflect the differences over the past yea...

APRS antenna

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:40:43 GMT

I decided that trying to put a cross arm on the tower for an APRS antenna was a little silly when I had everything already wired out to the garage where the old antenna mast was. I had to buy a new bracket but I was able to salvage two mostly straight p...

Free Emergency Preparedness Lessons

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:29:33 GMT

The first 5 lessons (in a planned series of 12) for emergency preparedness are available free on our Rural Training Center-Thailand website The first 5 lessons are general and can apply to most people and places. Once at the RTC-TH Tech site, got...

Digipeater up and running

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:49:24 GMT

K0ECW-3 is now up and running. Had some difficulty getting the TinyTrak4 configured correctly. I have the TT4 connected to a Yaesu FT-1802R. For several days I was digipeating signals from 10+ miles away but not from my car in the garage 20 feet from th...

10 meter project

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:30:21 GMT

just made a quarterwave antenna from some old 11mm tv antenna tubing, im gonna mount it in a simple v shape to gett a directional antenna for 10 meters... i dont have the space for a beam so i guess ill have to make do whit my findings i the garage. its...

APRS home setup

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:22 GMT

Last week I ordered a TinyTrak4 to use as a TNC so I can set up at least an APRS digipeater and maybe an internet gateway, too. There seems to be a dead zone around my town so I thought I should work on solving the problem myself.

HF WORKING MOST NIGHTS

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:50:26 GMT

ALWAYS ON HF 28.485 MOST EVENINGS 11PM GMT 20M 14.235 8AM-9PM MOST MORNINGS MOBILE DX AT WEEKENDS 29.000 MHZ AND HIGHER FM IF YOU HEAR ME GIVE ME A CALL CHEERS 73S

Echolink help needed badly

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:40:21 GMT

Been on Echolink for many years and about a year or so ago suddenly I can no longer sign on. All error messages looked like Chinese to me. Been looking for help ever since. In this time I only had help offers from 3 OMs and they only guessed about what'...

Many updates to the TruckCam site

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:43:03 GMT

Well I have been real busy updating the TruckCam website and even added some new mobile video streaming ham ops. A new chat has been added on all pages that is hosted on my main server. You will find MANY radio hams on the site in the chat, pop in and j...

antennas/barbeque spears

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:31:09 GMT

well.... i just gott my cp6 up and its a werry nice loking antenna, thats all. so i just think im gonna hook up the old 12/17 meter dipole in a sloop again so i can start working some stations. My vhf antenna diamond v-2000 is in a upgrade mode, just ja...

Shame on you, MFJ.

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:57:04 GMT

How do you think, is 30 watts PEP small or huge amount of power? Well, it depends on the frequency on question. So what about of 50 MHz? Is not QRP but no QRO either. Just about right for CW. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/smokedd.jpg/ L...

JT65HF

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:05:06 GMT

Hope to be active on JT65 from today. I have re-erected a multiband vertical which seems to be working OK on 20M so will try things out when I get home later. I have the software working fine on receive but needed a USB cable to connect my interface t...

NH0S 2011WWPH Contest

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:22:46 GMT

CQWW DX Contest 2011 Call sign: NH0S Category: Single-op All band Ph MHz QSOs Points Zones Countries 1.9 1 0 1 1 3.5 1 0 1 1 7 138 384 ...

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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:44:45 GMT

how do you remove a blog from this thing ?

Cq WW last weekend

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:23:05 GMT

10 meters was wide open from 28.305-28.995 and 10 meter fm also. Worked 44 Countries. Several new ones. This morning 75 meters was fading fast around 7am.

Test I-Pro Traveller Portable Antenna!

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:41:31 GMT

Hi Friends! In EA5 i have a lot of Time to test the I-Pro Traveller on all Bands at all Times. And i have to say it is pretty good to work really DX Stations. The QTH here is about 500m far away from the Coast and above 20M A.S.L. I worked on 12M PJ5, ...

English language weekly net for Thai hams

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:52:21 GMT

Any Thai hams interested in doing a weekly English language net via EchoLink? If so, email me at ki6gig@arrl.net or try to contact me via Echolink node 520300. Let me know which day of the week and time of day would be convenient. If possible, list...

Just started

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:19:43 GMT

I've just found this service. It is very nice and cool. Enjoy DXing and Contesting!

Novice Historical Society - Page

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:49:57 GMT

Kind of interesting to read the old stories or post your own. - Bill - KA6KBC http://novicehistory.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=latest&layout=latest&Itemid=75

10 Meter Dx today.

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:57:44 GMT

Conditions weren't as good as yesterday.I worked Malta, Norway and Cape Verde. The band started to drop out before noon.!5 Meters wasn't much better. Hope conditions are good net weekend for the Cqww Dx contest.

Good Dx on 10 & 15 Meters yesterday

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:49:43 GMT

I worked Barbados, Montenegro, Serbia, Wales Lithuania,Cuba, E. Kiribati. Heard Bahrain, Swaziland, Saudi Arabia, S. Cook Is. Bands were quiet and busy.

Portable Operation from EA7!

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:39:09 GMT

Hi Friends! From the 25th of October to 10th of November i will work a bit portable again from EA7 and EA5. CU on the Bands. 73 de Klaus.

70cm Antenna

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:29:48 GMT

Will attempt to build a 70cm antenna that can reach a repeater about 50 miles distant. My Elk log periodic cannot hit this repeater with 35 watts. The problem is I am "in a hole" and have power no higher than 35 watts at present. I am wondering what...

I like the simple things in ham radio

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:55:08 GMT

Why start a radio “blog”? I am fed up with the stuck up comments on some websites. This one is not about me lording it over everybody that I have bought a £10,000 rig. Well, I do not have the money to buy a £10,000 rig, and nor would I buy one if I had...

KC9SGV IRLP node.

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:26:04 GMT

This IRLP node will become part of the Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net. For some months now, I have been working on the IRLP station here. This involved purchasing a dedicated Linux IRLP computer from Ebay, buying a old commercial VHF radio at a Ham Fest,...

Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:19:21 GMT

The Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net has been an on-going project of mine and a couple of Ham friends for the last two summers. We provide VHF and HF communications for boating Hams on the Great Lakes and connecting rivers. For more information, see our w...

MODS BAO FENG UV-3R!

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:00:42 GMT

Hi Friends of HF! I did now all the needfull Modifications to my UV-3R from BAO FENG. This is in the need a MOD by a resistor in the MIC Gain, a resistor in the Speakerline. Now the Modulation is much better and louder than in Original also the Loudnes...

why always on SSB for 6 m??

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:10:21 GMT

I have a FT 8900 and always look for activity on 6 fm why is everyone on SSB??..would love to chat on 52.525 simplex..i HATE repeaters..73 John

why be connected and not answer

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:05:26 GMT

Im an avid user of echo link and IRLP i have been most frustrated and disgusted with people who are connected to a node or confrence room but are so cold that they cant answer or even acknowlege you , im not talking about reflectors being connected or s...

ARRL September VHF QSO Party this weekend

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:35:52 GMT

Playing around on the ARRL VHF QSO Party this weekend, primarily on 2m &amp;amp;amp; 6m SSB. It runs from 1800 UTC Saturday and ends 0300 UTC Monday (September 10-12, 2011). Not really making a serious effort, but it's neat to pick up a few new ...

DXing a bit on a lazy Sunday morning...

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:04:15 GMT

Working a little DX this morning. Just worked Sam 9A1HDE on 21.305 USB. Nice sig into NC! Looking for more from the LX-DXpedition! Dave WB4IUY Updates: - DX 21005 LX/PA7FM Dennis, big sig in NC! - DX 144.200 USB K3CB FM18 in MD to FM05 in NC. S9+20....

LX-DXpedition on the air until 9/6

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:09:07 GMT

A group from the Low Land DXpedition Team are active in Luxembourg from Aug 30th through Sept 6th. I just worked LX/PA3EWP Ron on the LX-DXpedition, on 10.142.93 mhz 30m RTTY. It was an easy work with 50 watts into a non-resonant 40m sloper & tuner....

Tower Work

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:11:12 GMT

Well it is finally cooling off, time to start the yearly maintenance on the tower

KE6GRP

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:07:04 GMT

Prepairing to get back on the radio can't wait to get my first QSo here in Wethersfield,CT. I received my updated License on Fri the 19Th,I've been off the radio since about 2005. I really had to make that address correction, looking forward to some rag...

Well Rats!!

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:42:05 GMT

While playing a bit of modern wizardry with the computer I managed to hose up Ubuntu. For those technologically inclined, I was trying out Kubuntu which is Ubuntu's KDE. I like KDE, it is nice and touchy feely. However, some things were not working as w...

CFARS FREE Hamfest This Saturday, 7/6/11

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:00:43 GMT

The CFARS hamfest is this coming Saturday, Aug 6th, in Fayetteville NC. There is no admission charge and no fee for tables. Tailgating is permitted, f you can take the heat. Their website is http://www.CFARSNC.org. Contact David KR4OE, the Swapfest Chai...

KA4PNV Ham Shack And Blog

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:21:57 GMT

The is the KA4PNV Blog I Would like to invite you to Go to YouTube to take a look at my Amateur Radio,Short Wave Radio And CB Radio Videos,Do a search on YouTube For KA4PNV to bring up the Videos.Also you are invited to my website At KA4PNV.COM There's ...

New Solar Minimum Ushers In Extreme Cold Climate?

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:41:08 GMT

The longer the sun remains quiet, the higher the chances of a prolonged series of cold winters and shorter summers. This is the quietest sun we have seen in almost a century. The current solar cycle, which began in 1996, was expected to reach a minimum ...

Say Goodbye to Sunspots?

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:35:37 GMT

Say Goodbye to Sunspots? (More science on what is going on with our sun). Scientists studying sunspots for the past 2 decades have concluded that the magnetic field that triggers their formation has been steadily declining. If the current trend contin...

Air Show on 30-31 July 2011

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:14:36 GMT

One of my other hobbies is antique military vehicles. I have an army M-170 ambulance. The military vehicle collectors club I belong to was invited to Travis Air Force Base (Northern California) for an air show. The USAF Thunderbirds will be in atten...

Battery on the Move

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:04:41 GMT

I'll start out by saying that we call my shack R2. The reason is quite simple, there is an "R2" on the front fenders which stood for Remote 2 when the truck was in service as a satellite up link truck. I noticed that the the house battery in R2 was ge...

change the call sign!!!!!

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:33:17 GMT

my new call sign is WB2WW

Temporary Antenna Testing

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:35:14 GMT

I have set up my 5 ele Elk beam at 55' for testing here in Subic Bay. I have received strong repeater ID signals from the DX1ARM 2 Meter/70cm repeater in the Manila area using 50 watts.

Ralph Collins Is Till With Us, Very Appreciative Of Your Emails and Support

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:40:28 GMT

Update, as of 07/11/2011 Ralph is still with us. It is not to late to send an Email. His wife states that it will not be much longer and she thanks the HAM Community for the Overwhelming Response. And I thank you too. Ron

New Desk

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:33:41 GMT

The new desk project is coming along nicely. I have to admit it has been more work and time than I originally planned for. Just completed the drawers and installed them today. Still to go is a small 2nd keyboard drawer for the Yaesu DMU-2000 keyboard an...

New Playtoy HamRadio 2011!

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:16:35 GMT

Hi out there! Last Friday i visited the HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen/Lake of Constance and bought my newest Handytalky from Baofeng named UV-3R. Its a nice and tiny Playtoy with all Features which are needed for Amateurradio.Included are a Charger and ...

am activity....

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:26:21 GMT

looking for information on AM activity on 10 meters 6 and 2 meters....also looking for information on irlp

Fellow HAM Loses CANCER Battle, Needs EMAILs of Encouragement

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:07:06 GMT

Good Morning and Happy Field Day, This is one of the saddest Blog Entries I may ever write. My friend and Elmer, Ralph Collins WB8FJM / K4FJM has just informed me last evening that he has lost his battle with Cancer. Ralph was discharged from the Hosp...

Greetings to Charlie, KC9TSB

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:10 GMT

Sawadee (Greetings) Charlie, Thanks for requesting to be the first added to my contact list for My Ham Shack. Look me up on QRZ.com if you'd like to contact me via e-mail. It seems you recently got your ticket. I am relatively new to ham radio, ...

Idle thought's

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:30:41 GMT

Hi All, It's been a month now since i passed my General class test. My shack is slowing coming together. Went to a hamfest in Granite City ,Illinois this last weekend and brought home a tuner and a swr/watt meter i was in need of. Still trying to ...

Tour of Shack at KB4MB

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:10:52 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpzR32VCEII&feature=player_embedded

A short portable fun on 4m band.

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:54:34 GMT

Today I woke up with an idea to go portable on 4m. I used my fabulous preforming dipole (described in "my projects" area). Err... fabulous cause its cost was around 3 euro and WSWR is 1:1.1. Was not sure how it is in reality. The only problem was how to...

8 element 6m Yagi

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:42:30 GMT

I'm currently in the process of building an 8 element Yagi for 50MHz, based on the G0KSC design. My main problem is finding suitable materials which is always a problem in this country. As usual one has to make compromises and do the best one can. The 8...

Antenna Patch Panel

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:32:18 GMT

It seems like ages since I added any info to this page! I recently built an antenna patch panel to make life easier for myself. It's a real hassle disconnecting the antennas from each rig when there is an electrical storm about so I thought I would mak...

OUTBACKER MOBILE ANTENNA!

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:44:20 GMT

Hello to ALL! Back from my Trip to Portugal and Spain were i had worked many Stations with my old Outbacker mobile Antenna (1,8M OBB) wanted to get a new OUTBACKER OUTREACH 500 here in Germany. But it seems to be not possible because there are no Dealer...

Working in the field

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:04:40 GMT

We had an event here and the hams were asked to help out with communications. It gave me an opportunity to take the truck mobile and work it a bit. I got to the site early and started the generator to keep the house battery charged and then tuned around...

Back from the UK

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:53:47 GMT

I made it back from the UK and had a great time. The one thing I did have difficulties with was hitting UK repeaters. Despite my planning I only managed to catch one repeater and have a chat with one ham. Unfortunately, his call got jotted down on somet...

New Rig

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:44:11 GMT

Earlier this year I purchased an Icom F-5023 VHF rig which is a 128 Channel 25watt transceiver covering 136MHz to 174 MHz. It came pre-programmed with all of our local 2M repeaters and simplex frequencies as well as the local Civil Defence repeaters an...

reStart and a bit happy...

Sat, 28 May 2011 14:10:28 GMT

...because SA6BTG got his call-sign last week. This make it more fun when we have the same interest Well have a HT-radio with us and can use it when time gives and a short call can be done at our work. :D

Introduction To The Ham World

Wed, 25 May 2011 14:51:35 GMT

Been thinking about getting my Amateur Radio License for years. I finally buckled down and started studying seriously. On May 5th, 2011, I passed my Technician & General License Test. How exciting was it for you when you first saw your name and new...

New Reciprocal Permit Issued

Mon, 23 May 2011 18:04:46 GMT

Effective May 23, 2011, I was issued a reciprocal operating permit for the Philippines with the call DU3/W6QT. Many thanks to the NTC and the Philippine Amateur Radio Association for granting permission to operate ham radio in the Philippines.

Modified G4GQL vertical for flat dwellers

Wed, 18 May 2011 11:26:08 GMT

I have now modified the vertical to top loaded Details to follow soon-once I am sure it works FB I hope to make and offer for sale at a very good price 73 Alan G4GQL

Havering and District Amateur Radio Club

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:59:06 GMT

Hi there i just wanted to inform you all that i earlier on this year joined the havering and district amateur radio club honchurch east london uk honchurch is about thirty minutes away from romford essex uk by bus and it is based in east london it is q...

Greetings to all hams and the general populace!

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:54:28 GMT

I have been honored to have been a ham for the past 30 years. I was a Net Control Operator and later Manager for the morning Magnolia Section Phone Net. I was blessed to have served this organization for 7 years. Having moved to the beautiful mountains...

The bluegrass festival

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:53:46 GMT

The music festival bluegrass took place recently in london uk and it was good most persons that attended were musicians mostly based in the london area and some outskirts of london uk as it approached the evening there was a little trickle of rain and ...

The Volunteering Escapade

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:48:35 GMT

If you did not know i was very recently this year 2011 awarded my Ncfe award in volunteering and it was a big when i walked in to redbridge Institute of adult education Ilford uk to collect my certificate from admin i was delighted to know that i had p...

The day I passed my foundation licence exams

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:44:28 GMT

Hi there i just wish to inform you that i have recently passed my uk foundation amateur radio licence examinations i scored 20 out of 25 about 80% out of 100% and it was quite exciting if you did not know i am a member of the havering and district ama...

Uk foundation licence

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:12:38 GMT

Free Lessons for New Tech License Holders

Mon, 16 May 2011 23:57:11 GMT

I help out some friends in the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group (GERC). They recently held a Technician License study class and organized an FCC license exam. It turned out to be rather successful with 23 of the 28 people passing. Lik...

Free Weather Observation Lessons Available

Sun, 15 May 2011 19:38:41 GMT

Free MEWS (Mobile Emergency Weather Station) and weather observations lessons are available on the web. MEWS enables amateur radio operators to make valuable weather observations in disaster areas where there are few or no working weather stations. Th...

4m band "range" experiment.

Sun, 15 May 2011 05:12:03 GMT

Just a short entry. It was so unexpected experiment. I mounted 1/4 L whip for 70mhz on my vehicle to see if i might hear anything sitting in my car at parking lot nearby my workplace. So I have heard Michael EI3GYB, Tom EI2GP, John EI1EM and Steve EI5DD...

Relocation to Philippines

Fri, 13 May 2011 17:48:23 GMT

Look forward to getting on the air in the Philippines probably in June or July 2011. Will have to set up my station and antennas...lots of work to do.

First Test I-PRO TRAVELLER!

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:25:16 GMT

Hi Everybody! Yesterday was the first practical Test for the new I-PRO Traveller Antenna. Working on 40M and 20M i would say: Tremendous Sigs on this two Bands, Standing Wave Ratio is very easy to adjust and Bandwith is fully okay. The Antenna is built...

Nothing new.

Mon, 02 May 2011 07:59:01 GMT

A whole month has gone by and there hasn’t been one thing to talk about. Ok yes there is, Gas prices going ultra high, that’s old news. And Osama Bin Laden is dead. I think that is the best news I have heard all year. But that will be talked about until...

NEW PORTABLE ANTENNA I-PRO TRAVELLER!!!

Sun, 01 May 2011 02:24:33 GMT

The new I-Pro Traveller Antenna is a very simple to use and built up portable Antenna. Built up in about 4 Minutes and fixing the Coax is another Minute. Also very easy to adjust and RX on each Band from 40M to 10M is fascinating Results. My Experiment ...

Dayton Hamfest 2011

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:57:21 GMT

Well as of right now, thanks to my buddies W4YVM-Juan, AD4C-Hector and company everything is setup and we will be at dayton hamfest 2011.. Hope to see ya in person and if you see me do not be shy and just say hello or hi 73 miguel-ad4y

RARSFEST PHOTOS - Raleigh, NC April 23rd, 2011

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:04:18 GMT

Check out all the Raleigh Hamfest/NC ARRL Convention photos at this link: http://tinyurl.com/3oeydkv

New Need To Learn

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:58:53 GMT

Need a Elmer that can help starting with A - Z on being a ham, how to operate and what this and that does!

Pancake Antenna

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:12:30 GMT

I constructed a seemingly compromise of an antenna in this one what with its compact dimension. It is essentially a dipole with both ends coiled. The performance is an altogether different story. I designed this antenna for easy assembly and installatio...

DXCC

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:22:31 GMT

Worked, and confirmed via LOTW my 100th country this weekend. Thanks to OX3XR for being my 100th confirmed country ! 73 Bob / WE8R

NZ5N EME 2011

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:28:29 GMT

It's a shame I don't update this blog more frequently. My last couple of posts were about my EME efforts from Slovakia in summer 2010 and from here in Florida after the 2010 ARI Italian EME contest. Last year I worked 5 stations in the ARI contest, th...

11mtr Gateway

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:08:44 GMT

I now run a 11mtr gateway for the local CB'ers it runs 24/7. you can get more info HERE: http://www.g0hwc.com/11m_gateway.html Paul G0HWC

IC-9100 Videos posted to You Tube

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:22:45 GMT

Posted two new IC-9100 videos to You Tube last night and tonight. More to come as I learn and explore more with this radio. http://www.youtube.com/user/N6SIX

Friendships In The Amateur Community

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:03:40 GMT

Once again I find myself in awe of the relationships one can find in the HAM Community. I made a true friend, from online QRZ purchase, when I became a HAM Nov 2010. Ralph Collins, K4FJM, sold me my first HF Rig at that time. This business transaction ...

Finaly a different QsO

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:29:02 GMT

I was listening to one of the repeaters near my office in mid Orange County, and a group is finally talking about other than what kind of equipment they are using. The are talking about medical cannabis. I dont condone the use of Weed but its something ...

TRIP TO CT1 !!!

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:28:25 GMT

At the 10th of April 00:00UTC i will start on my Trip to Portugal, follow me in the Net-->APRS.FI-->DG1SGW-12.

NEW FIRMWARE YAESU FTM 350

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:20:48 GMT

Last Week updated Firmware in my YAESU FTM 350, now available much more Symbols in APRS and more exact Menuepoints. Also the Displaycolours could be more different.

Yaesu FT 950

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:15:27 GMT

FT950 and audio setting

CW SKEDS WANTED

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:02:58 GMT

Greetings, I am looking for skeds in the Technician portion of the bands 10/15/40+80 meters. I am new to CW but can keep up with about 15 WPM. If anyone would like to make a sked with me please email me at w8stu@arrl.net Thanks in advance 73, Stu de W8...

New (to me) tower

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:53:47 GMT

picked up 58' of Rohn 45..... come on summer!

SKED Page

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:48:27 GMT

Really like K3uk's sked page for skcc and lotw http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/index.php?page=lotw

The Kenwood TH-D72A

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:26:01 GMT

I'm headed to the UK in April and I wanted to take a radio and GPS along. I decided to throw caution and money to the wind and combine the radio and GPS so I picked up the Kenwood TH-D72A. There are plenty of reviews out there so I won't bother reviewin...

Logsearch of NH0S/KH2

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:08:43 GMT

You can check the logsearch of NH0S/KH2. Including Online QSL Request to NH0S/KH2 via the buro. http://www.clublog.org/logsearch/NH0S/KH2

Operating from CT!

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:12:39 GMT

Hello Friends! From the 13th of April to 18th of April i will operate portable from LUZ/Portugal on 80M-6M if conds will allow it. 73 de KLAUS. CU on the bands!!!

NH0S/KH2 18-21 FEB 2011

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:23:47 GMT

I made about 4800q from GUAM Island. And lot of fun! NH0S/KH2 Via my home call JF2SKV. Please visit my Weblog site. http://blog.goo.ne.jp/skv_2006/c/1263187c997534268de5cbe725499f43

ARRL Int'l DX Contest, SSB. 10 is open!

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:31:13 GMT

Working the ARRL Inter. SSB DX Contest this morning, and 10m is WIDE OPEN! Just worked into Namibia, Africa on 28.417! Loads of stations active this morning (Saturday, 3/5). Check out more info on it at: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx . See you on ther ban...

LONG TIME NO BLOG

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:51:15 GMT

Greetings, Live from N/E Ohio (PAINESVILLE TWP. LAKE COUNTY.) I have not been on this site in a long time. I have probably missed a lot. I'll have to browse around awhile. I hope everyone is doing well. I have posted a couple more pictures of my curre...

First entry

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:32:28 GMT

So, I stumbled on this site a few hours ago. Looks like a cool site for all my ham radio activities. I need to find my way around it, and will add more info in the near future, 73 John, ZS5J and C91J (when on vacation in Mozambique)

Brand New to 'My HAM SHACK'

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:01:02 GMT

I literally stumbled upon this site by accident! Typed my call sign into Google and saw the link for 'My Ham Shack,' and had to check it out! Well...like other hams before me..."HERE I AM!" As if I've already got too many 'irons in the fire...' NOW I'...

73's to everyone

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:47:06 GMT

Just joined myhamshack.com this week. Checking out everyones shacks, equipment, and finding a lot of interesting setups out there. Can't wait to get mine in a permanent location in the basement. Take care. W3TBC, Mike.

REMOTE CONTROL OF my new FT2000D!

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:26:20 GMT

A few Days ago i built a new Remotecable for my new FT2000D. Great Pleasure and mni Tnx to my good old Friend Stefan,DL4SEW without his Help and Parts i will be unable to fix my Problems. GREAT THANKS to STEFAN, DL4SEW!!!

AWA AM QSO Party, 2/19-20/11

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:39:34 GMT

I'm working the AWA AM QSO Party tonight and tomorrow. It runs from 23:00z Saturday 2/19 through 23:00z Sunday 2/20. There's more info at http://www.antiquewireless.org/pdf/2011am_rules.pdf . Switch your rig to AM and join the fun! Dave WB4IUY www.WB4I...

My station blog and operations

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:07:10 GMT

Visit ve3cnu.blogspot.com for all of my station operations

Keep the faith....

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:43:44 GMT

Like many jobs, there are pluses and minuses. I have many years of electronics under my belt (doesn't mean I know everything, believe me.) Anyways, in February of 2007 I was laid-off by a Biotech company after 6+ years of, what I believe to be, faithfu...

LotW and Hamlog

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:26:41 GMT

Since a few Days my Log is online at LotW and Hamlog.EU. This is only possible trough the great help of UWE,DH1UZ and SEBASTIAN,DL2DOC. MNI TNX fr Help Uwe and Sebastian.

My Station Blog

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:03:09 GMT

Being the "OES" for Jackson, I keep pretty busy. Jackson County covers all of Kansas City on the Missouri side and other big communities ie; Lees Summit, Blue Springs.

CQ CQ CQ DE WA1ISA

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:26:25 GMT

Looking for HW-101 Serial Numbers CQ CQ CQ DE WA1ISA: Looking for HW-101 Serial Numbers for an ongoing research project. I am looking to compile a listing as to production quantities and Serial Number Ranges. Your call will be credited next...

CQ CQ CQ All New "My Ham Shack" Stations...

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:12:51 GMT

A quick reminder to all that unless you post at least a simple blog, no one can send you a reply or other communication. Just start your first blog in MY PROFILE and name it something like CQ CQ CQ de(your call) calling CQ... That way we can add a comme...

70cm SWR

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:57:28 GMT

Tracked 70cm SWR issue to the right angle 239 connectors on the switch. It will have to wait for summer. (Wish the 897 had a separate 70cm connection like the 847) I'll just run the coax complete to the antenna rather than through the 4 position switch....

Homemade BLT tuner

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:58:57 GMT

I just finished building a homemade BLT tuner. Just tested it with a low inveted V doublett and it loads on 40,30,20,17 and 15 mtrs. Not tried it on the higher 2 bands yet. Tuning is very sharp but quite easy, see the photo in my picssection. I did the ...

CQ CQ CQ DE WA1ISA

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:47:56 GMT

LOOKING FOR HW-101 Serial Numbers Looking for HW-101 Serial Numbers for an ongoing research project. I am looking to compile a listing as to production quantities and Serial Number Ranges. Your call will be credited next to your S/N if you wi...

February 10, 2011. KF5JRE Station Wiring Completed Today.

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:42:25 GMT

Welcome to the official blog of Amateur Radio Station KF5JRE. My name is Mark Calhoun. I am the Owner/Operator of this radio station. My station is located at 18 Bybee Circle, Huntsville, TX 77320-1003 USA. North 30° 46' 45.6" West 95° 40' 29.0". ...

ezee match tuner

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:10:56 GMT

can anyone tell me where to find the schematic for this tuner ive searched the net but no joy

eHam.net, some QSL info and new rig - all in one pack entry.

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:49:53 GMT

At the very beginning I was avoiding this site. Then was just ignoring. Then I found it handy to see and read reviews. And now ... hey... I registered and even filled up my profile. Well, why not? Its another great US based site which have now many EU u...

Awards Tracker Updated!

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:22:15 GMT

David W5DJT has updated the Awards Tracker program again. It can now export files in adif format. There are two types of adif files. One that is compliant with the adif 2.2.x standards and one that works if imported into ACLog. You can download the late...

Tower on Wheels

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:10:02 GMT

picked up a used 'light tower' (minus the generator and lights) for a modest $500.00...have begun stripping old paint and adding three new 'outriggers'...see My Projects (trying to upload pics but having trouble with site...??? tower cranks to 27 ft ...

Ham Shack in a closet near completion...

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:43:10 GMT

I have added some station photos showing the radios, weather equipment, computers, and ballon tracking payloads that are being housed in the "ham shack closet" Looking forward to our first skywarn net to put in all in action, still waiting for Arrow be...

My Ham Shack Dot Com Debut

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:30:44 GMT

First day here and all ready adding myself into the website. My Google Site has little information on my hobby:Amateur Radio. On December 10th 2005, I became a Technician under call KI4MZD. Didn't like that call at all. I received K4WIC on January 21st...

13.8v Eagle 10amp power supply

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:37:48 GMT

A few days ago i was given an Eagle P008D 13.8v 10 amp power supply. It showed 13.8v with no load but with a small load it gave 0v. A quick look revealed that for some reason the 2n3055 power transistors had both gone. I had a tube full of 2n3055's i mu...

ft817 AND HOMEMADE MIRACLE WHIP

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:10:14 GMT

last summer i had to take my car in for a service so had a few hours to kill while waiting. So i took the ft817 and my homemade miracle whip with me and found a quiet spot in the local country park. I was not expecting much from the miracle whip but i w...

HW7

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:14:57 GMT

After managing to repair a HW7 for a friend G0GGK, i tried it out on 40 and worked a few stations in the HA test today. F6CEL and HA8RM.I don't know what the previous owner had done to it before he sold it to Dave but it was totally dead! I found that a...

ANTENNA analyser

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:39:25 GMT

I recently bought a simple antenna analyser, http://www.gm3vlb.com/general/poor_mans_antenna_analyser.htm I needed one but could not afford the mfj type. This one made by Andre does just what i required, he has all the details on his website to enable ...

NEW Blog

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:22:34 GMT

Just joined My Ham Shack.com so am looking forward to writing a blog. I hope to show some of my interests and share some of my ham radio activities.

First Amp

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:56:19 GMT

Just added a Yaesu FL7000 amp with mods/updates by Bill, N4ATS (check his website www.n4ats.com for Yaesu FL7000 info) This amp is really awesome for a low power (600w)unit, I can get 400-500w out with only 15-20w in from my Kenwood TS-830S

CHECK OUT MY MOST USED ONLINE BLOG!

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:49:21 GMT

Copy and paste this URL in your browser window: http://www.ku4gw.blogspot.com Very 73 de Cliff KU4GW in Taylorsville, North Carolina Grid Square EM95iv

starting

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:30:33 GMT

This is the first entry in the N0MHO blog

Up Until Now...

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:40:03 GMT

There's an old joke about an order of monks who observe complete silence all their lives. The only exception is once a year, at a dinner, they can speak whatever is on their mind. Every year they all speak except Father Fred. For 20+ years when it wa...

Hamshack Closet Started

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:33:00 GMT

Today got the desk portion of the ham shack closet officially started this weekend, and the desk has been built painted and installed into the closet. One of the major things I would like to complete today but time is difficult today is the access for ...

Connections

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:59:33 GMT

I'm open for invites if anyone would like to add me as a connection... 73, Mike, N0VF, Broomfield, CO

Isolation is the Key

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:59:23 GMT

In an earlier post I mentioned putting a new alternator in my shack (truck). The new alternator has everything built in and requires only one cable to the battery, no ignition wire for the field. In order to make this work there needs to be a bit of vol...

160 Meter Full Wave Loop Antenna

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:13:01 GMT

Hi all... I am currently in the planning stages of putting up a 160 meter full wave loop antenna. I plan to acquire a good and affordable tuner to use across the bands. Any input would be appreciated. I will post an Arial photograph later to show shape ...

ARCANUM, OHIO's WX

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:42:02 GMT

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hf

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:31:07 GMT

Looking to get into HF soon.

Are you on 4m??

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:06:58 GMT

As the title says are you on 4m ? I have been on/off active on the 4m band since it was given to me back in the 90's. It is a band which depending on the area of the country you live can be active or completely dead. Over here in Drogheda,Co Louth 4m is...

Webcam on Winter Snowstorm in NC, today...

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:22:58 GMT

I've got a cheap webcam looking at the snowstorm in NC today. The birds are really hitting the feeders hard. Gonna go clean the snow off, then experiment with a better cam. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/audio-1-only Dave WB4IUY www.WB4IUY.net

My Blog

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:11:02 GMT

My first experience with radio communications was in 1964 with an Allied Radio, Knight Kit C-100 walkie-talkie kit that I put together with my trusty Weller soldering iron and began to try and make contacts around the neighborhood with others that also...

YouTube

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:16:15 GMT

Check out my shack video @ http://www.youtube.com/n4wxi The grand kids think it is cool :).

Worked Olivia 250/8 on 160 tonight...

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:26:05 GMT

Worked the 160m Digital QSO Party again tonight. It was my first time on 160m with Olivia. I was operating 250/8, and was working one station after another...steady contacts. Lots of fun, and could work them right down into the noise...still had print o...

160M QSO Party this week...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:46:16 GMT

Working the 160m QSO Party that's running thru 12/26. Check it out at http://www.drcg.de/ See you on 160! Dave WB4IUY www.WB4IUY.net

Uploading pics!

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:47:07 GMT

I have tried to upload pics several different times with several different pics with no success in the last couple of months! I am using jpg pics that have always uploaded on other sites OK. Every try, I get the message back: "This is not a valid im...

How about christmas?

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:29:37 GMT

If some of you have not given a thought about what you are going to do this christmas i would like to offer a suggestion to you apart from the roasted turkeys and quiet dinners you all to go to for this christmas remember that there be some who would li...

To Live Dangerously

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:24:12 GMT

Hi there it is your friend william saint here saying hi to you all it is nice to be on this circuit as most of you might know by now i am selfemployed as a writer/advertiser/songwriter company william saint uk established july 2006 in the uk My new...

My work area

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:48:24 GMT

I have icom ic-706MK2G,Radio shack pro-2055 scanner,timewave DSP-9+ audeo filter, westmtn rigblaster plug & play,Z11 auto tuner,,AEA morseMachine,MFJ voice keyer swr & power meter and high gain dualband 2/70 antenna in attic also dipole for 6...

SKYWARN ONLINE is in need of some minor help

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:06:58 GMT

http://www.skywarnonline.com/index.php http://www.skywarnonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3814 If you could donate a few moments, please look at the webpage above. All they need is a few people to monitor and post when a new skywarn class is listed....

Parks On The Air (POTA)

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:38:01 GMT

I recently joined the POTA group and have volunteered to act as the point of contact for anyone wishing to activate a Maryland State or National park.

The Hustler Antenna

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:18:23 GMT

OK, so I have heard of a thing that you can attach to a Hustler HF antenna that will allow you to mount three radiators in different bands at once. I was poking around HRO and I found the little kit bit that allows this to be done so I bought it for und...

CQww

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:00:08 GMT

Currently working 80&40 Meters in the CQ world wide CW contest

ZL8X, Kermadec Island

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:44:34 GMT

In the race to get more contacts with ZL8X I have come upon a major stumbling block---I have never before had a SSB QSO on 160M! So, stuck with 20 contacts (10-160M CW plus SSB and RTTY on other bands), my next hunt will be to go the other way around an...

ROLDX DXCluster Node, Rolseville NC

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:59:08 GMT

I've made a couple of changes to the node, so it can now be reached via the W4RAL-7 packet node on 147.54, if you wish to connect to the DXCluster via packet radio. Connect to W4RAL-7 on 147.54 in Zebulon. Type: C W4RAL-7 Next, connect to W4RAL-5 b...

Anderson Powerpoles in the shack

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:18:57 GMT

Hi, I have put a new page up with details photos and video on Anderson Powerpoles. See it HERE: http://www.g0hwc.com/anderson-powerpole.html Paul G0HWC http://www.truckcam.tv Live video from my truck

SDR Conversion

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:16:52 GMT

I presently use a Flex Radio 5000A and a Flex 1500 SDR radios but my other transceivers are never used. We did purchase rack panel coversions off of E-Bay which do look nice with the IC756PRO, IC910H and FT847 rigs in their repective rack panel with al...

Motorcycle stuff...

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:13:38 GMT

Those of you into motorcycles, too... A few non-HamRadio things I've done that might interest some of you... A few of us put some bikes in a local show yesterday (11/20), and here's what happened... 1- My youngest son, Brandon, took 1st place in 'Bes...

Starting this web Page

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:01:56 GMT

Well, I set up this page and realized that I should have planned better - no pictures, nothing of interest to post. Need to give this some thought and get the camera out for a few pics. Will work on this later. 11/20/10

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:25:37 GMT

From My Family to your Family have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING 73 Miguel-AC4MO

Awards Tracker for N3FJP's ACLog

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:48:18 GMT

I recently asked a quection about how to extract a number of logbook entries from ACLog that were scattered throughout my log. I required a lot of hunting and packing, trying to keep a running list of what was needed, etc. Some other hams replied wi...

Up and Running

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:53:42 GMT

I'm not much of a blogger but I'll give this a try. Without going into a lot of boring back story the alternator went out in R2 (the truck came with R2 for Remote 2 on the front so we just started calling it R2). This gave me the chance to get somethi...

It's been a while since my last update...

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:47:09 GMT

I still haven't had my TenTec Omni A restrung, and I still don't have a great antenna waiting for it. In the meantime, I've been having more luck with SSB DX using 5 watts than I ever thought possible. I've reached several states, and a handful of DX en...

New toy

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:51:19 GMT

Just got my FT-817ND and I'm really pleased with it so far. I tried some 2m /P on Sunday on the local common but no takers. Then I realised that the Kempton Park Rally was on so 2m would be even more sparse than usual. I've had trouble getting on 80m w...

MyHamShack COnnections NEEDED!!

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:16:56 GMT

Check out my page at http://www.myhamshack.com/WB4IUY ... I need connections. Willing to pay $0 for them. Hope to do business soon :-) Dave WB4IUY www.WB4IUY.net MyHamShack.com/WB4IUY

LIVE Mobile Streaming video :-)

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:06:46 GMT

Hi all, I have updated my TruckCam and it now has streaming live video with the APRS tracking. Check it out: http://www.truckcam.tv Paul G0HWC

Macro Hams

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:37:39 GMT

Seems like more and more hams are running macros on psk and the once great art of ragchewing is dying a slow death.

DS1085 is finally working with ATMega16

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:07:46 GMT

Today got it finally doing what it had to do, generating frequency as was requested. This opens new area's: - Home brew antenna analyzer. - Hoe brew SDR receiver based on the DS1085. This calls for a celebration, with a cool drink, let's call it a be...

Flexradio 1500

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:59:31 GMT

I finally got the Flexradio 1500 working on my desktop last night. It listens well and has lots of bells and whistles. 5 watts output but I hooked it up to the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-1.5Kfx and instant gratification-- 55 watts output! After tuning up an...

New Equipment!

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:25:04 GMT

I added an EQ Plus by W2IHY recently. I've always felt that I needed a little extra "talk power" and don't plan to add an amplifier or a big antenna right now. I worked special event station HF2010CY in Poland and Z36T in Macedonia on 40 Meters SSB af...

Almost there

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:15:11 GMT

The Snowdonia Antennas vertical is now installed. I've replaced the RG58 feeders with RG213 and installed an antenna switching unit in the shack, this way I can use one feeder to supply the FT897, IC703 and FT8800.

Plus/Minus again?

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:33:03 GMT

What an exciting hobby we have. After PJ4 and PJ7 was replaced by PJ2, PJ4, PJ6 and PJ7 there was a storm of activity on the bands. Diving in head first I bagged what I could find and who could hear me, hi. I also modified my logbook to properly credit ...

Being an SWL

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:26:27 GMT

Haven't made any contacts lately. Just listening. This morning I heard Ireland, Scotland and some Aussies on 15m. Heard a few folks on 17m, 12m; even one wee signal on 10m! Maybe the bands are re-opening. Honestly I haven't heard anyone I'd WANT to sp...

general info

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:51:20 GMT

I have been active on 2m and 70cm sideband in the past,now 6m,plus HFing,Public service, skywarn, Ralley racing radio. My antennas at home are a HEX beam 20m up, shortened Dipole for 40 and 80. I have my RV set up for portable HF,VHF,UHF. My pickup is...

Introduction

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:30:07 GMT

This is KJ4VEB signing on to his station blog at http://www.myhamshack.com This is a rather neat web site. I intend to use blog as a blog for my station activities naturally. Right now my shack is very bare bones it consists of a WOUXUN KG-UVD1P HT, a...

Antenna Issues!

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:44:20 GMT

I don't know if it's bad propagation, tuner going bad, or my new location for the antenna, but I can't seem to get out. I have an Elmer coming over next week with a SWR Bridge and other nice test equipment, that I can't afford, to hopefully find some re...

What am I doing here ?

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:11:27 GMT

KF4VZU Not sure what I'm doing here.

Blind Op. Psk31

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:37:27 GMT

Blind Op Psk31, from the N1SZH Blind Op Radio Site 2008. Has been removed from this web site.

VHF AM Work SE Pa, West NJ

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:53:45 GMT

Hello, if anyone would like to try to work me on AM on 2M or 6M, in the metropolitan Trenton, NJ area, I'd like to hear from you.

good catch on 160 m

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:03:57 GMT

Today - 30 SEP 2010 - on 160 m listened to LU6EEF + 4hs252 both from ARGENTINA ! I never heard LU on 160 m ! Time was daytime 1530 UT = 1730 local Time - excellent conditions today ! Thanks nice perfection of PC Radio transceiver by KELLY 5B4AIT. now...

Space Shuttle may be saved -

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:04:27 GMT

After months of debate, a NASA spending bill is expected to appear for a vote on the House floor today (Sept. 29).

10 meters, those lovely frerquency.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:56:25 GMT

Every day, at 21:00 GMT in 28.723 Khz. QSO local, with 100w power.

15M wide open.

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:06:01 GMT

Just an short note - 15M band is wide open now. Can hear Africa and both Americas at the moment. Trying to get some CW at 21.055 now. 25 watts would be enough as usual. See you there!

Working Digital on 20m and 40m

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:53:58 GMT

Using my FT-857 @ 100W, I have been able to reach Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Ohio, and Canada from central Texas. The antenna a portable whip antenna OPEK 400 (multiple tab coil). set inside my 2 story home. Can't wait to put it outside or on the Yukon...

In Springfield, Pa

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:13:40 GMT

Sitting in Hotel in Springfield, Pa. listening to Hurricane nets on the laptop, left D-star Equip. at home, whats up with that! 73

K3JEL Ham Equipment

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:44:24 GMT

Heathkit DX-60 - Transmitter Heathkit HW-101 - Transceiver Collins KWM-2 - Transceiver Collins 30L-1 - Amplifier Collins 180S-1 - Antenna Tuner Drake R-4A - Receiver Kenwood TS-430S - Transceiver Kenwood AT-250 - Automatic Antenna Tuner Kenwood TS-120 -...

Ham Shack all Packed up

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:14:00 GMT

Moving to Fort Worth, Texas. packing up the condo little by little, but have a radio gear packed up.

web pages

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:17:27 GMT

http://www.ha8px.info

Still livin'!

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:47:34 GMT

Wow, turned my back and been away for a year and a half! Put about 1000mi a month on the bike (TW200) as an all-wx daily commuter. Its taken me to some remote fishing holes! Ranch work keeps me busy too, and keeping all the vehicles maintained & ...

About my Call Sign & QSL Card...

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:27:01 GMT

K9SLY K-9 Sylvester (Sly) I have been a police officer for 23 years. 10 of those years I spent with the best partner... Sylvester's story starts in the soviet republic of Georgia (former USSR) in 1991. After being washed out of the military he was so...

Vintage Rig Profile - The Drake Twins

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:25:40 GMT

Here is a little background on my first HF station. The Drake company was founded in 1943 by Robert L. Drake in Ohio and manufactured low pass and high pass filters for government and amateur radio service. After World War II, Drake began producing am...

53.45 and 145.41

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:20:52 GMT

The 53.45 and 145.41 repeaters are simulcasting. Give them a try.

Got my Extra!

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:34:24 GMT

After two months of study, and showing up at all the club social get-togethers with my study materials. I went for the Extra exam last night and passed it. The W5YI study book and voice CD's were very helpful along with my ham buddy Artie WB0JMG, who ha...

20 Meter Activity

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:12:28 GMT

I have just finished my lasted project which has been to rework one of the three Drake TR4 transceivers I own. The radio has now been re-capped, re-tubed and the power supply re-built with the power supply kit from the Heathkit Store. Immediately a...

Vintage Rig Profile- Hallicrafters SX-43

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:50:56 GMT

Hallicrafters SX-43 Receiver Introduced in 1947 at a price of $169.50 this unit was advertised as being built in the “Hallicrafters Classic Tradition”. To Give Amateurs “More Value” and “Greater Performance on AM, FM & CW”. Some sixty years later I add...

My First HF Radio & Shack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:39:45 GMT

Unlike most hams I didnt get my license unit I was in my thirties. While I had grown up with citizen band radio, back when you needed a license, I never got interested in amateur radio until 9/11. I got my tech license and joined a local club to assist ...

K3JEL Equipment

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:29:37 GMT

Sharpen your Skills thru Contesting

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:37:26 GMT

When I started in amateur radio one of the things that interested me was contesting. The first time I tuned in and heard a station calling CQ CQ Contest, I listened to the pile up of operators trying to get there call sign heard so the contester would a...

Robert F Tayne

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:43:27 GMT

Robert F Tayne http://www.linkedin.com/in/roberttayne

Plus/Minus

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:33:12 GMT

In the August QST I learned that Malyv Vysotskij Island will be deleted from the DXCC list soon. That was shocking for me because I just joined the Honor Roll early this year after confirming 329 Countries/Entities. That would leave me with 328, wh...

Another vertical

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:16:14 GMT

Me and the boy setup another vertical today. We set up a shakespear Big Stick. I plan on using it for HF for a while until I can get a Comet CHA-250B. I'll let everyone know how it turns out. 73's N0TTN

Building the shack

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:06:03 GMT

After living here for 4 years+.... I have decided to clean of a space and start setting up the shack. The kids are finally old enough to start getting involved. My son and I setup our 6M/2M/70cm vertical Comet GP-15 the other day. I have it hooked up to...

technology advancement

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:13:59 GMT

When I was in college at univ. of fl. in 1971 I carried a slide rule with me(anyone remember those?),today I just bought my 16 yr old daughter a TI graphing calculator for $129 that does everything but the kitchen sink,I wonder what our grandkids will ...

height of dipole

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:25:41 GMT

I always thought I would have to go to the expense of having to get expensive masts to put my 135 foot dipole up hight to get decent contacts,but suprisingly I tried only 10 feet high,one end tied to a bamboo shoot at front of house and the other to a f...

Back up and running

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:05:51 GMT

Station back up and running. Yaesu FT-847 All Mode HF/VHF/UHF transceiver. Antenna is a A3S up about 40 feet with a duel band VHF/UHF above that. Also run a Yaesu FT-1802 and a Icom 271H. Looking for a good 800 to 1000 watt amp to add to my collection. ...

Still not there

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:18:57 GMT

Still haven't got a permanent antenna set-up. I've got a 2 metre halo for vhf usb which seems to work quite well, so I'll probably put that in the loft along with the dual band vertical for local/repeater FM. The portable HF antennas work well for ps...

why do all my toys cost so much?

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:50:03 GMT

oh man, went to go buy a new pistol... DAMN!

dead bands?

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:48:11 GMT

wow, what has happened to the V/UHF bands? DEAD DEAD DEAD... even the HF bands were crappy. Found some guys in Michigan on 7258, sounded like locals. The were kinda surprised that I was mobile.

My HF Station.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:16:29 GMT

My ham shack is located in the backroom of the house we are living. Due to present economic situation we are forced to leave the city of Reno Nevada and moved to Vancouver Washington. I have been struggling to put up a station where I can enjoy DXing a...

PU2LRZ

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:03:14 GMT

http://www.pu2lrz.qsl.br

first time blogger

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:07:37 GMT

This is my 1st attempt at this blogging stuff. If I go off base with my remarks,let me know about it I'm a conservative who is very worried and concerned about the direction our country is heading. I'd like to hear from others who think along the sa...

ISS Contact JUly 20th 2010

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:35:42 GMT

I am so excited to announce that I was able to finally make contact with the International Space Station after 20 years of trying. I spoke with Col. Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC as NA1ISS on the ISS while traveling in the car downtown on two successful concur...

Activation of Castle Kirk by the Galway VHF Group

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:39:29 GMT

Castle Kirk or Hen’s Castle is situated on a very small Island located between Doon and Maam in an area of Lough Corrib that is free of Islands. This Norman keep, placed in the direction of the cardinal compass points, was built early in the 12th Centur...

field day 2010

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:45:48 GMT

This time we went further south in New Jersey, we went to the Pine Barron's with a great group that we hang on 10 meters everyday. we set up a tent with plenty of tables lot of antennas we worked 40, 20, 10, and host of other band ( hf) i did 40 meter...

field day 2009

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:37:43 GMT

Field day 2009 was a blast this time we went to a small town in New Jersey we set up about 4pm ( we were late cause my son had a party we attended ) but anyway things went smooth and the contacts start pouring in we did all bands ( hf ) and also did dig...

BH4SPN

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:10:15 GMT

BH4SPN

Some CW contacts made over last few days

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:02:58 GMT

Just hooked up some long wire. It is a bold word to describe it as an LW antenna - about 30 meters of enameled copper wire out of an ignition coil. It is just overhead of local playground so it would end its life within few days and kids around, but for...

Tower back up

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:26:22 GMT

Tower back up but at 32ft instead of 50. That's how it goes when you put too much on top in a high wind area. 32 if fine. Also moved the shack upstairs to one of the spare bed rooms. Now I have a quiet retreat away from the TV and cell phone chatter to ...

"Google for the Amateur Radio Operator"

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:18:05 GMT

Please share this with you clubs. The Drake Radio Group is sponsoring a free class "Google for the Amateur Radio Operator" This class is designed to as a boot camp and for the attendee to follow along. See it today, use it today type of class covering...

Remembering Heathkits

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:10 GMT

I'm not sure how Heathkits are regarded these days, but I'll always have a great fondness for them. I started with the SB400 and SB401. The transmitter never did work, so I took it all apart and carefully put it all back. It just wouldn't transmit and ...

OM9ACA Slovakia 2010

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:32:22 GMT

Just returned from my annual summer trip to my European QTH in Bratislava, Slovakia. OM9ACA was QRV from June 3 - July 27, 2010, with a record 648 contacts on bands from 40m to 70cm. Highlights of this year's trip included EME and meteor scatter conta...

Bits and Pieces

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:48 GMT

My QRP portable setup is almost ready for its first outing. I have finished an 80M dipole which is resonant at the bottom end of the band and can cover the higher end with a home brew tuner with a switched inductance and tuning capacitor connected in s...

Equipment update

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:57:08 GMT

Further to my equipment listed in my profile, I also have some other Ham equipment which is faulty and in the "I'll fix it one day" category. A Kenwood TS-690s which has Gen coverage Rx option fitted and gets used as a backup Rx (it doesn't transmit), ...

Hi from New Zealand

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:58:57 GMT

I have only just discovered this site and am most impressed. An news item in Practical Wireless had the URL so here I am. My shack is really the corner of the lounge at my home in Dunedin, New Zealand which for those not familiar with our geography is ...

Shack Cam

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:14:53 GMT

Well as the shack is just about finished I have got the shack cam working again after being off for a year. I will be leaving it on all the time if it don't crash :-) you can see it here: http://www.g0hwc.com/webcam.html And when I am out and about in ...

Contemplating...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:55:35 GMT

Should I align, program, test, troubleshoot another radio or just kick back?

Despondent Sagacity

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:48:30 GMT

A determinate universe kind of makes me sad. I guess my sense of reality is the only one I know and I hate to think it's locked into cosmic software. Some belive that reality is a kind of bubble. It is only our human convention that prevent this b...

If the Cage Is Large Enough Are We Free?

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:47:03 GMT

I was recently contemplating limitations. What a profound concept! According to my limited understanding of the Big Bang Theory, the universe sprang from an infinitely singular point and is still expanding. Wouldn't this imply a finite universe with b...

New Shack just about done

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:20:23 GMT

Hi all, Well after many many hours converting my garage my new shack is just about done. Just the bitty bits to do now. You can see all the latest photos and the older step by step ones here: http://www.g0hwc.com/latest_projects.html Paul G0HWC

New QTH

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:37:59 GMT

I moved QTH on 12th May, so the old station had to be packed up along with the Hustler 6BTV for HF anf the dual band Yagi for 2m/70cm. Getting the house (and garden!) in order has taken almost all of my free time since then so I haven't got the new s...

Contests

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:59:11 GMT

Don't like contests, they should be banned.

Update 7-4-10

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:50:21 GMT

It has been a while since I have updated My Hamshack pages. A lot has happened since I last posted a blog. Some new gear has made it's way to my shack as well as some new activities. I have recently within the last couple of months purchased a new K...

Six Meters opening

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:18:50 GMT

Six Meters was open with strong signals on Thursday, July 1-3. Just in time for debut of my relocated G5RV Jr. Made contacts on SSB and CW to 5 and 7-land with S7 to S9 reports.

Automatic Rotor with MMC2120MG chip

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:58:57 GMT

After Murphy 's hit on my digital compass some brainstorming was done. I have a 125 € rotor with 3 wires old fashion HI, but we could make it new fashion with with the usage of the compass chip. Let's add a keyboard for entering the bearing , add an AT...

Neighborhood HamWatch

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:07:27 GMT

In the June 2010 (page 77) issue of QST, Norm Lauterette, WA4HYJ wrote a piece on a growing aspect of Amateur Radio known as the Neighborhood HamWatch. Much like the old Neighborhood Watch elicited neighbors to help within their local areas, this conce...

Youthday

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:24:13 GMT

Had a very nice time at Kathu with the young ones. They enjoyed it very much.As Fernaldo in the picture said:Awesome....Fernaldo is visually impaired,but is going to give the RAE a go.We had the manual translated into Braille.

QSL cards once again.

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:58:59 GMT

Phew! Just sent the parcel (!!!) off to the QSL outwards manager a few days ago. So now by the March '10 all of the received paper cards are answered. I really appreciate your efforts guys - specially for those 50mhz contacts. In the meantime I got a...

2010 Update

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:08:17 GMT

With all the activities in 2009, it just went by fast. I was still in the rebuilding mode and am very proud that I was able to finally get my Extra Class License (Class A). New equipment were brought in. I was able to acquire a Kenwood TS-570 DG as well...

OOS

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:14:05 GMT

To all my friends in ham radio. Just wanted to let you know that I'm temporarily off the air. I have changed location and as of today have no antenna up, but working on it. Looks like I picked a good time to be down with the band conditions being as the...

Q & A, and tech exchange Hallicrafters SR series HF gear.

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:47:09 GMT

This blog is dedicated to technical exchange and Q&A for the Hallicrafters SR series of HF radios. This includes the, SR-150, SR-160, SR-400'S (CYCLONE, CYCLONEII AND CYCLONEIII), SR-500 and the SR-2000. I have been working on these radios since 2001 ex...

What is satellite tracking?

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:35:07 GMT

The first artificial satellite was put in the space on October 4, 1957 by the Russians. It was named Sputnik 1, and spent 92 days in Earth orbit. Since then man has launched thousands of rockets, and put thousands of satellites in orbit. There are more ...

Let the fun begin...

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:10:53 GMT

Well this is my first blog entry ever so we will have to see what happens...

Internal 100W upgrade for K3

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:12:42 GMT

Hey, am going to install the 100w upgrade for the K3 here just in time for FD! the 100w amp should be here on friday. so will be spending my night putting it in the K3 s/n 4141. If anyone knows of anything I should be looking out for while doing this...

My website

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:18:51 GMT

Hello! This is my first website

Murphy hits my digital compass

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:08:13 GMT

This weekend Murphy passed by. When checking the direction of the magnetic loop mounted on the antenna rotor, the digital compass hitted the ground and resulted in ..... of course the lcd display of the compass broken into 4 parts. This brought me up t...

Antenna

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:59:12 GMT

Been listening on 160m and must get my antenna for 160m up... very soon Lots of activity... Antenna up and working,cant wait for tonight to test it on 160m...

Some rigs now are gone.

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:48:31 GMT

Just sold off my FT100D and TS850sat since funds needed to cover a new base station module. Thought of Kenwood TS2000 since its good all rounder, but still have to find out if sub band is FM only or not. Would like to get rid off as many boxes out of my...

A letter to MFJ from KI6POW

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:06:57 GMT

Well, I might have known. I've ordered the higher priced model. Then I thought by ordering the less expensive model without the meter would increase my chances at recieving it soon. But it's clear to me that you folks are pobabaly covering-up some...

Magnetic Loop 160m-20m

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:47:04 GMT

Finally got all parts fixed into one magnetic loop. Now adays its not so easy anymore to find variable aircapacitors, but a fellow HAM gave me one out of an old radio. Last saterday was construction afternoon: putting all the tubes together. Some of th...

EQSL

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:44:44 GMT

Some good news, I have obtained the Qesl eDX 25 award for communications with 25 countries Paul

My hf radio history

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:22:35 GMT

From the beginning of my intrest in HF activity: My interest in hf radio starts at very young age in 1960-64. My uncle was an army agent at the local community, and has a setup with green boxes (NRS 100) in the dinner room. And as a young ...

trailer update

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:41:48 GMT

the 2 shelves are up and painted both are removable for storage during transit next up ....lighting and internal wiring photos will be posted when i get a camera see you all on Field Day its 23 days away hope to work you all w2so 5 or 6 alpha...

QRP

Mon, 31 May 2010 09:25:32 GMT

Had 5 good QRP contacts today on 14meg Using the FT817

Good Morning

Sun, 30 May 2010 00:06:41 GMT

Having a good morning in the shack, hope to QSO with some friends in France. Hope you all have a good Bank Holiday

Not a Good Day

Sat, 29 May 2010 13:21:44 GMT

What a day it's not very good on any band. I have had only one qso so far today

New Shack & Truckcam

Sat, 29 May 2010 09:37:46 GMT

Well I was going to build a new extension for the new shack but after planing problems I have decided to convert part of my garage. As I get on with it I will add photos HERE: http://www.g0hwc.com/latest_projects.html I have also made some changes to t...

Computer RFI

Fri, 28 May 2010 12:00:24 GMT

After expending the money and effort to erect a 160 meter half wave dipole I realized the troubling but tolerable RFI on 80 meters generated by my PC was horrific on 160 meters. Often I would just shut my PC down when operating on 80 meters especially ...

feild day trailer update

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:20:16 GMT

interior painting done design & install of operating position table lighting will be finished sunday

Working Moonbounce (EME) With a Single 9 Element Yagi

Wed, 26 May 2010 11:28:29 GMT

This past weekend was the Italian EME contest, and it was nice to see so many stations active. Not nearly as much activity as for the ARRL contest, but still fun. It has been really satisfying for me to work EME from my present QTH in an antenna-restr...

The Postcrossing Project

Mon, 24 May 2010 06:55:49 GMT

Postcrossing Love or, what our members say about us. “Receiving cards makes me warm and I'd like to share some happiness with who is unknown to me. Postcrossing makes two happy - the sender and the receiver. Double happiness, why not?!” EJUNE...

FT90

Sat, 22 May 2010 17:02:17 GMT

Another PARA auction and another "new" rig in the shack! This time it was an FT90 vhf/uhf mobile transceiver. It's very small but still packs a 50W punch on 2m and 35W on 70cm. The mic cord was falling to pieces, as if the plastic was rotting, so I repl...

getting started

Fri, 21 May 2010 12:52:17 GMT

well getting ready for field day just painted inside of home built trailer i'll post pics soon . next up building shelves for trailer i have setup the field day networked logging program n3jfp logger ( recommended ) for big groups !

more activity

Fri, 21 May 2010 07:13:06 GMT

well i started an award the VK9 AWARD for getting in contact with all the VK9 DXCC entities and so far I have mailed out 11 of them/ it seems like a very popular Award. I have it on linked to the redcliffe and districts radio club website as iam the awa...

Low Band here comes W9ZT!

Mon, 10 May 2010 05:31:04 GMT

Finally I got around to putting up a half wave dipole for 160 meters. Fortunately the neighbor behind me let me use one of his trees, 240 feet is a heck of lot of wire! Got it up 50' at apex but down at 30-40' for most of it. I was only active on 160...

Welcome To My Blog

Fri, 07 May 2010 17:15:08 GMT

yc1bjx.blogspot.com

Greeting

Thu, 06 May 2010 01:55:05 GMT

Hi..Hi.. Greeting from Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. My Name is Amizan Bin Ahmad. I'm 43 years old, Married and have one son. I hope to find friend from all over the wold. I love Amateur Radio, Fishing and ride the motorbike. If you all want to ...

kabalikatglobal.org

Wed, 05 May 2010 23:54:41 GMT

Kabalikat Civicom or simply known as KABALIKAT is presently the largest group of responsible and active radio communicators engaged in public assistance particularly during disasters and natural calamities or whenever there is need to ensure public comf...

9w2xan Amateur Radio Station Malaysia

Wed, 05 May 2010 21:27:55 GMT

http://9w2xan.blogspot.com

IC-T22

Wed, 05 May 2010 18:15:45 GMT

Our National Organization, PARA, has been holding online auctions for its members and I managed to win an IC-T22 hand held 2m FM transceiver. It works well and is worth the bid I put in for it. The auctions are fun and there have been some nice items d...

QSL Cards

Wed, 05 May 2010 15:40:16 GMT

Hi there! At the very beginning I would like to say a big THANK YOU for all of you who sent me a QSL card and just to let all of you know - at the moment I am printing, filling up, printing, filling up and so on..... Just got my yearly (?!) set of QS...

What's Happening with Solar activity?

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:33:51 GMT

Hello Everybody! We're just almost at end of April after a good days with solar flux at good level around 86, we return to seventies level nowadays around 75...76! This is NOt a good prespective for Near Future and still bad on part of High frequencie...

Tower is down

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:59:35 GMT

50 ft tower down again. Broken rotor plate. Seared all three connections. Don't know if I'm going to put it back up. May go a different rout this time? Hmmm... Antennas are: HyGain TH-11, CushCraft 2-70-6, CushCraft 17B2. Maybe the HyGain on the roof? E...

NAQCC May Challenge

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:32:02 GMT

Well, the month of May is coming up fast. Am planing on trying the NAQCC May challenge of how many contacts can be made on less then 1 watt. should be fun and a challenge! given the band conditions. wonder if there are any other NAQCC members on here? ...

What kc9kxt has been up to.

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:23:45 GMT

Hello readers, I have'nt been up to to much in the past 3 months in way of radio. I found a new video service that i've utilized to broadcast myself to the world while in the attic shack. Watch me at www.Livestream/kc9kxt.com . I have'nt made any new c...

CW? I made it!

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:56:38 GMT

Hi all! Just one thing I would like to share today - I just did my first CW QSO! A good man who had helped me was Renzo IK5FYA who was good enough to slow down by my copying speed and so patient to copy my ditt-dah's. Good or bad - finally I got it! Now...

PHASED ANTENNA PDF FILE

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:42:27 GMT

TEXT OF THE FULL PDF FILE (Being modified at present) ANTENNAS FOR FLAT DWELLERS ANTENNA RESTRICTIONS AND POOR LOCATIONS Do you live in a flat? Poor location? Excessive electrical noise drowning your receiver? Antenna restrictions? I have been p...

OFF AIR

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:56:59 GMT

For the time being. We recently moved into a new home and I have no antennas up. Most of my equipment is here so as soon as I can get some wire up, I'll be back.......

New user

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:10:11 GMT

Just found this site and registered will upload more pics later.

PHASED VERTICALS FOR FLAT DWELLERS

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:40:57 GMT

This is used in conjunction with MFJ-1025 Noise canceller I found an article on line re: http://www.hamuniverse.com/joystickantenna.html Look this up and this was the basis of my many, many experiments. Here's what I do See the diagram 'h...

new shack room

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:05:21 GMT

justhad to move to a new room will post a pic of the new set up soon.

Satellite

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:30:02 GMT

Well thinking about tring my luck with the birds next week! Going to order a Arrow II satellite antenna(If everything goes as planed)! They say the Kenwood TH-F6 is a great radio to do birds with we will see if this is true or not lol.

Anyone for CW QSO?

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:37:14 GMT

Recently was thinking of exercising CW skills. Just discovered how efficient and great mode it is for those, who can't afford a decent antenna but still want to do some QSO. If anybody is not confident with his/hers CW skills then would gladly hear your...

Tahiti on 10 Meters!

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:39:10 GMT

Worked Tahiti on 10 Meters SSB last night!

New Shack

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:41:17 GMT

I have decided to get my shack out of the main house so I will be building a new extension on the house. On the down side I will be selling my Flex 5000a to help fund the build :-( Will upload some photos as the build starts Dont forget you can see me...

Elecraft K3 finally on the air

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:15:06 GMT

Well, I finally got the K3 on the air. the radio arrived on Thursday, April 8th. all though the bands right now are real tough! the solar flux is only 76, the "A" index is 7 and the "K" index is 0. I did manage to make 5 contacts on 5 watts, and am real...

Dissapointment

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:59:15 GMT

Well.... I'm frustrated with our local ham community. It seems that there has been another squabble that has caused a friend of mine to decide to get out of ham radio. His words were "I just don't want to be a part of that type". It stems from some on a...

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Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:32:39 GMT

Trio TR-1300

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:58:58 GMT

I bought a TR-1300 in an auction after one of our local meetings and I paid very little for it. The auction was of dud equipment but much of it actually worked including my TR-1300! All it needed was a few xtals tweaking to get the frequency spot on (i...

Y

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:36:40 GMT

DXCC Honor Roll

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:19:06 GMT

Today arrived the confirmation that I had indeed been accepted to the DXCC Honor Roll. It was FJ/VE3EY St. Barthelemy that gave me the QSL card that clinched the effort. The QSO was made on August 2009 right smack at the bottom of the solar cycle! Dista...

Finally!....

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:44:13 GMT

I am a married man! 3/19/2010 was the date that I joined my life with KC0ZPN... Great things on the horizon!....

DX CLUSTER! Good or Bad ?

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:06:52 GMT

Hi Everybody! Nowadays many Operators don't want to spend time on the Bands listenning. They just connecting the WEB-DXCluster looking what they need, switch on the Amplifier , moving the antenna ... and that's it! Just Starting putting a signal on t...

YouTube Video of Me Working KJ4PSU Via Satellite

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:02:14 GMT

Very cool to hear myself working Will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4tcZ2iO3U&feature=related Thanks, Will!

Working Europe via Satellite

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

This week I worked my first European stations (PA1TNO and F1UGK) via the AO-7 satellite. From here in south Florida, the window to Europe is less than 2 minutes long, so this was a happy occasion. The distance to PA1TNO is over 7400 km. I have upload...

My Real blog is at

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:42 GMT

Http://www.politicalbyline.com My HF station is inactive due to broken rig. I hope to get it fixed sooner or later. 73 de K8CPA -Chuck

The Top Band Experiment as of March 2010

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:34:34 GMT

The Top Band net generally meets on or around 1966 KHz at 10 pm. To date the following results have been obtained. Ei8DRB/M located about 15 miles away generally comes in at strength 9. EI3IS also 15 miles away strength 9. EI3IX 40 miles away strength...

My 40 Years of Ham Radio - Part II - Getting on the Air

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:23:56 GMT

Shortly after my novice license arrived, I met Vin at his home before a CD meeting, and he let me use his rig to make my first QSO, a CW contact on 40 meters with another ham in Carteret a few miles away. It would be my first and last CW QSO for years ...

My 40 Years of Ham Radio - Part I - Getting My Novice License

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:11:57 GMT

It's always impressive to read about kids who started as hams as teens, built their own radios, and continued active for the rest of their lives. I started in ham radio as a teenager, but my story is not so impressive. As a boy in Carteret, NJ, near ...

Crappy pics

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:35:21 GMT

I need to redo the pics with my good camers. I just reviewed the current photos taken with my phone... Yuk...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:10:00 GMT

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My HamShack

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:57:49 GMT

Icom 756 Pro Icom 765 Kenwood TL922A amp Butternut Vertical Alpah Delta DX Wire Antenna Three Element Yagi at 40 Feet

Truck Cam updated

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:32:45 GMT

Hi all, as from Monday the Truck Cam had a new URL. you can watch it here: http://www.truckcam.tv I will also be trying out a new camera

3rd Harmonic

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:58:00 GMT

Yesterday we welcomed our third child, our first boy, into the family. Both Mom and baby are doing well. I haven't been able to respond to all requests regarding MyHamShack.com lately - I'll get to them in the next few days.

Updated-12/17/10

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT

Well-enjoy the ham radio stuff!! I collect boat anchors-see my pics-also at qrz.com and W4KQB.com. Have a ball working DX. Invite fellow Heath and Collins owners to send tips on equipment use. I also have aquired Drake, Yaesu, Swan, Dentron stuff that ...

Hellschreiber Remote Operation

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:06:00 GMT

I sucessfully operated my home station in the recent Hellschreiber contest REMOTELY from the Maderia Beach, FL library. I used the free version of "Log-Me-In" to connect my laptop to my home PC in the shack. It worked great... I only made 13 conta...

Communications experience

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:20:06 GMT

Hi out there in the cyber world, this Bob, AB4AL here. I've been involved in communications since I was a little kid. My father W8ROE(SK)introduced Ham Radio to me from day one. Today if you look up W8ROE, the call now belongs to my son Neal. I att...

TS-850 after life saving heart surgery.

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:26:21 GMT

Now as promised a few pictures from the operation of the TS-850 heart - digital carrier board. Cant make photos into the post, so just take a peek at the gallery and kindly read the description.

Top Band Activity

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:44:42 GMT

Following some recent activity between myself, EI3IS and EI3IX, some impressive results were obtained between Galway City and more distant locations. Signal strengths were good and the noise levels, for the main, were either very good or tolerable. We h...

Dromineer Castle

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:26:37 GMT

Planning an expedition, with members of the Galway VHF Group, to operate from Dromineer Castle on the 17th March. Operation will be on 80, 40 and 20 metres using the VHF Group Callsign EI4ALE. Operation should be from 9 am until around 5 pm. A great day...

Promoting Our Ham Hobby

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:28:50 GMT

Greetings Fellow Hams!! This is just a quick note to advise/inform you all as to my personal Mission Statement in the way of use of this site. First off, I'm here but by the Grace of God in that I am able to live in a country that allows someone t...

Mr. Ken Wood is dead.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:45:38 GMT

That's what happened last Wednesday evening. I felt some smell while TX on my TS850. It was that way for last good few months. Finally I left it under high duty cycle pushing all the power into dummy load and left the scene for a dozen of minutes having...

My Truck Webcam

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:40:47 GMT

As I spend most my time driving my truck I have added a Webcam "Truck Cam" You can view it here: http://www.g0hwc.com/truck_cam.html Its on when im in the truck driving round the UK from day break until I finish. Paul G0HWC *** UPDATE **...

572B Tubes for HEATHKITSB200

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:04:30 GMT

Dear Friends, I've on my Heathkit SB200 a 572B Matched Pair Penta, but loosing power . Nowadays it's very difficult to found. Mostly are manufactured in Asia specially in China . If anyone as on the Schak a Heathkit SB200 what your opinion about SVE...

K0LTS - Spec. Event Card

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:55 GMT

Who Dat!!!! Well I worked K0LTS yesterday which was a Superbowl special event station for the Colts... Guess that card will not be printed after all. Saints!!!!!!

Portable Activity

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:18:44 GMT

This year will see an all out effort to operate the portable equipment. The doublets for the LF bands and a vertical for 40 - 10 metres are all ready prepared for the occasion. I will be activating Castles for the Castles on the Air Awards scheme (CAS...

EXTRA!!!

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:48:05 GMT

Well after so much procrastination, I have done it. I passed my Extra class today and am finally at the top. Sixteen years of procrastination and it"s done. Should have done it a long time ago.

New 2 Meter radio Install and new 10 Meter

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:01:15 GMT

Installed a new to me Icom IC2350 in the mobile, and installed my new Predator 10K antenna nothin much other than that going on

New QSL

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:31:32 GMT

Ah... finally a QSL I have been hoping for - JD1BMM Minami - Torishima.

N5VEI Station happenings

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:42:45 GMT

Well I guess I will get on the blog. Nothing real new except that I worked Senegal tonight on 40 meters. I caught him before the pileup started!

Longest distance mile-per-watt QSO...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:13:56 GMT

Hi all, HF propagation characteristics never cease to amaze me. I was listening to 10 meters one day (at work!) and heard a QSO going on between two Australians, apparently talking to each other across the same town in Australia. I jumped in there and ...

If you could only operate one band, which one would it be?

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:00:51 GMT

If I could only use one amateur band, it would be 40 meters, hands down. 24 hr propagation, regional during the day, DX at night. Not affected by Sunspot cycles, or lack thereof, as much as the higher bands. Only drawbacks are the need for a really bi...

People who invented gadgets which made radio communications possible

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:49:50 GMT

Probably from the time man learned to make a sound he has attempted to send his thoughts and ideas over ever increasing distances. Early man found that he could increase the distance he could communicate by using drums and mallets. In some less develope...

FT-897 once again.

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:34:15 GMT

So a little while spent on my digimode rig discovered my ignorance. All the bell and whistles are fine, just had "speed dial" facility turned on (prompt click of pwr button). But would never think that this tiny function would clock the PLL step also......

FT-897 went mad.

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:22:22 GMT

Have no idea when and how it went mad. Could be that winter's freeze responsible for it's malfunction. The problem is with it's PLL step. It would double clock the raster at the any mode/band. Say - if the step would be 6.26 then despite the 6.25 at the...

EI185RNLI QSL cards

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:14:35 GMT

Hi all of you who are liable to get the EI185RNLI QSL cards - they're just arrived from the print and would be replied soon.

Merry Christmas to me!

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:31:20 GMT

I got a belated Christmas present this year. This month, I was given a TenTec Omni A (this is the analog version), matching power supply, and a D104 microphone. Now, I have to get this set up. I don't want to try running it on the longwire setup I ha...

Welcome new ham

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:50:02 GMT

A friend Ben Branch (12 years old) received his license this weekend. We are proud of Ben and know there is lots of fun ahead in the hobby. I worked the North American QSO Party and got sevveral new states on several bands. 200+ dxcc countries co...

What we expect with Good Propagation?

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:01:38 GMT

Hi Everybody! Nowadays the Solar Flux show us that numbers are must better comparing one year ago. But in real we can't see such big difference...so we can't expect that next years the conditions will improve or Not. What I'm saying is what he exp...

Arcanum, Ohio WX

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:01:48 GMT

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The QSO´s my Station

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:12:22 GMT

YOU CAN CHECK YOUR QSO WITH MY STATION AT THE FALLOWING WEB ADDRESS http://www.hrdlog.net

QSL Card Printing

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:43:12 GMT

I am a new US representatives for UX5UO Print. I am able to print all of your QSL needs. For more information, contact me at w8ash@arrl.net. You can also visit our website at http://w8ash.com Need a QSL MANAGER How About Giving Me A Chance! I love to ...

Loop Antenna

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:17:01 GMT

Working on full wave loop for 160 meters. Feeding it with 450 ohm ladder line and bringing that into the shack with a balun and connected to that is RG 213.

New QTH

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:37:22 GMT

We found a nice lot a few weeks ago so we bought it. The lot is 2,500sqm or just under 27,000 sq ft. The area is quite flat apart from to the north where Mount Banahaw sits in splendor about 14km away! You can get more info on my web page... www.du1gm...

First time on My Ham Shack

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:12:16 GMT

I could use help if I do something wrong. 73 Rick

HAMSHACK SWAP HOLIDAY!

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:01:35 GMT

What Is That? AmateurRadio is all over the World! MY HAM SHACK.COM it's a Big Family! The Schack Swap Holiday is the easy way to get some vacation including amateur radio. The idea it's very simple the exchange is a vacation alternative where you al...

Upcoming Activities

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:12:16 GMT

2009 is coming to an end and we will be starting a new year this week-end. We've got ARRL Kid's Day coming up Jan 3 and SPAR Winter Field Day coming up on Jan 30. This is my first blog entry for quite some time here. Since then, I've become even more ac...

QRP BB Contest with FT817, K1 and Goats

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:11:52 GMT

If you are a QRPer and an outdoors person, you will really enjoy this video. Talk about having a good time! Looks like a very fun time. Heres the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHgVYVkW25w

i ha ve been working alot,sorry.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:02:31 GMT

hi, victor kw4vl. i have been at work alot. i looked at your profile and hope to qsl on air with you, tnx john wa4ryd.

New Call

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:06:55 GMT

Hello Victor in virginia here, just changed my call.. now its KW4VL and i like it nice christmas present from the fcc.

YB5VB

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:49:49 GMT

Ham shack

There's a Ham in the Whitehouse!

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:38:42 GMT

White House Names Ham as New Cybersecurity Coordinator On Tuesday, December 22, President Barack Obama named Howard A. Schmidt, W7HAS, as the new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. According to the White House, Schmidt -- an ARRL member -- is one ...

Silent Key N4MDK

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:37:40 GMT

A long time friend Mike King, N4MDK, formerly of HRO Woodbridge, VA, sucomed to bone cancer and became a silent key yesterday evening. Mike had many talents one of his best known was billiards and for a short time he owned Gators In Woodbridge, Va. ...

HOA's got you down.... Try this!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:09:26 GMT

CQ100 Best 73 Jerry Colton N1TKO Boston, Massachusetts

Support [My Ham Shack]

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:27:01 GMT

I notice today after logging on that there were new ads from Google in the Ham Shack pages, Great! I want to fully support this free service and you should also. Before leaving Ham Shack click on at least 1 Google ad. This will add a little jingle to th...

Antenna battle

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:08:55 GMT

Hallo to all. Please think about this and give me your ideas. The new tower has a 13 foot roatateble mast 65mm steel pipe 6mm wall. I want to put up a 2 element 80m and 3 element 40m yagi combined on one boom. Secondly a cushcraft X7. A hygain 26B2 boom...

Is this a ham radio blog site or what?

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:37:17 GMT

Personally I have no desire to read about Tiger Woods on this site. Thousand's of other sites already publishing that waste of bandwidth crap. I really hope this site doesn't turn into just another site where anything gets posted, amateur radio related ...

Deleted.....

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:18:38 GMT

This was not Ham radio related. Jerry

Scott Robbins, W4PA, to Purchase Vibroplex

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:06:21 GMT

Scott Robbins, W4PA, of Knoxville, Tennessee, told the ARRL that he has signed an agreement to purchase The Vibroplex Company, Inc from present owner Felton "Mitch" Mitchell, W4OA, effective December 21, 2009. "Vibroplex represents the great tradition o...

Time Flies

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:14:55 GMT

I just noticed that my last, and first entry, was sometime April 2009. Quite a bit has happened. I have rediscovered the joy of operating on HF and it has been wonderful. Hearing those DX stations and CW brings me back to the time when I was hot and hea...

The Remodeling Project

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:17:47 GMT

It was bound to happen after moving into a new QTH. I setup a temporary operating position and that has been working okay. The remodeling of the basement started last weekend and continued this weekend with taking out a couple of poorly constructed room...

100 foot 2mtr ant.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:38:58 GMT

back in 1977, i was reading a qst mag. i was shocked to see that in the black and white pages of this skinny mag was a 100 ft 2mtr antenna.. i was in high school at the time in electronics class. since then i lost that qst publication. if anyone knows o...

Icom confirms IC-706 production has not ceased

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:38:35 GMT

This is a follow up from a previous blog: Contrary to Internet rumors, production of the popular IC 706 Mark 2 G has not ceased. The erroneous report of the radio's demise came in a Wireless Institute of Australia news report that said that the 706 was...

Intel has unveiled a prototype chip

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:55:57 GMT

Intel has unveiled a prototype chip that packs 48 separate processing cores on to a chunk of silicon the size of a postage stamp. The Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC), as it is known, contains 1.3 billion transistors, the tiny on-off switches that under...

Launch of New ARRL Web Site Delayed to "Get it Right"

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:04:16 GMT

After meeting with ARRL staff on February 23 -- two days before the new ARRL Web site was to launch -- ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, made the decision to delay the unveiling of the Web site until late March. "Work on the new ARRL Web...

Cuba Facilitates Equipments to Amateur Radio Operators

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:49:08 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 19 (acn) The Cuban Ministry of Informatics and Communications (MIC) will start providing ham radio operators with the components and parts for their equipments, from stock that had been left idle. Pedro Rodriguez, president of the Cuba...

HF AMPLIFIER INTERFACE CABLE WITH RELAY

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:17:37 GMT

Hi Fellows, Maybe anyone from "My hAm shAck.com" can solve this, during many years I've used a Interface Cable between my TS440 Kenwood and my Heathkit SB200 amplifier. Last weekend during CQ-WW-CW-2009 the relay fault. The circuits consists with a O...

The K7RA Solar Update

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:44:17 GMT

From ARRL News: This is a follow-up to last Wednesday’s pre-Thanksgiving bulletin. It was a little too early to provide the complete Thursday through Wednesday sunspot, solar flux and A index that normally appears in Friday’s bulletin, so we are includi...

My Station info:

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:07:37 GMT

Equipement: Kenwood TS-140S, Icom IC-730, Yaesu FT-747GX, Yaesu FT-2400, Kenwood TM-261, Yaesu FT-2500 Accesories: Tunner: AT-250 Automatic Antenna Tunner, AT-130 Antenna Tunner, Vectronics VC300DLP Antennas: Double Bazooka 80-40 meters, ...

Icom ceases production of IC706

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:00:59 GMT

News has filtered through from ICOM Japan that the very popular IC-706 Mark 2 G HF VHF UHF Transceiver has ceased production. The WIA reports that advice has also been received from ICOM premium dealer Navcom Electronics that there are only 14 units c...

It is coming along

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:59:02 GMT

Hallo to all finally the new shack is in use. Still lot of work to be done. Hope this all will lead to more DX. Thanks

A Wireless Dilemma: when ham radio transmissions interfere with the wireless equipment.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:22:57 GMT

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU It's a wireless world! It seems like every day another electronic gizmo joins the radio-controlled ranks of gizmos. That's fine -- unless you are a ham trying to transceive in a wireless world. Wireless equipment transmissions h...

About Me.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:34 GMT

Two years after my father was licenced as a Ham Radio Operator, I followed suit and was originally licenced as KA9JFJ in September 1980 at the age of 16. Over the course of the next few years, I upgraded my licence to the General, then Advance, and fin...

This Week in History

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:22:17 GMT

Monday, 23 November, 2009 1867 Barbed wire patented by Joseph Gidden, USA. 1884 Evaporated milk patented by J.Mayenberg, St Louis, Missouri, USA. 1889 First Jukebox used, Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco, USA. 1902 Marconi sends faint signals acr...

Timewave ANC-4 Noise Cancelling Unit

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:55:21 GMT

I had my eye on this unit last year at our PARA Anniversary. Unfortunately I couldn't afford it then and I wondered if it would turn up at the bring and buy stall this year. Well it did so I grabbed it and took it home! I have bad interference from my ...

Troubleshooting Time

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:25:17 GMT

TX3A in the Chesterfield Islands has been an elusive target on 160M for several days now. Despite earnest attempts to make a contact I have met with no success. Last night the antenna suddenly developed a problem, the SWR would shoot up at high power. G...

Still no go on the updates.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:52 GMT

Still cannot edit my profile, really not sure what is happening.

TOP 10 Things you should know about Boston.... My QTH!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:04:58 GMT

1.The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Bo...

Kontera ads in "My Ham Shack Dot Com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:52 GMT

Is it something I downloaded to cause text to be hyper-link to some disjoined ad for words in text on my blogs and home page???? Or is this a attemp of the owner of My Ham Shack to offset cost of running a this web service? - Jim K5CXO

More Ham Radio antennas for the space station

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:27:32 GMT

The space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129), scheduled to launch today, November 16, will carry additional Amateur Radio antennas for the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts will install and deploy the antennas during the second spacewalk of STS-129...

The Rig Register.... Keep your Radios Safe!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:20:33 GMT

If your radio equipment was stolen could you remember its serial number? Have you recorded it somewhere safe? Would you like to notify people would might potentially purchase it? Have participating shops checking on repairs and 2nd hand purchases? Si...

This Day in Tech 11/16/1904

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:29:14 GMT

1904: British engineer John Ambrose Fleming invents and patents the thermionic valve, the first vacuum tube. With this advance, the age of modern wireless electronics is born. http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/11/1116fleming-thermionic-valve-va...

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:47:12 GMT

nothing to say

On this date in History

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:48 GMT

1777 The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States. 1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak. 1889 Brazil's monarchy was overthrown. 1...

On this date in History

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:48 GMT

On this date in History

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:47 GMT

Surfin': The Real Pirate Radio from WA1LOU

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:49:13 GMT

Pirate Radio, the movie, opens today, which according to The International Movie DataBase (IMDB), is a period comedy very loosely based on Radio Caroline, a popular pirate radio ship with a similar history and style that operated illegally in the North ...

DZKIT

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:45:43 GMT

Over the years, one by one, all the great electronic kit manufacturers have disappeared - Eico, Knight, Dynaco, Heath. Perhaps the most devastating for the home electronics enthusiast was the loss of Heathkit®, a mainstay from 1947 to the mid-1980's. H...

Iceland's radio hams get access to 70 MHz and 500 KHz

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:43:22 GMT

On February 19, Radio Amateurs in Iceland were granted temporary experimental access to the 70 MHz and 500 kHz bands. Licensees holding "N" and "G" class licences can apply to the Icelandic Post and Telecom Administration for a special permit for 70 MH...

Can't update the station information

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:53:08 GMT

Tried many times but will not allow me to update the station information. Emailed the webmaster but no reply. Now running an Icom 756PRO and it is a joy to use on RTTY, my favorite mode. Will update you some more, once I've had a chance to play. 73, M...

220 MHz

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:35 GMT

I am looking for people in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area to get interested in 1.25M (220 band). If anybody is interested please contact me at 228-860-2150 or n5vag@hotmail.com. This is a very exciting band with very unique features such as the best of...

aprs digipeater

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:26 GMT

I will have my aprs digipeater back up a running tomorrow.. I had high swr on the antenna.. finally fixed it. My digipeater is a foxdigi kit form. Mr. Doug (W5DUG) built it for me, along with 3 minitracker for my mobile units. My digipeater call is kc...

Events at the new club station (KF5CZR)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:25:09 GMT

I went to the new club station and made the first contact on hf (20meter)today. I enjoyed it very much.. only if we could get more members to do the same.. Grand Praire Amateur Radio Club will be having a special event station at the Wing over the Prair...

KB0NMQ active on Veterans Daoy 2009 as "W0V" from the USS South Dakota

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:47:59 GMT

Hello Radio frrinds! I will be on the air from the BB57 Memorial (USS South Dakota) on November 11 2009. The USS South dakota Memorial is located in Sioux Falls South Dakota. I hope for good weather & good band conditions. Mark

Big VHF Band Opening

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:12:26 GMT

We had a Huge VHF UHF band opening Sunday Nov 8th 2009 Worked many stations on 2M SSB and 432 SSB over 500+ miles.

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:41:20 GMT

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EI185RNLI for 185 years of Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:03:37 GMT

Hi guys. Just got back from Galway RNLI station where Galway VHF members group were activating an special callsign EI185RNLI to commemorate 185 years of the service Royal National Lifeboat Institute. We were active from 160 to 20 meters CW, SSB and d...

New radio in the shack

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:52:35 GMT

Traded the TS2000 for a mint 756PRO and love the radio. I'm more of a contester than a ragchewer, so I thought the 756PRO was more suited to my operating style. The receiver is so quiet, sometimes I think the antenna is not hooked up! Still playing an...

My new Kenwood TH-F6A

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:43:23 GMT

Got my tribander today its a Kenwood TH-F6A! Still tring to work it,theres alot of radio to play with in this little handheld.

more activity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:09:42 GMT

I'm originally from michigan and have a call sign KC8CAM. I was a technician class. I got a real good exchange rate as I have an advanced license here. so I went back to Hawaii on holiday/ I used to live there while in the U.S. Army and took the genera...

L4B Restored to Life !

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:45:07 GMT

Last weekend during the CQWW SSB contest, my L4B amplifier went up in smoke ! It suffered from the "arcing power switch" disease. Since these switches have long been out of production, I took the switch apart, cleaned up all of the residue from the e...

Illinois QSO Party this weekend

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:46:40 GMT

I hope you all can get on for the Illinois QSO Party this coming Sunday. 1700 UTC October 18 until 0100 UTC October 19, that's noon until 8:00 PM CDST. There will be many portable stations set up on county lines and multi-county corners and several mobi...

dxhams.net

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:36:47 GMT

I have tried many "free" web hosting sites including qsl.net and have always been frustrated by them either closing down suddenly, as in the case of qsl.nu, or having limitations on scripts etc. I decided to buy my own domain, dxhams.net, and...

IC756PRO3

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:31:17 GMT

The latest addition to the station is an IC756PRO3. It came with an FT736 as part of the package and I am quite pleased with both radios. The PRO3 has much the same performance as the PRO I already have, but it has a few more bells and whistles. The PRO...

In TX

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:18 GMT

Listen to 6m opening last nite on the mobile, but my antenna is on the not working phase. I have a ATAS 120 antenna which in known for not tuning as they get older. The 10m band was also booming here in TX, wanted to work both bands bad but have to get...

Lost My Little Buddy: Now My Shack Feels Empty!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:20:56 GMT

Unfortunately a few weeks ago, we had an unpredictable happening here in my Household and my Shack! My best Pal; (Cruz) my Yellow Lab in the Photos included on My Hamshack Site took ill one morning. It was a very hot week here in Ontario and he was h...

Hamfest

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:42:22 GMT

Just got back from Pineville, LA hamfest. Really had a good time and got to visit with some real nice folks.

W1AW

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:17:15 GMT

Just worked a voice contact on 17 meters 18.130mhz. It has been a few years since I worked W1AW and think the last time was when I was living in North Dak. Thank Frank the Station op for the call

Instead of the Twitter blog....

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:03:52 GMT

Thought about Twitter once upon the time, but this might be better idea to drop some radio related lines here. By the first - I did some calibration at my friend's MFJ259 antenna analyzer. It was fooling the impedance part of the measurement by the n...

North East Idaho Echolink Gatway

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:13:42 GMT

North Idaho Echolink Gateway Freq. 146.480 2 meters N7MNK-L Node # 478893

n7rhv

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:51:46 GMT

http://www.qsl.net/wx9j/eindex.html

hey N7RHV

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:40:23 GMT

http://w5yd.org.msstate.edu/new_site/files/Element3_Study_Guide.pdf

I1BEP Station

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:48:02 GMT

I like present my station

operating

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:42:14 GMT

I am very active on HF, 6M ssb and like to work 6M AM whenever I can find someone on. I am one of the charter members of the Haywood County Amateur Radio Club. This is a young club but a great group of guys and I enjoy the club very much. If you are ...

HAM-MAG is a free magazine for HAM operators

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:07:07 GMT

Hi All, They Published - Two of my Articles in the Oct 09 addition. Check it out. 73's - Bill - KA6KBC Subscribe - For Free and Receive a Free by Email: http://ham.france.free.fr/crbst_18.html *************************************...

The very first post here.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:02:25 GMT

Hi guys. Just posting my first blog message to see how does it work. Hope to meet you on the bands.

Glorioso - Anybody else out there fustrated?

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:01:40 GMT

Like many of us I need FT/G but I honestly have never been more fustrated trying to work a DXpedition like this. Firstly they seem mostly to operate RTTY on 20M, a little on 40M. The band openings to NA on 20M have been sparse, and RTTY is very ineffi...

PIXIE II QRP Audio Problems!

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:59:50 GMT

Hi Everybody! Recently I built a Pixie II QRP radio from HSC Electronics I couldn't solve audio problems. The audio sounds like a motor boat as it does nothing but buzz and NO Reception at all .I checked the supply voltage to the LM386 chip and i...

DX STATIONS

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:57:36 GMT

If any you DX station are stamp collectors and collect foreign currency let me know and I will be glad to exchange or if you collect coins just let me know.

Just Upgraded to General

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:26:49 GMT

Actually I just passed my upgrade to General (Sept 19). Still waiting for FCC to update my ULS License status. Planning on getting my Code as well as Extra upgrades done early next year. Wish me luck!

status at my shack

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:13:23 GMT

I'm letting the world roll along...I'll catch up to it later! - K5CXO

CQCQCQ PSK-31 and CW EU!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:17:06 GMT

I will be working PSK-31 and CW into EU for the next few weeks. If you need AL please feel free to email at callsign at MDXA dot ORG. going to try to finish up my Triple Play award also here soon, and let us not forget the BIG contests starting soon. Ge...

eQSL

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:55:27 GMT

Just upgraded my eQSL status to GOLD member. Thanks to the eQSL staff for running the special. Wish everyone used eQSL and LOTW. I still have a lot to learn but am working on it in between contacts and work.