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SUPER LOOP 80 ANTENNA

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:33:24 GMT

HAVE HAD THE SUPER LOOP 80 ANTENN UP FOR A WEEK NOW AND HAVE GOOD REPORTS SO FAR. JAPAN WAS MY FIRST CONTACT ON THIS ANTENNA LAST SUNDAY MORNING.

Special Event Stations

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:42:01 GMT

Yesterday I made a contact with a special event station manned by the radio club I belong to. It was commemorating Dudley's massacre it happened during the war of 1812. I felt kind of hoaky doing it but I'm an avid special event station chaser. I love l...

New PC and Digimodes Interface

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:11:48 GMT

I've assembled a new Mini ITX PC with Gigabyte GA-E350N mother board and bought a ZLP Electronics DigiMaster Pro 3 Data interface. It's a steep "learning curve" as they say, getting it all to work. I've got HRD and DM780 up and running but WSPR is provi...

Pixie 2 Question

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:52:43 GMT

I just built a Pixie 2. It seems to be receiving well, but I'm unsure about the transmission. I know it uses a Colpitts oscillator, running all the time, and the amp is keyed. I hooked it up to a Hamtenna in my car, and I can hear the continuous tone on...

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:05:18 GMT

Last week I had the opportunity to cruise the Rhine from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. I took along a RS Grundig (Eaton) digital shortwave set. First I set it up here and tried it against my normal station receiver. It was comparable so I finished the set up ...

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:02:39 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:57 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:43 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:30 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:30 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:14 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:02 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:54 GMT

Listening for North American AM Hams in Europe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:18 GMT

special event w4c

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:40:33 GMT

This Year The Western Amateur Radio Club participate in the relay for life,this is a event of the American Cancer Society. W4C HIS SPECIAL EVENT BE HELD ON APRIL 27 & 28 2013 RUNNING THE 10 TO 40 METERS BANDS. QSL INFO QSL MANAGER WP4DT LOCAL & USA...

829B/3E29B linear amp

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:52:40 GMT

I have a small linear I built for my hb transceiver. I use a 6146B or lately a 6293 in it. On my own I had been exploring for another tube. Reason being my DX60B also uses the same tube in its final and in poor conditions always comes up on the short si...

Linux and slow scan t v

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:20:22 GMT

Can anyone help me find a program that will run in ubuntu 12.04 that can either run EasyPal or run slow scan tv and interface with others running EasyPal in windows???

811A amp almost done

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:31:18 GMT

The Amp is all built and has been tested at low power using a quick B plus supply. (line voltage through thru doubler and filter which gives about 300 volts no load. )it appears to work and tune. I am waiting for its proper transformer to arrive. That i...

NEW QTH!

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:44:10 GMT

After a lengthy search, I have found my new QTH in beautiful Oceanside, CA! I am now in the process of moving in. I have quite a bit of work ahead of me to get resettled, and get my full QTH operational. The good news is that this looks to be a good rad...

ARC 5 successfully on AM

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:01:44 GMT

This morning using my Hbrew cathode modulator with a 45 tube installed I made a successful AM contact with Tim VE6PG. I was using the modulator on my ARC5 T18 transmitter which I repaired, moved to 80M and learned to cathode modulate. He said audio and ...

Thirsty for contacts? You need a Beverage!

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:24:30 GMT

I first heard about Beverage Antennas from my Dad, an P Eng who specialized in Radio design. A couple of years ago I decided to give it a try. I was in Lowes and bought two sections of Covered Binding wire. I think it was around $20. I joined the two a...

Good use for a dud antenna

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:28:44 GMT

I have a couple of dud antennas. Both tune perfect and at any reasonable QTH would work well. I have never had a QSO from either so I was going to remove them BUT, I had an idea. I keep a Field Strength meter in the shack and often look at it when testi...

PSK31

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:18:38 GMT

I've just rekindled my interest in data transmissions and am now fairly active using BPSK-31 and FLdigi with a Signalink USB. Good fun!

Launching antennas.(A simple solution to getting some antenna height)

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:04:55 GMT

I am too old to climb now and have a busted rib cage to boot so I would be a fool to try as one fall would be my last for sure. I needed to get an antenna up in a tree. A 132 foot half wave long wire. I had it threaded through an eyelet on a pole near t...

Twin 811A AMP

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:43:38 GMT

I have begun construction of a dual 811A HF linear. It is loosely based on the one in the ARRL SSB book from the 70s but I added the second tube and will probably not use a Pi output as I prefer the old style parallel cap and coil. Reason? No reason, so...

Further adventures in Cathode Modulation

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:02:38 GMT

>On a whim I experimented with a strictly electro mechanical form of cathode modulation. (no tubes or transistors.) I call it passive cathode modulation. Much to my surprise after sorting through a few values I got it to work. It worked first try but wa...

Moj blog KONTESTI

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:20:40 GMT

Kontesti

Cathode modulating

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:27:13 GMT

Over the past couple of years I have been very interested in vintage AM equipment, both commercial and homebrew. My basic AM rig is a DX60B and a HB10R receiver with a homebrew VFO for the DX60B. I must confess I am not in love with this set-up. The pe...

My new FT-990

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:31:17 GMT

Well the TS-940 is gone, traded for a Yaesu FT-990. As you probably can tell, I like to trade and try different radios! It's been in the shack about two weeks and have used it in the ARRL CW contest and the NAQP RTTY Sprint this past weekend. The radio ...

I-Pro Home tested now!

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:22:00 GMT

Hi friends of hf and good contacts on the air! I have now mounted and tested my new I-Pro Home antenna from Carl G4GTW ;Pro antennas with 38M of aircell7 coaxcable. It is fixed on a stainless steel mast(factured from my good friend Thomas, DL1TK) in a h...

DX Hunting !

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:30:05 GMT

Not much activity last months bce busy with renovation.Will be active lots 160 mtr cw from 21 february 2013 so hope QSO u. Do you want to visit Norway ?Welcome to work HAM Radio. 73 LA5FHA Svein ( KJ4WIJ )( ALSO 40/80 MTR CW )

Ham Shack In Kuwait

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:14:59 GMT

Well several years later, I have almost no Ham radio equipment due to loosing my great job and two tornadoes hitting my house two years in a row. Now the good news: I have a HF station set up in Kuwait where I am working as a contractor. My apartment ha...

School Roundup

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:46:37 GMT

The school roundup started yesterday and I'm encouraging eveeryone to get out there and work some school stations! I managed to contact 2 school stations yesterday plus a Cuba station on 15 meters. I use QRZ.com to check calls etc and one of the schools...

KC9SGV HF Remote station.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:36:17 GMT

My latest interest is my new HF Remote station using the www.remotehams.com RCForb software. This station is part of the Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net. Operate the station from this URL: http://beta.remotehams.com/orb.html?id=2520 Or download the FRE...

HF bands

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:46:11 GMT

Amateur radio: work 40mrts regular work 17mtrs most Saturday afternoon's work 80mtrs not often because of antenna work

In missing a forum part of ham shack!

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:59:32 GMT

Well, so i will write it down here.....i am always reading how much hams have looked up the station blogs and wondering that nobody leaves a comment. Is all this okay or does nobody have questions or is not understandable? That's the question for me onl...

A longer longwire antenna!

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:37:03 GMT

Hi friends of HF and friends of nice QSO's! Yesterday i did a great step in range of a better antenna. After all the trees in my garden plot are fallen, i have now the place to go a bit longer with my wire antenna putting it from 15.5M up to 20.5M. Inst...

I-PRO HOME 40-10M 400W Version!

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:00:02 GMT

Now installed with Aircell 7 and a stainless steel mast by DL1TK my good friend Thomas. First Qso's with great performance. To be continued...

Shack relocation

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:55:01 GMT

Spend Friday and Saturday moving the shack from the spare bedroom out to the rec room. My daughter is moving home in a month so had to give up the spare room. It gave me a chance to clean things up a little and pay attention to all the cabling. I am ver...

POCKET TRAVEL CW KEYER with PADDLE MFJ-403P (world of effortless CW)

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:00:58 GMT

Greetings fellow hams. a very good friend introduced me to the world of effortless CW.Very handy and so many features in so easy to follow functions. You can operate with your eyes closed. I really appreciate the plug-and-play operations. Specs are as ...

On the Grid Border

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:48:09 GMT

After starting my blog and account here I went to qrz.com. I checked my logbook etc. and decided to make sure I was using the right grid letters for my location. I made a startling discovery. My grid I have been using and the correct one is EN81GQ. Howe...

Brand New Here

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:24:55 GMT

I just thought I would start off my station blog by saying hello to everyone and telling a little bit about myself. Until this past September I held a General class license. I decided to upgrade to Extra class as sometimes the only activity I could find...

psk31

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:27:23 GMT

bueno estoy tratando con psk31 hasta ahora en muy divertido y muy buenos programas que hay 73

Ham Radio

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:24:15 GMT

I actually got into Ham Radio in 1963 and have been in it every since off and on.. It is a wonderful Hobby and it really is nice to be able to talk to the rest of the world on the cold or rainey days that I am not able to get out of the house.. I hav...

Plasma RFI!!

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:15:40 GMT

Well someone in my neighborhood must have purchased a Plasma TV over the holidays cuz for the last few days I have been bombarded with a S9+20 noise level on 160 and 80 meters. Most of the big box outlets were almost giving them away! Time to pull out ...

Latest changes to the shack

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:16:10 GMT

Well I see it has been over three years since my last post. My how time flies! The 756PRO is gone, now running a Kenwood TS940S. When I got it I was told it was a 9mil series radio so I thought most of the issues would have been resolved by Kenwood. Wel...

Introduction

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:53:20 GMT

I' just getting started setting up my Ham Shack. I am a 100% Disabled Vietnam Veteran, living on a fixed income. I'm new to the Hobby and am slowly trying to enter the world of Ham Radio. Being on a limited budget it'll be a long slow process. I wa...

W8JWA/WPC8JWA

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:42:28 GMT

Rig is an Alinco DXSR8T,Ant.Hygain AV18VS Vertical. New QRP rig LNR Precision FX2 40/30 Mtr.CW Trscvr.

Gift of Faith

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:28:56 GMT

Greetings to all who take time and read these few words. My name is Mark, I live in Vero Beach, Fl. with my wife Gloria, we have been married for 31 years and we have 2 great children, both of whom still live with us even though they are grown. Our so...

Mario Savio

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:53:10 GMT

“There comes a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part, you can’t even passively take part; and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon all the apparat...

sv8eiu

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:41:24 GMT

http://sv8eiu.blogspot.gr/

HF convertor arrived for the RTL-SDR "El Cheapo"

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:09:39 GMT

Last night the HF convertor arrived for the RTL-SDR devices. It can also be used for funcube. Will post some pictures later on after some testing. 73 Johan

Your localcommunity

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:18:16 GMT

Hi there it is william here I just wanted to inform all of you that i have been busy developing my businesses I now operate a new blog at http://yourlocalcommunity.webs.com And I have a news reel at ws7news you can visit at www.congoo.com/ws7 I ...

Rig runner

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:50:44 GMT

Finally had enough of the rat's nest power supply and ordered an 8 way Rig runner. Fitting the connectors should keep me busy for a while.

Twitter

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:48:23 GMT

I tweet from time to time, anyone else? @M0GNM

this site is junk

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:50:04 GMT

I hae been trying for 2 years to simply change my email address and it will not let me do it. I have tried to delete my acct and cannot and I have repeatedly tried to contact the owners to no avail. I will no longer post to this site or view it. Check m...

New Hf rig

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:55:59 GMT

I just bought the Alinco Dxsr8t Hf Radio. Everybody I talked to says it has outstanding transmit audio. Even better than my Yaseau Ft450. This is a great radio and priced reasonably. I give it a 10 out of a 10.

30m Digi modes

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:06:39 GMT

Yesterday was fun, was able to run some digi modes that are seldom used. It requires some skill to differentiate all the modes by the view on the waterfall and the sound of it. 73

Back in service

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:34:11 GMT

After a year of all kind of troubles we are back in the air. Also made a clean up off the shack, was needed HI.

Site Admins

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:10:46 GMT

I have sent numerous emails through the contact tab on this site and can not seem to get a response.. Is there some other way to a response? I am trying to get registered under my correct callsign "KY9J"

My Blog Is Hosted Off-Site

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:21:48 GMT

http://kr0sive.com

k3jel 2012 Equipment

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:30:19 GMT

Elecraft K3160 All Band Elecraft KPA3 100 Watt Amplifier Elecraft P3 Panadapter

Successfully Test of MP1 on 80M Band!

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:44:14 GMT

And again a Test of the MP1 on 80M with a telescopic Antenna in the Length of 5.15M. On the 80M Band you have to leave the 80Meter Coil out of Construction. The MP1 works great with that Configuration on 40M, 80M and also 160M, but then with the 80M Coi...

Another Test of my I-PRO Traveller Antenna!

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:38:48 GMT

Hi Everybody! In the last 10 Days i had great Possibility to test my I-PRO Traveller under hard Conditions. The QTH here is about 510m A.S.L. and in the Middle of 1500-2600m high Mountains. Very close to the italian and slovenian Borderline near Lake Os...

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Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:37:25 GMT

4M BAND FM CALLING CHANNEL 70.4500mhz

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:24:30 GMT

can any one tell me about this band? Thanks Richard

WARC Bands

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:39:51 GMT

I haven't done very much on the WARC bands, 10, 18 & 24MHz so I decided to make an antenna. A trapped dipole seemed the answer but the coax traps I made, although resonating properly, didn't seem to work very well. I then decided to make a fan type ...

NZ5N Web Site

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:52:51 GMT

My Ham Shack is a great site, many thanks to all who have made it possible. It is too bad I have not had the time for more blog entries. I do now have a web site, it is http://qsl.net/nz5n Please stop by there for photos of my activities on EME, sat...

Homebrew Tower is up

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:17:13 GMT

12 meter tower is up. Nothing hooked up yet! I expect to be using an inverted V with an auto tuner for 80-10 Meter operation.

Amp To Tranceiver

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:19:21 GMT

What is the proper way to connect a 80B Amp to FT 950 Tranceiver? and what and where can I get the right cabels to make the connection. Help, KJ4LNY

Tower

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:07:19 GMT

Final welding being done on 12 meter tower. Primer paint being applied today. Will be raising it soon.

Antennae System of DU1BR

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:31:41 GMT

Fellow hams I am inviting you to watch my Youtube account taladiin presentation on my antennae system.The title is DU1BR Antennae System can be found on Youtube taladiin.

Small Tower Going Up Soon

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:41:44 GMT

I've been back in DU land about two weeks now. I have updated some of my equipment and I'm having a small tower built on top of my second story house. Will be posting photos when this is finished.

10 meter AM

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:20:30 GMT

does any one know where and when 10 meter AM activity takes place??

G7JVG

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:04:51 GMT

New to this site and so far Im enjoying the reading. De Al

Deaf Ham

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:35:21 GMT

Recently lost my hearing and thought that was the end of my Ham radio days. Folks at Signal Link told my about PSK31 and I now have a station that doesnt need sound for QSOs. Just fininshed installing a ground rod for my end fed antenna. I am using an o...

2012 Prius install

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:03:50 GMT

Picked up my new company car the other day. I had a 2010 Prius and got a 2012 Prius. Pretty much the same car but with a few extra comfort features that aren't important here. Because this isn't my car, it is a fleet lease, I can't drill any holes in m...

License Class

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:50:13 GMT

Since they dropped morse code from the testing its a lot easier to get an Extra class license now especially if you are a good test taker. Some might be inclined to think that somehow that makes them smarter or better. Well that just isn't true at all....

License status change

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:54:45 GMT

As of 7/18/2012 I have a general license.

Commercial Equipment

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:21:28 GMT

Ham Radio is just one of my hobbies. I talk on and monitor UHF and VHF repeaters. I have recently acquired an interest in the older commercial equipment. I like to program them to use on ham radio frequencies. I appreciate the quality.

Band openings on 10 are bleak:

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:56:27 GMT

Not much in the way of band openings on 10. A couple of times a day I hear stations 6 to 700 miles from my qth in Washington State and Arizona. Must be sparodic E skip. I picked up a 10 meter monoband mobile radio, the HTX-10. It's a nice radio but it h...

Some pix

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:04:35 GMT

Just uploaded some pix of my station - very minimal, but does the job.

More WSPRing

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:03:05 GMT

Tried 20m again this am and had reception reports from VK3GMZ and VK7BO

More building

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:40:48 GMT

I had a IC-7000 HF mobile rig that I was running in the shack for a while. Never really grew a fondness to the radio. I traded it in for a Yaesu FT-897 and imiaditly fell in love with it. Several days later I put a 40 Meter Inverted L wire antenna and s...

WSPR

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:36:42 GMT

I started running 5W WSPR on 20m this am at 05:30 UTC (06:30)local and I've had reception reports from K5XL, KC9NBV and WA3DNM in N America and reports from DK, DL, DC, IZ and HB calls in Europe. I've heard most of them, but a few more N American calls ...

Mag Loop and WSPR

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:52:29 GMT

I'll be trying out the new loop on WSPR, 20m and 5W, for the next few evenings.

Mag Loop Antenna

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:01:45 GMT

Well, finally took the plunge and tried a mag loop with manual tuning, really impressed with the reduction in noise from the vertical. After a lot of "Googling" and eham reviews I bought an MJF 1788X loop and it's now installed in the garden. I made a f...

New Weather station site

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 04:53:17 GMT

I have now added a weather station. Many pages showing local weather and webcam Check it out HERE: http://www.g0hwc.com/weather Paul G0HWC

APRS over CB? Why not!

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:30:54 GMT

Hi there. Long time no see. Busy enough moving home, then travelling around, and some health issues as well but thats ok. Now a pile up of QSL cards waiting for reply so my sincere apologies for all of you guys. I'll post them up ASAP but it would requi...

MP1 Portabel Antenna!

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:25:16 GMT

Hello Everybody Outthere! I was the last two Weeks in 9A operating my MP1 Antenna factored by Super Antennas in the USA. It was mounted on a ironmade Balcony in about 4m over the Ground, round about 200M away from the croation Coastline. It was a trmen...

New Callsign AK4SR

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:59:06 GMT

Please note that I recently upgraded to Amateur Extra and am now AK4SR. I guess this means I need to dedicate a little more time to my ham shack ;-)

Antenna

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:02:08 GMT

Working on a Six meter quad antenna made from copper tube.

CQ100

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:49:00 GMT

CONDITIONS PREVENT ME FROM POWER HF

Signal To Noise - KQ2RP

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:28:46 GMT

http://kq2rp.tumblr.com/

it is awesome to be on the air.

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:38:48 GMT

it is awesome to be on the air and radio active , you never know when a disaster could strike , are you realy ready to be radio active and on the air ?

My Add-on hobby aside from dxing while tower is down..CYCLING

Mon, 07 May 2012 04:28:53 GMT

CQ...CQ...CQ... Calling on the stations of DU1BA and DU3FSK !!! I am preparing for a TOUR OF LUZON with you guys. Hi there Dennis DU3SE, congratulations for the new call, you are very much welcome to join us. Hope to see you soon OMs. 73 M A B U H A Y !...

Enjoying The Summer Season in the Philippines

Wed, 02 May 2012 04:06:29 GMT

Hello there fellow hams!!! Temperature is soaring high here in the central part of Luzon, Philippines...nearly 37 degrees celsius. Hope everybody's enjoying dxing. Thank you very much for the ECHOLINK...a better way of communicating wherever there's int...

20m band opening

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:57:24 GMT

I'm inviting all hams to join me in a regular qso on 20m every night starting 9:oo oclock in the evening Manila standard time. We work on 14.277 mhz. See you 73 Mabuhay de DU1BR

I won a prize from the great folks at Hamcity

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:09:15 GMT

Well, I finally won something after many years that I could not win anything. Hamcity did a facebook contest and I got lucky and I won a Baofeng UV3R+ radio.... So, my thanks to them and soon the radio will be here... 73 miguel-ad4y

OPEK HVT600

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:40:20 GMT

Is the OPEK HVT600 a dummy load? This Saturday 2012-4-28 I'll be heading up to the northern ranges of my island to go portable and find out! Hope to make some more new friends!

KJ6VJV Just Getting Started

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:05:54 GMT

Well playing it slow and cool setting p my shack. Will keep it simple until I come back from ECCOM West Reno, Nevada. I know I have some projects left to get on air. I need to set up antenna, ground rods, and establish a ground plate inside and out of...

Antenna upgrades and maintainance

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:22:31 GMT

MABUHAY !!! Hello there my fellow hams...u won't be hearing me joining net calls and amateur activities for a while. i am having an antenna upgrades and maintainance. Am planning to make a stronger and higher set up for better communication...HEIGHT IS ...

W4C Special Event

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:44:08 GMT

I will be doing W4C SES on April 28 2012. Certifcate will be issued and I am requesting ASAE to the address of my call N4RTQ.

Thunderstorm and Strong Gusts

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:35:48 GMT

31 Mar 2012 in the dry season in northern Thailand. A thunderstorm hit with heavy rain (19 mm in about half and hour) and strong winds gusting to an estimated 45-55 km/hr (Beaufort scale visual estimate). When I heard the winds gusting, I grabbed the c...

"ANTENNA"

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:49:34 GMT

TO ALL MY FELLOW HAM'S JUST STICK ON OUR AMATEUR RULE - " IF YOUR SWR READING GETS BETTER READING AT HIGHER FREQUENCY, THEN LENGTHEN THE ANTENNA ENDS. IF THE SWR GETS BETTER AT A LOWER FREQUENCY, SHORTEN THE ANTENNA ENDS."

Baofeng UV-5R

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:14:54 GMT

I had $65 that I wasnt using so I got a Baofeng UV-5R from import communications.us. Not a bad little radio. The menu setup is a little odd when compared to Icom or Yaesu but not too hard to figure out. The manual was written by someone who may have onc...

Slow Winter for radio

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:08:10 GMT

During this winter I experienced some noise in the shack which caused me to slow down on the radio quite a bit. The reason for the noise was never found by me so i limited my time in the shack to a cpl hours a week. I told myself that come spring i woul...

ELK

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:45:22 GMT

Well the Elk log periodic finally arrived. Went out into the garden this afternoon to catch the 13:34 pass of AO27. It all started well with me receiving data packets from the sat then it all went dead. I turned the antenna this way and that with no res...

RDXC 2012 .....

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:05:15 GMT

Well despite pretty poor conditions I almost equaled my 2011 score. However 177 contacts, 37 DXCC, gave me a final score of 114,016 so I'll have to wait and see where that put's me in the grand scheme of things!

New Antenna

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:23:19 GMT

Well the i have finally done it..I have ordered a nice new Elk satellite antenna from AMSAT uk. I had all good intentions of buildind an antenna but after coming in to a small amount of cash i just had to have an Elk. This week has been spent programm...

Wish they would join .......

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:03:39 GMT

Was listening around 80m last night and it was sickening to hear the deliberate QRM blasted out on 3796, so unnecessary! Wish they would read the DX Code of Conduct!

Today is the day!!!!

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:48:38 GMT

Just got my call letters today!!! Will be getting on the air shortly.

Callington Hamfest

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:55:50 GMT

Looking forward to the Callington hamfest on the 25th March. Only 10 miles down the road, so no travelling for ages to get there, and i know exactly where it is so no sat nav needed. woo hoo. At the last rally that i attended i purchased a new 2m quarte...

First Blogg entry

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:43:28 GMT

I have recently returned to amateur radio after a long break. I purchased a yaesu ft817nd about six months ago and run this through an outbacker vertical antenna. I am finding that this is less than ideal and i am at present researching other antennas, ...

Update

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:07:32 GMT

Almost two years without an entry on this blog. Quite a lot of things have transpired. In my world of ham radio, it has been pretty much filled with all the expectations I have about the hobby. Friends abound and the learning never stops. New people bri...

My first entry for try

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:40:51 GMT

Test

ARRL SSB International DX Contest this weekend!

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:28:09 GMT

I'm finally getting a little radio time again...been working non-stop for the last several weeks. I'm enjoying a little of the ARRL SSB International DX Contest this weekend. It's a great way to pick up a few new countries, make a bunch of contacts, and...

KC9SGV-5 PSKMail Server

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:30:25 GMT

I just started a PSKMail Server on HF from my Ham shack. You can download the free PSKMail email client software for Windows or Linux and then send email to and from your REGULAR email account via PSKMail on HF. The sound card software is completely op...

LOTW!

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:30:22 GMT

Hello Everybody! Since the last two Months i update my LOTW and HAMLOG.EU and also HAMQTH every two Weeks latest. Best 73's de KLAUS, DG1SGW

My License

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:05:33 GMT

Well the studying begins....it only took ooooooooooh 15 years to get the motivation to start studying for my upgrade....so it begins. My quest to get the General license. Wish me luck!

2 more new free Emergency Prep Lessons

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:55:52 GMT

Two more new lessons in the 12 part Emergency Preparedness series are now available in time for the hot/dry season in Thailand. EP-9 Lightning EP-10 Wildfires These lessons join the previously released lessons EP-1 Preparing for Emergencies EP...

General Class License

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:46:27 GMT

It's official ... February 12th 2012 ... finally took the plunge and received my CSCE for my General Class License. Celebrated alone with meatball sandwich in one hand and french fries in the other. Seven (7) years to get to this point. Dayton will now ...

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 temporary QTH is Subic Bay. I expect to be operating for many months in 2012 and 2013.

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 9PM GMT 20M 14.235 8AM-9AM 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

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 n...

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. Recently I have added a duplicate vertical, connected to the original vertical and it is horizontally polarised forming a L shape arrangement. My best contact was 3800KM in Russia in PSK-31 Details to fol...

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 2012

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:57:21 GMT

Well hope to be at dayton hamfest 2012 this year. Hopefully I will have funding for the trip or if anybody from the south florida area that does not mind for me to tag alone and that I can chip in for the gas a bit then contact me. 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

Elecraft K3160 All Band Elecraft KPA3 100 Watt Amplifier Elecraft P3 Panadapter

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

Elecraft K3160 All Band Elecraft KPA3 100 Watt Amplifier Elecraft P3 Panadapter

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 'homeconst...

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...

B

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.

Beam up!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:48:17 GMT

After a lot of work and sweat the TA-33A is up. Thanks K5CQT, KJ4JGW and KJ4LDH for all the help. Few pictures uploaded of what she looks like in the air. We got it up and then came inside to see how it worked. Tuned 14.283 and called CQ. Two calls and...

Excellent day for the hobby!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:49:23 GMT

Today was really good. During my visit to the post office to collect mail I found that the 1500 DXCC Challenge medal had arrived! Exciting! Then, when I got home I did some chores and only then did I check the cluster and searched for FT5GA. Yup, they...

DX far contacts

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:22:21 GMT

This my best DX 5 watt QRP VP8LP Falkland island 10m band SSB G5RV FT-817ND TA3J Turky 10m band SSB G5RV FT-817ND K8CW USA 10m band SSB G5RV FT-817ND K3PIN USA 10m band SSB G5RV FT-817ND K...

Member of Clubs

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:23:47 GMT

Feldhell club FH # 490 Info: http://www.feldhellclub.org European PSK Club EPC # 502 info: http://eu.srars.org Digital Modes Club DMC # 1105 http://www.digital-modes-club.org/ Diplom Interest Group Nr:4211, http://dig.dl3no.de/index.php D...

6 Meters

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:15:34 GMT

I am interested in getting involved in 6 meters. I would like information about different 6 meter radios. What is a good 6 meter antenna to use?

Old Qsl Cards ?

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:47:01 GMT

Hi All, I posted a few of my Old Qsl Cards: http://billbrwn.tripod.com/id32.html One that I think is really neat (received in the 80's) is from W6QCS. It was printed on the USS NorthHampton in the 40's. Even has a 1 cent Stamp. Wow - ...

I Love Radio!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:40:16 GMT

I've loved radio since I was a youngster. I am always learning something new. Recently, I got bit by the QRP bug by the influence of a good friend who does QRP a lot. We went out to a local park and had many fun hours on the air in beautiful weather. I...

I Love Radio!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:40:15 GMT

Station updates

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:16:51 GMT

The A3S continues to work quite well despite the low height. Have worked quite a few JA's on 20m and making some contacts on 2m SSB around 2100 local time. Have borrowed a nice little Ameritron AL84 amplifier for help when needed. Will do over 400 watts...

Packet Station

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:58:54 GMT

Have the TNC's all checked out and two connected to radios. Just have to decide what to do for antennas for packet beyond the one in the attic. Perhaps one of the old Ringo Rangers in the junk box/room. More coax to pull into the conduit.

HAM-MAG the free "E-magazine" for HAM Radio ?

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:37:45 GMT

Hi All, Check this out - Very Nice Free Ham Radio Magazine. Totally Free - To Sign up and Receive. You can even look at past issues without siging up. 73's - Bill - KA6KBC ---------------------------------------------------- Welcome ...

Have you realize How Much Money you spend in All your Shack? Do you Really use what you have buy?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:54:26 GMT

Many Hams, including myself sometimes spend money on superflous equipments or parts. We Know that Nowadays are all over the World Many NEW Manufactures, of course they must "survive" as commercial . But what I want to say is that Many ...

HPM 140 Event

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:09:08 GMT

This was and is a great idea, hats off to the ARRL. Great way to get to meet the people that make ham radio so much fun and a wonderful hobby. I started working stations and got totally engrossed in having the privilege of meeting many ARRL members and...

52nd Jamboree-on-the-Air ~ OCTOBER 17–18, 2009

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:20:37 GMT

-------------------------------------------- Hi All, This is Lots of fun. 73's - Bill - KA6KBC Eagle Scout - Troop 512 - Fontana, Ca '79 -------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 17–18, 2009 What Is Jambore-on-the-Air The ...

Station Construction

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:17:17 GMT

I've finally completed the physical construction of the new shack. Now it's time to get equipment installed like I want. I also finished two mods to the SB-200: a soft-start and low voltage keying circuit. The amp is working as desired now. Also have t...

Now is more easy to Get the DXCC! what will be the Future for DX?

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:01:11 GMT

That's true and nobody can change. With DX Cluster on real spotting, actually many NEW Hams didn't listning they start looking on the Cluster what they need to DXCC, just switch on the Amplifier , point the Yagi on the correct direction ... and here the...

My Homebrew Project...

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:03:42 GMT

My homebrew project now is a variable capacitors for a monster transmatch,I homebrew this varaiable capacitor from scrap aluminum I have here.,I'll publsh some picture here.oh by the way this homebrew transmatch can hold kilowatt loading. 73s de Erne...

RAC what a rip off !!!!!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:40:18 GMT

This is basically direted at my fellow Canadian hams. I'm urging any Canadian ham who is thinking of joining or renewing their membership to RAC DON'T !!!I've been a member of RAC off and on for the last 18 years,I had one small issue that I needed hel...

video on you tube

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:26:00 GMT

just to let you all know I am doing videos on you tube reguarding the world of ham radio please check them out go to you tube and type ki4kon in the search box

New Shack

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:20:48 GMT

Its time for some change. I am busy with my new shack. I will post some pics as we go along.

Tokyo Ham Fair 2009

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:56:48 GMT

It was fun to be at the Tokyo Ham Fair 2009. Japanese hospitality is the best. I thank my ham friends in Japan for their very warm and gracious reception. Among my favorites at the Tokyo Ham Fair were the following: Alinco DGJ7 portable which is cap...

TP and weekly update

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:14:48 GMT

Been catching up on the ARRL Triple Play Award and getting closer, vy TU to KL7CQ fer the QSOs to fill in Alaska. Also vy TU to K3UK Andy, fer the SKED pages. A great bunch of hams are almost always there willing to help you get closer to finishing up a...

New Rotor

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:05:58 GMT

Just ordered a new Ham IV rotor and hope to get it on tower pretty soon.

Homebrew Tak-Antenna ?

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:50:43 GMT

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone else has built up a Homebrew version of the Tak-Antenna. It works and was a good experiment - Just wondering what others have seen. It is a flawed Antenna in that most of the performance is based on feedline radiati...

New Shack Construction

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:12:51 GMT

Still putting the finishing touches on the operating space. Currently assemblying a keyboard/mouse pull out tray for under the primary operating position. Finished a master power switch arrangement this week and reconfigured radio and antenna switching ...

Packed for Club Day Saturday, Ohio QSO Party and Drake Special Event Station.

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:24:54 GMT

Aug 22, 1400Z-2100Z, Miamisburg, OH. R.L. Drake Amateur Radio Club, W8CYE. Celebrating 66 years of R.L. Drake communications excellence. 28.360 18.100 14.260 7.260. Certificate. Drake ARC, c/o Gary Hardwick, 498 Lake Front Dr, Lebanon, OH 4503...

Build your own – Ham Radio Web Page - Free

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:07:49 GMT

Posted at: http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=214406 Suppport the Site - Post a comment Neat Free Ham Pages http://www.myhamshack.com/ My Ham Shack is a place where you get a personal web page for you and your shack. Your friends,...

Got a new Collins KWM-2

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:30:04 GMT

I recently acquired a KWM-2 in excellent condition. After only a little extra cleaning and polishing, it looks good as new. What I'm still amazed at is the stability compared to my HW-101. I love the HW-101, and it doesn't drift after the standard wa...

CW CW CW

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:15:40 GMT

Having a total blast with learning and working CW now. The time it takes to learn the code is totally worth the fun this mode becomes once you start working. I can't believe the DXs I have worked and not from the clusters but spinning the VFO hearing a ...

Hamfest and free fleas is it worth going?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:36:37 GMT

Well, I have been going to several hamfest's many which they started big and little by little went down then some free fleas started good and did not last. Maybe its because it was more computer than ham or that it was just mainly junk that nobody wa...

Well Hello There !

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:07:17 GMT

Not a bad day for me just a bit tired from our trip from Charleston S.C. Beautiful place ! My wife Mary Jo "KF4VGW" and I visit there every year . We love the place it's "Southern Style Hospitality " at it's finest. We have found an...

NAQP August 2009

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:03:40 GMT

Was able to get on and work a few for the August NAQP. Band conditions were a little weak to say the least. Heard some booming stations, and had to wonder if they were adhering to the 100w max rule. I somehow doubt it. Made about 23 contacts in the ...

Homebrew 20 meter Vertical

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:13:57 GMT

I have had many asking me what antenna I am using. Well, he it is... Needed Items: 5 - lengths of copper stranded wire cut to the 20 meter band ( I used 14.070 ) It comes out to be 17.88 feet long. 1 - 14" x 14" plate sheet aluminum (1/32 " thick) or t...

IC706MK2G

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:57:05 GMT

I got a used 706MK2G a couple of days ago and it works beautifully. Actually I had one some years ago and sold it so I'm fairly used to using one. Even so I had to refer to the manual a few times! Hopefully I can get it installed in the car and operate...

PSK

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:36:07 GMT

I am just now getting around to digital modes. Appreciate tips and clues to be a proper participant in the digitial world. Running a Yaesu FT-450 with a G5RV dipole at 35' tied to a SignalLink USB and my XP desktop.

New DX

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:34:35 GMT

Bottom of the solar cycle? Not with all the activity going on. There is DX to be worked! For August, 2009 in my log are FJ/VE3EY, Saint Barthelemy on 20M CW for an "All-time new one", plus OH0/OH2DXF 40M SSB, 7P8YI 17M CW and 7P8MM on 20M CW.

Emergency Coordinator

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:32:22 GMT

I was appointed Emergency Coordinator last week for Catahoula Parish.

MDXA net and WX

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:16:40 GMT

Well my first night as an MDXA member, on the 2M net here and got to report a few DX and new cards. I really enjoyed the DX reports, should help a lot with looking for what is out there, when spinning that VFO. . WX: Well to say the least stinks, to say...

well nothing really new

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:28:03 GMT

I added a verticle a 31' homebrew 80-10 was told it was for. but it is a loaner and to learn how to make my own like it or better I figured no better way to go then fix this 1 clean it up and make it usefull for the owner again and sametime measure and ...

no entry

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:43:44 GMT

MDXA member and new keyer!

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:55:28 GMT

Well I got Jim Leist old key. It is now hooked up and working. Feels good in my torn up hands, and not very many things feel this good in them these days. I made a few contacts WAE contest to see how it works with the IC-718. Good speed and much cleaner...

Perseid Meteors

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:30:02 GMT

August 12th is the date of the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. As I write this I can hear, courtesy of an audio stream in the USA at http://wowzaweb.streamguys.com/~spaceweather/ many pings from incoming Perseid meteors. Some of them are very swift ...

HF fun and report.

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:20:41 GMT

Sure did miss HF, and CW a ton. Never would have believed that I really missed hearing that song. Been back up a few days now and contacts are scrolling down the log again. Thanks everyone for the QSOs. I am now working with a "real" keyer. I can't th...

well hello

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:14:41 GMT

Well hello there stranger, been a while. Have been doing a lot of work with Boat-anchor gear the last few months. Getting away from the plug-and-play radio station, and having a blast. Even gave away most of my modern gear. When I was first licensed ba...

YC156/3CPX5000A7

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:49:43 GMT

I have my capacitor bank rounded up for the high voltage supply. The important parts like the transformer and the vacuum variables are next. I would really like to find a 240 volt 40 amp or so variac, so i can adjust the supply voltage for better contro...

Tower in the air!

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:21:05 GMT

Well after what seemed like forever the tower stands up tall and beautiful. Buckmaster OCF wire dipole at 38' and the tower is leveled and strong. I need to thank the work crew, KJ4JGW the XYL, KJ4LDH the oldest daughter, Dakota my son, and Darby my you...

AT-130

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:52:35 GMT

I found my old AT-130 today at the old QTH and brought it back here for testing. It was a bit grimy from having been in the open air (polluted) so I thought that was a good sign that I had taken it out of service while it was still working! The coax and...

UHF Link Radio for Echolink

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:02:49 GMT

Hi Everyone. I'm currently building my RF UHF link for echolink communication. I already got my Yaesu FT-7200 and UHF Ringo Ranger antenna donated by N6GMS (many thanks to Glenn Sison N6GMS). I'm on the stage of pinning the radio to my homebrew link bo...

ICOM AH-4 Auto Tuner

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:30:44 GMT

I have an old AH-4 Auto tuner which I used to use fitted at the base of a 21ft vertical wire. It worked ok until one day there was a close lightning strike within about 500m. After that it didn't work at all! I thought it was scrap but kept it for the p...

Hope to wrk you from W9ZT/VE3!

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:27:26 GMT

I will be arriving at Eva Lake near Atikokan, Ontario, Friday evening. Hopefully will be QRV by Sunday evening with the Icom 7000 and a dual band dipole. Going to see how high I can get it up into those jack pines! I will be there for 2 weeks! Mostl...

Morse Code on a nickel

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:53:06 GMT

Today on my Hallicrafters group email one of the member ask if there was ever a coin from any country that had morse code on it. This answer was yes, a Canadain coin. This unique Victory 5 cent piece Canada coin is that all around the end of the inside ...

KI4ZWM

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:21:06 GMT

My place to play radio and sometime sleep and eat occasionally. This has been called the radio room ham shack junk room computer room. And last PAW'S ROOM. anyway one needs a place to unwind and this is mine. If you have got this far you know I love dr...

Testing

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:19:51 GMT

Does it work?

Well it is close now.

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:05:02 GMT

The tower is all redone, new galvanize, then sanded and epoxy painted. The Cement is cured and we should push it up into the air and have more pictures next week. I can't wait to have HF back. 73s

Welcome

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:03:09 GMT

This is the station I now operate in Lynnwood, WA. True - I have more radios and capabilities than most EOCs but I have made this into a station that has redundant back-ups for all the most commonly used modes for EMCOMM. The antennas for my station ...

Round 2 meter gear

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:39:00 GMT

I was searching through some old stuff and found all my HT gear. I just hope it all still works.

New QTH

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:40:51 GMT

Next week will see the sale of my UK house complete and we will start to seek out a new QTH here in DU. At the moment Mayet (DV1JAZ) and I live in a small rented apartment which is almost totally unsuitable for ham radio. We will move out of the terribl...

Sunday July, 19

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:38:04 GMT

Had Dereck and Ricky over to get rotor going and put up R-6000 vertical. We got the vertical going but still have some problems with the rotor. These are some really great guys to work with and I have made good friends with them. I also worked into Spai...

A good logging program

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:41:10 GMT

I have no idea what my intention was here. Must be old age!!!

Don't seem to have the time to keep this updated

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:51 GMT

Don't seem to have the time to keep this updated but I also don't seem to be getting much done either. Well I have had a go at building an antenna analyser but it doesn't want to go yet so that's another thing to look at. I have got a bunch of boards an...

its compleated

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:46:51 GMT

everythink is in except the flooring and it was fun now i have a place to myself to gather my thoughts and projects i have done the wireing myself i used 2/2/2/8 alumim for the feed from main at pole to the shack its all so both the home and shack has t...

First Blog!

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:15:05 GMT

I was told about this site by a friend of mine so I decided to register and start blogging etc! At the moment I am in a temporary qth so activities are limited. In the first quarter of next year we plan to move out of Manila and hopefully I can become m...

Getting more active on the air

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:32:37 GMT

Well hey hey Well I haven't been to this site in some time, and haven't posted anything. Soooo hey I figure with propagation the way it is maybe I can make some contacts here and in turn make contact on the air with people from this site. Anyways......

Antenna Mounted, Hidden Room. Shorten Feedline, Go Digital!

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:23 GMT

I got my antenna mounted in the attic on the second, just as was planned. (Amazing isn't it?) Turns out the plans I'd printed out were for a Collinear J-Pole, not just a J-Pole. The difference? The collinear is 2x taller, and it only just barely fit in...

Weekly update

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:38:08 GMT

It has been a good week on 6 meters, worked several new grids. Researching equipment needed to allow more compter control of my station from my bed operating position. Found a fellow ham who has a computer control board which costs 400.00 and will...

CW and my Grandson Part II

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:35:39 GMT

Back in June my Grandson Robert was down for his summer visit. He has always play around with my station. This year he asked about the CW keys next to the 756pro. I figure I would take a little time and see if I could spark a little interest with him le...

How I Almost Became A Silent Key

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:27:04 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://asmyworldturnsblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/where-oh-where-i-have-been.html on the matter..... +++++++++++++++++++++ As I write this, I am amongst the offline world, but not because I forgot to pa...

Long Time No Post

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:19:39 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-post.html on the matter..... ++++++++++++++++++++++ Hello Ham World!! Boy, I am AMAZED at how Hams have embraced blogging as a way to communicate thoughts,...

Dead EchoLink Conference Servers

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:14:35 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/09/dead-echolink-conference-servers.html on the matter..... ++++++++++++++++ I know this issue has been brought up before, but I wanna bring it up yet again be...

The Importance & Value Of A PREAMP

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:10:21 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/10/importance-value-of-preamp.html on the matter..... ++++++++++++++++++++ Boy did I quickly discover the importance & value of the preamp feature of my ICOM IC-706 MK...

Hard Times & Ham Radio

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:00:03 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/10/hard-times-ham-radio.html on the matter..... ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following post is taken from excerpts from a USENET newsgroup post by Jim Miccolis, N2EY t...

The Top 10 VOIP Commandments

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:54:47 GMT

The following is a REPOST from my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/11/echo-producer-10-voip-commandments.html on the matter..... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ....From the IMPECCABLE mind of Paul Van Der Weegen, VK2EX comes this lil...

Horrible Language, Topics & Overall Behavior On HF

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:32:29 GMT

The following is a REPOST of my original post @ http://kb0oxd.blogspot.com/2008/11/horrible-language-topics-overall.html on the matter. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The observations of one Dan Hensley, KC9NCF. Sad to see there...

wish us well on Sundays tower project

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:04:52 GMT

We will be at ab5ys qth Sunday morning changing out a rotor and an antenna. Hope all goes well for us .We will be getting started early to beat the heat. 73's for now n5eon

520S glich

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:26:13 GMT

Have a slight problem with my TS520S will rx on 80m but will not tune up there, all other bands are fine checked drive coil for 80m and adjustment from one end of the coil to the other does not show any difference. I have a feeling that it may be a high...

New QSL!!!

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:15:02 GMT

I got my Qsl card from the spacestation today hurray!!

new webspace trials

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:30:59 GMT

I decided to try my luck using this web service to highlight some of my ham radio experiences. not many to talk about yet but will try to make something interesting. Currently I am looking to build a 2m yagi and a better wire loop setup then I have n...

IARU HF World Championships

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:46:32 GMT

Well here is the BIG one of the summer, The IARU HF World Championships! K5DXG, will be on air and ditty bopin that CW dance. Darryl (K5CQT) and Myself (K4GSG) will man the station and try to get the club call DXCC worked, or very close. Contest rule...

Back up in the air!

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:09:41 GMT

Just got the tower sections finnished, and they will be in the yard today. Now to coat them with the OD green epoxy paint and put them together. Then it is up in the air and back on the air. So the HF withdrawls will stop soon ... hihi. WX: We got .2...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:15:14 GMT

Getting on MyHamshack network site

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:14:40 GMT

Browsing the internet for no definite reasons, just passing the time took me to a call which seemed familiar AD5MD, following the link took me to Myhamshack site and it was Ernie my long time friend on the ham community. Ernie is also DU1COO and we wer...

sack update 2

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:00 GMT

well i took 5 days off to compleat the shack, well i have to say it was great,so far this was compleated insulation is r13, sheetrocking was 5/8 4x8 sheets,countertop,cat 5, rg6 for cabil tv,paint is compleated the electrical will be in by the end of ju...

The IARU HF Championship Contest July 11 and 12th 2009

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:25:51 GMT

Well, the IARU HF Championship Contest is comming this weekend July 11 and 12th, 2009. Hopefully band conditions will cooperate and it will be a great contest. Hope to chat with you in the contest. 73 Miguel, AC4MO

yc156

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:41:34 GMT

Started on the yc156 amp project ...was working on a gs35b project but changed my mind lol!

FIRST ENTRY

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:28:38 GMT

Hi All from Bangor, Maine to Mesquite, TX. Just started this Blog. Am 66 years old with a wonderful wife, Jane, and 2 great kitty's Bonnie and Tawney. Bonnie belonged to my son Michael until he ran off the the USCG and left her here. Now he can not affo...

Happy Independence Day!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:49:09 GMT

Thank you everyone that fights for basic human rights every where. WX: Well the rain is still finding a way to miss us here in Grand Bay, AL. We should see have a HOT day ahead 97F/36C, with the heat index climbing to 109F/43C. They are calling for a...

Driving and Thunder

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:34:42 GMT

Today I got my Learner's Permit in the state of VA! For those who know me, you may be thinking: "Wait- how is that possible? His ULS listing has a Maryland address!!" Well, I also have a VA address. No, literally- my brother's and I have a house in Fa...

Field Day (a little late)

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:46:11 GMT

I participated in Field Day with the local club, Amateur Radio association of Southwest Florida. We set up 5 stations plus a GOTA Station and a 6 meter station on Saturday morning. Start time found me sitting at the 6 meter station, which was totally de...

First Post

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:40 GMT

I've been a Technician-class amateur since August 9, 2008, but frankly haven't done much with it until the past two weeks. I started studying on HamTestOnline for my General-class license about two weeks ago, and have spent many an hour reading through ...

Field Day 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:20 GMT

Well, me and my buddy Jim, WB9OJE, packed up some gear, my IC-7000 and his TS-120S, took some wires and coax from one of my numerous junk boxes. Dusted off an old bencher out of another box. Jim couldn't find a mike for his 120 so I found an really ...

Field Day 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:52:23 GMT

I managed to get away from the new puppy Sunday morning to get down to the site of the club's Field Day activities. During the height of activity nine stations were setup. I looked up Jim KV2W's camper and join him and Tom running the 40 meter CW oper...

FD 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:08:40 GMT

Well what a time we had in 2009! First to thank the VIPs, Pascagoula and Gautier Schools, The Mississippi Press Register, WLOX, Jackson County Amateur Radio Association, Gautier Police Department, Jackson County EOC, MEMA, Jackson County Sheriff Offi...

Field Day 2009

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:29:08 GMT

Field Day 2009-come and gone way to quick this year, man was that the quickest 24 hrs or what? This was my second Field Day. With fond memories of 2008 at the controls of Howard's (WB5EKW) radios, along with others at a 6E WTX location, I had prepar...

Field Day report

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:18:49 GMT

Well Field Day was a total blast and I beleive a huge success. Thank you everyone that poured your hearts and lamda into the fun. We had the pascagoula STAR bus, TV coverage, newspapers, scouts, church youth show up and so much fun in the South Mississi...

my shack update

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:12:15 GMT

well my shack arrive on friday and so far its comming along great see pics in my site

Another great field day!!!!!

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:41:29 GMT

Well, it was another great field day for me and my daughter Chloe. She actually made some contacts this year and was asking about how to get her license!!! All of her contacts were on 20 meters however we started out on 10 but the conditions from ou...

Field day Press Release JCARA and K5DXG

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:02:44 GMT

When hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes cut off communication, knock out electric service and the paths to restore them quickly, amateur radio often is the only form of communication. In preparation for these disasters and other emergencies, the Ja...

Packed and Ready!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:27:57 GMT

The HF station is packed and ready. The Pelican case is sitting next to a huge pile of tools, coax, antenna and first aid kit. Jessica, KJ4LDH and myself packed and cleaned each piece. Darby helped and called "CQ Field Day" into her imaginary HF rig. ...

Good condition on 10 meter.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:01:09 GMT

Today it was very good condition on 10 meters. I worked some stations from Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. I also tried the repeater on 29.660 and it was fun a lot of people talking on that repeater.

Time to put up some antenna at my summerhouse.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:55:23 GMT

Hi time for my first update of the blog. I`m very new to amateurradio and i got my license for about 3 weeks ago. The first thing i did was to buy me a used Yeasu FT857D and a Echo balcony antenna for the shortwave, and it was like a whole new world ope...

WAS done!

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:37:54 GMT

Thank you KK7YC OR in the logs and LoTW WAS is filed, before Field Day. So now on to Field Day stuff full time the HW-101 HF rig will only be up till Thursday night about 0200z. Then they both get packed away and sent off to the Field Day site. This yea...

Plans

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:07:41 GMT

My QTH has no room for large antennas, and what room I do have is blocked by the power line, which runs diagonally across my backyard. So, my plan is to install the new MFJ feed-through panel in my window, and string as much antenna wire as I can fit...

HAM SHACK #2

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:53:20 GMT

Hello everyone and Happy Fathers Day to all. The pix you see is an old pix and I have ran out of room. So the wife has placed down a new law "only 2 small rigs in the house, everything else must go or build a radio room." So I have a metal building and ...

Station report

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:54:23 GMT

Well its been a little while since ive posted and a few things have changed... the 6 element hygain is up and working great! 20 meters never seems to close now..if you havent had a beam on 20 you dont know what your missing...worked a good bit of dx on ...

Happy Fathers Day

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:57:14 GMT

Today of all days I want to take the time to thank everyone in my life that took the role of "father" to me. I pray for each of you and thank God everyday but today I wanted to let everyone know just how much you mean to me. My Father died in combat ...

I began to use this blog today

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:23:31 GMT

HI my first ham shack.com blog post. I dont know what to do this..but i expect to be useful and funny. If you like it please comment, if not please tell me the reason for. If you want to know a little more, please visit my real radio blog www.yy1cir.blo...

Kenwood TS-570D

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:57:02 GMT

The PK-232 has been sitting on the shelf for a while now. I haven't had much interest in getting it going. One of the problems is all of the software for it is older stuff. I did get rid of the Kenwood TS-450S and picked up a Kenwood TS-570D to replace...

DrakeARC Field Day 2009 event via Twitter.

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:01:35 GMT

We will be feeding updates about the Drake Field Day 2009 event via Twitter. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrakeARC If you don't use Twitter you can follow using our RSS Feed at https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/49057225.rss Th...

Greetings From Ecuador

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:38:39 GMT

We moved to Ecuador for several reasons, including the climate, low cost of living, inproved health and to operate a non-profit health clinic for the poor. People here work for $2.00 to $5.00 an hour, when they can find work. Low cost Govt clinics are ...

WAS update

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:49:15 GMT

Well it is down to three states now for the ARRL WAS award. I only need ID, OR, WV. I have been trying on the K3UK web pages, Andy has done a great job with the chat rooms for people to meet and SKED contacts. Check out his pages at http://www.obrienswe...

Joined a club....finally!

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:06:48 GMT

Last night after close to 29 years, I re-joined the club I belonged to as a General. I was accepted back into the ranks of the Trident Amateur Radio Club here in Charleston, SC. Sadly enough I did not see any old faces, just all new ones. The club was v...

CW and my Grandson

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:01:19 GMT

My ten year old grandson Robert is down spending a few weeks with his grandpa. Today sitting at my station he asked what was one of the items that next to the HF radio. I told him it was a strait-key and that it was used for sending morse code. He wante...

Daily and WX

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:02:12 GMT

WX Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Bad pattern seems to be starting here so far 6 days now with not a hint of r...

hello again

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:42:06 GMT

well here for another update i got that K8RA paddle and i must say that it stays put on the table as it is very heavy. the adjustments are a pain to make but once you get them right they don't move. the key is louder then the Begali key but what can you...

THE AMATEUR RADIOS

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:12:26 GMT

"In times of crisis and natural disasters, amateur radio is often used as a means of emergency communication when wireline, cell phones and other conventional means of communications fail. Unlike commercial systems, Amateur radio is not as dependent ...

More on BPSK31...

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:04:20 GMT

I am very happy to announce that I finally made my first BPSK31 contacts on 20 meters on the 11th!!! It was a little slow going but, as soon as I figured out the settings within fldigi and how to use the macros correctly. I was off and running. Made ...

K4VX contest station

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:28:06 GMT

If any of you have ever worked K4VX in a contest, you know a bit about his potent signal from near Hannibal, MO. Lew put together a killer station several years ago and it still is one of the biggest antenna systems in our part of the country. He is cur...

VHF contest

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:21:35 GMT

The June VHF contest is this weekend and it looks like it may be a good time. A lot of activity on 6 meters recently and if the E-skip keeps going, it will be a blast. The drawback to a lot of activity on 6 is that it draws stations away from the other...

Daily and WX

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:21:48 GMT

WX Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93F, heat index of 103F. West wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Well today is the test...

Things go better with a Cold 807

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:57:18 GMT

All the parts for my new antenna are here and the only thing holding me back is where to put it. The weather has been lovely these past days and I still don't have the trees located. The routine goes something like this, weather nice? Yes, then grab...

Keuka Lake Amateur Radio Association, KLARA.us

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:47:27 GMT

I was invited to visit KLARA's monthly meeting yesterday. The get together began around 17:30 with an expert on the grill and varity of pitch-in dishes. Handed a plate and told to dig in. A very friendly and open club. The big topic was Field Day and...

WAS update

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:59:33 GMT

After a great AL QSO Party! We are down to needing 5 states for WAS award. ID, OR, RI, WV, WY sadly I have paper cards from these states but I want to do this totaly LoTW so I got to get them in the log. If you are LoTW from one of these states please h...

Pre Dashtoon!

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:40:53 GMT

Before there was Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham, there was Toady, one of the regular characters from our strips and panels way, way back in the day. See Toady circa 1989 savor a Jersey tomato and ruminate on that from which it sprung, now at 6SJ7 Comics, our s...

Who Me.

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:53:56 GMT

Greetings all. I’m new to all this social network stuff and old enough to ham radio to remember sunspots and Fahnestock clips, with a 40 year sabbatical from the bands in between. In younger years I worked on the advertising side of small market AM ra...

Breeseshooters Hamfest

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:51:26 GMT

To All, This past weekend a friend of mine John (KD8MQ) and I attended The Breezeshooters Hamfest. Totally enjoyed walking around learning all that was there. Didn't know that CB was such a part of a Hamfest. Remembering my CB days. Did see a...

Daily and WX

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:21:18 GMT

WX Today: Sunny, with a high near 88. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Looks like nice days for Radio work will be on PSK-31 most likely next few days hope to ca...

Been there and back

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:55:09 GMT

Been off the air for a couple of weeks. Fourteen days to be exact. My wife and I went on a little 6250 mile trip around this wonderful country we call America. I tell you it was wondrous, exciting, beautiful, magnificent, and downright tiring! We wished...

PSK { alot of fun}

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:59:18 GMT

I never have been one of those Hams that are always two steps ahead of everyone else. I prefer listening to AM rather than SSB. Grew up with AM and CW and call me old fashioned. But I got dragged into the digital modes in the last 6 months and I must ...

Echophone EC-113 by Hallicrafters

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:33:30 GMT

On my Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/k5cxo I had a few of the same comments that most people were not aware that Hallicrafters made a Radio in a wood cabinet for table tops. This 50’s radio is in very nice shape and works very well it’s design i...

Alabama QSO Party

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:27:30 GMT

I will be working the AL QSO Party, Mobile County. Please look for me and help with contacts. Thanks for the fun everyone! 73s

CQ CQ CQ ...

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:55:54 GMT

Had to start off my blog with something appropriate and couldn't think of anything better than a gud ol' CQ. Well, I hope to get a few returns on it here. I plan on mostly discussing my experiences with my new radio, an Icom 7600. Not too many out th...

My new hamshack on its way

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:11:19 GMT

I have just purchest my new hamshack it should arrive here in 2 week it is unfinished so i will be doing the sheet rock and electric myself and be putting photos up on here its an 8 by 16 building from weather king dealer from Zephahills fla. for 2780...

Daily and weekend

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:04:38 GMT

WX Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. WX Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind around 5 mph. With the storms moving out slowl...

Daily and WX

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:20:44 GMT

Good day yesterday got a few new stations, worked UA4RZ SSB and CW 20M great contacts Eugene surely has a fine station. WX Today: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 82. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precip...

WAS Needs

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:00:48 GMT

Still working WAS and not getting to far maybe posting the needs will help me a bit. I work SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK-31 all bands but 160M. Just need a bit of luck and help to get my first award. So here is the need list as it stands now. Would be nice if you...

Birthday #43

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:24:17 GMT

Well not to bad I still feel 40ish. Kids are getting ready to go and I am working BPSK-31 greyline into EU. XYL sitting with me watching the waterfall, very nice start to my birthday. Worked a few stations this morning got OK2AOP, HB9TVT, and Luis in...

Dauphin Island

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:48:21 GMT

Well back from taking the kids to the beach and getting a few folks, Dauphin Island NA-213, "got to work the mobile you know.". Really sad to see what they have done with the place it is getting to be a problem to go there and have fun. the beach is now...

Getting set-up

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:06:00 GMT

Well good day everyone and hope this post finds you all well. WX: Going to be a hot one this afternoon, 93F expected, slight chance of rain/thunder 20% through the day as we climb from 64F this AM. No storms in the Gulf and that is a good start to th...

Updating my web pages

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:17:34 GMT

Just getting done giving a new facelift to my info web page @ http://k5cxo.net/k5cxo/index.htm I enjoy working with HTML code from time to time are just enough to take care of pages I keep up online. I try and keep my info updated and fresh on my web pa...

Shack of KI4KON

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:50:19 GMT

Hi thank you for stopping by, My name is Cj and I have been a ham since June 2005, I moved here back in December 1995 from Maine with my wife Jessica we currently live in New port richey, Fla. and I have started a small shack but will be building a add ...

I'm in QST this month!

Sun, 31 May 2009 15:28:38 GMT

The XYL and I stopped by the Bath Gun Club this morning for breakfast. When a new friend of mine and fellow skeet shooter came over to the table holding the latest issue of QST magazine. I wondered why he was holding a QST magazine because I didn't kn...

17 Meters

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:16:01 GMT

Wow the sun has set and 17 meters is still open here in Texas and it is 9:10pm. I just worked a mobile - VA6BMK.

Playing around with digi modes...

Fri, 29 May 2009 07:25:16 GMT

Ok, so I have been playing around with psk31, CW and MT-63 a little lately and I am amazed at how far away the signals are coming from. I haven't been able as of yet to reach the Ukraine on SSB but psk31 I was listening to a very strong signal coming ou...

My online QSO with the original K2QBW

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:57:28 GMT

5/6/2009 Hi Robert, I see in the vanity call data base that you have applied for K2QBW as a vanity call. As the only previous holder of that call (1956-84), I have no problem with that, but am simply curious: why K2QBW? 73, Ray W2RS 5/6...

Pixie article on EHam ?

Thu, 28 May 2009 09:24:32 GMT

Hi All, Read and comment on my Article: http://www.eham.net/articles/21631 73's Bill - KA6KBC

Summer 2009

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:58:23 GMT

After finally getting over Winter 2008/09 working on several nets. Been working with The Ohio Single Sideband Net The Amateur UFO Net The Rag Chew Net along wtih checking in on the weekly nets for The Alliance Anateur Radio Club The Stark Coun...

Slow down people. It will still be there...

Tue, 26 May 2009 22:31:34 GMT

While coming home today 26 May, after work around 16:15 CDT I came upon a wreck. Two wheels v 18 wheels. I saw the whole thing and went to aid the rider who was seriously hurt. Sad to hear other motorist there start honking in the distance. While mys...

Antenna Decided

Tue, 26 May 2009 17:30:20 GMT

I finally decided on the Buxcom 162260HP 160 through 2 meters Windom with the 4:1 balun type. After reading the reviews on eHam.com of various antennas and different manufactures,Buxcomm seemed to be the best choice. I purchased several extras to make ...

New video on youtube

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:30:15 GMT

I have just uploaded a new video on youtube that shows my Portable radio case. I'll post a picture of the case here at the shack. Check it out and let me know what you think! George

New video on youtube

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:30:05 GMT

I have just uploaded a new video on youtube that shows my Portable radio case. I'll post a picture of the case here at the shack. Check it out and let me know what you think! George

New video on youtube

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:29:53 GMT

I have just uploaded a new video on youtube that shows my Portable radio case. I'll post a picture of the case here at the shack. Check it out and let me know what you think! George

Update on the station

Sun, 24 May 2009 13:41:20 GMT

The A3S has been up for about a month now and I have to say I am very glad I decided to upgrade to a tower and beam. Hearing stations I couldn't hear before on the vertical and making lots of contacts. Haven't worked any 2m or 70cm SSB, I think the beam...

Updated station info

Sun, 24 May 2009 12:14:38 GMT

Thanks for looking at the Blog...I am usually on 20m psk 14.070.000. I do work phone on all bands, thanks to the Alpha Delta 160m to 10m dipole. In the pictures you can see my station...not much but it works. Check out www.qrz.com to see my bio.

How much is too much on the operating desk?

Sun, 24 May 2009 09:17:01 GMT

I know a desk loaded with gear can be appealing and photographs well. But I wonder if having everything we own on display is not just a bit cumbersome and also exposes everything to possible damage from the elements and other mishaps.

Returned from Dayton with a Heathkit DX-60

Sat, 23 May 2009 18:39:37 GMT

Well, I came home from the Dayton Hamvention with a Heathkit DX-60. Figured it would be a good way to get on AM reliably and with a good signal. And, couldn't beat it for $28! It was a last minute, last day deal I stumbled upon that I just couldn't p...

Sunspots

Thu, 21 May 2009 18:43:48 GMT

Wow, ever since I put up the Force-12 Flagpole antenna (4/15), it seems to have coincided with an upturn in the sunspot cycle. Let's hope this continues!

transceiver

Wed, 20 May 2009 15:38:38 GMT

sit´s here and lod to get together some contacts so a power supply can drive it. Sorry all for bad English.

Hello from W2WP - Bayonne, NJ

Mon, 18 May 2009 12:19:41 GMT

Hello all...... I am new to MyHamShack.com and I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I have updated my profile with some photos of the Shack, the Pets, and a few of where I live, Bayonne, NJ. 73 to all, Mark / W2WP

recovery

Sun, 17 May 2009 19:35:35 GMT

Well on May 8th we has a storm (been called many things) We were without power for a few days. I will tell you one thing, my husbands homemade tower withstood the crazy wind that was said to be 100 miles an hour. I am proud of him. I have ordered pla...

FT-950 PEP firmware update

Sun, 17 May 2009 15:55:36 GMT

Just completed the firmware update and it was no sweat easy. Just took a while for the DSP updates to complete. All in all; about 45 minutes tops to complete. I can see a difference in the recieve noise level after transmitting. Before it was loud after...

Barry Goldwater

Sat, 16 May 2009 19:52:16 GMT

Just worked Special Event Stations K7NGA on 40 meters at 7257kz this Station uses Barry Goldwater call on ArmForces day.

Ok, i'm not telling my car I have money anymore!!!!

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:01:42 GMT

My friends have told me in the past that you should never let you vehicle and appliances that you have managed to save a few dollars. It can only end in tragedy. I ended up having to buy a new mower and have a timing belt, battery and plugs in my car. G...

Hamvention 2009

Wed, 13 May 2009 18:27:54 GMT

Hamvention...I should go..I only live 30 mins away.

Heading to Dayton 2009

Wed, 13 May 2009 07:59:49 GMT

I'm heading out to Dayton in a couple hours with my dad, W9JXN. We're driving and should arrive in time for dinner. I'll likely be most easily found around the Collins Collectors Association booth (near the large ARRL setup) if anyone is interested in...

What a mess part II

Tue, 12 May 2009 03:38:43 GMT

Well, garage is done (a;most like any good ham radio projects...) still got 1 weekends worths in there, got to get Transmissions lines replaced and antennas fixed, hopefully in may, during the rebuilding, will install D3W to get for WARC work going.....

K5D DESECHEO HAS ARRIVED!!

Mon, 11 May 2009 17:43:22 GMT

Got home late this evening and found my QSL cards from K5D on Desecheo had arrived. Very nicely done with pictures and stats and an invitation to join the DX Association! Pretty cool! I will put them right next to my cards from VP6DX!

Echolink and repeater linking

Mon, 11 May 2009 06:17:43 GMT

Anyone have any hands on experience with using Echolink to link repeaters together? What are the pitfalls? I have recently started using Echolink thinking it might be a cheap way to link repeaters but noticed the delay through the system is pretty lengt...

Running Barefoot

Sun, 10 May 2009 10:12:47 GMT

I had been kicking back with my shoes off just sitting at my radio desk working on plans to build a antenna switch-box for my collections of boat anchors. I jump up and ran out to the garage to retrieve couple SO-239 from of my old radio junk box. On th...

K2QBW

Sun, 10 May 2009 01:09:00 GMT

K2QBW is the new callsign I applied for since moving to Upstate New York. According to RadioQTH the application should be finalized around May 19, 2009. The next order of business is to determine where to set up the new shack and decide on an antenn...

FT-950 is here!!!

Sat, 09 May 2009 10:37:51 GMT

Just opened up the box to a new FT-950 and wow! It is light years ahead of the FT-450 I bought. What a nice surprise. Already made a few qso's on it, but the band condx are really bad today with QRN & QRM. So I guess tonight, when it should quiet down s...

OH! What a Mess!`

Sat, 09 May 2009 03:14:08 GMT

yep! it s a mess... had to unload the garage into the basement this weekend to refinish the garage floor... so the shack I cant even get too... ;-) Anyway, once this is done sould help clean up the junk in the shack back to the garage... I guess I am...

Home In New Zealand

Sat, 09 May 2009 02:23:56 GMT

Hi Thanks to those who have emailed me asking for a qso, sadly I am no longer on Pitcairn. My chances of returning are very slim, unless of course I win the big lotto. Tom

My first blog entry......

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:34:57 GMT

It would seem that this is the only means in which to stay in touch with the connections that I have made on this website. I would be interested in hearing fromt those for whom I have a connection. It has been a million years since I have been to ...

Been a year since my last post... Oh my.

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:34:35 GMT

I didn't realize that I have not visited this site in over a year. Amazing.

Been a year since my last post... Oh my.

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:34:12 GMT

I didn't realize that I have not visited this site in over a year. Amazing.

BG2UE

Tue, 05 May 2009 23:54:35 GMT

BG2UE

Enjoying Ham Radio

Tue, 05 May 2009 16:33:31 GMT

Ever since November 2008 when I got my Techician License. Been totally enjoying HAM radio. Made several GREAT contacts. Can't wait until Summer 2009.

FREE - ONLINE - QSL Card Creator

Mon, 04 May 2009 15:53:10 GMT

http://www.radioqth.net/qsl.aspx Hi All, Neat little On-Line QSL Maker - Saw this the other day. Kind of a basic card, but very Nice. If you create an account it will save your data. 73's - Bill - KA6KBC

My first blog on myhamshack.com

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:30:02 GMT

I found this site via web surfing and found it interesting enuff to join and start my own page. I have been a Ham for a few years now and generally find it very enjoyable. There are sum instances where i was dissapointed in the hobby, namely rude ops. b...

A rare Hallicrafters SWL tabletop radio

Sun, 03 May 2009 06:46:42 GMT

I made a small video of one of my old Hallicrafters tabletop radios. The EC-113 can be check out on my youtube channel. The 6 tube radio play well and has a great sound. http://www.youtube.com/k5cxo 73's Jim K5CXO

New

Sat, 02 May 2009 05:14:53 GMT

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New hat from HOTPRESS!

Fri, 01 May 2009 09:01:32 GMT

I won a hat from www.hotpresstshirts.com! Its one of the best ham callsign hats ive ever seen,very good quality from these people.

How things change Out from Under Us

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:00:59 GMT

by Paul Craig Roberts Anyone who has been around for a while and who pays any attention to the news sees many disturbing changes. Recently, I read a report that two children, ages seven and eight, had an altercation at school during recess. ...

Missing Dayton.

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:26:40 GMT

I’m not going to Dayton – can’t believe I’m actually saying it! I had fully intended to go, I haven’t been since 1988 and I was really looking forward to it. But then I found out that I have to pay my daughter’s college tuition by June 1. I also lea...

Crimp on vs solder on PL-259

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:43:47 GMT

Has anyone else use crimp on PL-259 connectors? After years and years of soldering my PL-259 connectors to my coax I have changed my mind and use crimp on now. The problems with obtaining quality solder on connectors was the final straw (plus locating a...

Webpage

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:14:14 GMT

I am starting this web page to be an addition to www.qrz.com/n3kcm Hope to meet you on the airwaves!

In honor of Samuel F. B. Morse's birthday

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:11:26 GMT

Just a heads up on Google. Those of us that use Google as our search engine know that they change their mast head on their homepage to reflect a special date or activity. Today the name Google is spelled out in Morse code in honor of Samuel F. B. Morse'...

Something to think about

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:46:20 GMT

* We yell for the government to balance the budget, and then take the last dime we have to make the down payment on a car. * We whip the enemy in battle, and then give them the shirt off our backs. * We yell for speed laws that will stop fast dr...

DRAPERY RODS----PRICELESS

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:41:21 GMT

She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things. On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room ta...

Michael Richards makes his point..............

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:38:15 GMT

Proud to be White Michael Richards makes his point.............. Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point. This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes...

Don't you hate Chain Letters?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:35:15 GMT

I just want to thank all of you for your educational emails over the past year. Thanks to you, I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel. I can't use the remote in a hotel room because I don't know what the last person ...

Can You Spare a QSL Card?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:34:11 GMT

Can You Spare a QSL Card? We have a friend who has suffered a stroke and is currently unable to use his right side or to speak but very little. I am asking, if you can, to please send him one of your QSL cards with a word or two of encouragement to ...

Credit Card Collections

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:31:25 GMT

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. (' ') This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening customer service being what it is today. ____________________________________________________________________________________________...

Are you Jewish?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:29:28 GMT

Don't Worry, Be Jewish (from Arthur Epstein) As a general principle, Jewish holidays are divided between days on which you must starve and days on which you must overeat. Many Jews observe no fewer than 16 fasts throughout the Jewish year, based...

Patriotic retirement:

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:28:15 GMT

This was an article from the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on Sunday. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?" I thought this was the BEST idea. I think this guy nailed it! Dear Mr. President, Patriotic...

Pet Rules

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:24:10 GMT

PET RULES To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height. Dear Dogs, 1. The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle...

Historic Darwin Awards

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:23:13 GMT

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I embarked on the 3rd Crusade to recapture the Holy Land in the twelfth century. After spending days trudging across the dry summer desert, his army came upon the River Saleph. In his parched state, Frederick threw caution t...

Ear Infection?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:20:34 GMT

This is so true! They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong -- and sometimes it is embarrassing. There's nothing worse than a doctor's receptionist who insists you tell her w...

Gun Ownership in Texas

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:17:48 GMT

A woman was called in front of a Texas grand jury for manslaughter after she shot a mugger 6 times in the back as he was running away with her purse. He grabbed the purse and ran, she had her hand on the gun in it, and was left with the revolver...

Do the Math

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:16:15 GMT

Purchasing The math on the Paul McCartney-Heather Mills divorce is as follows: After 5 years of marriage, he paid her $49 million. Assuming he got sex every night during their 5 year relationship. It ended up costing him $26,849 per time. ...

6 element hf beam

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:19:26 GMT

I got the beam up on the roof pointed south for the time being working well

New Additions as of April

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:58:23 GMT

Well, I added a 2 meter Ringo, Carolina Windom flat top and an 80/40 dipole in an inverted V.

The beams go up tomorrow

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:55:09 GMT

Well finally the promise of some sunny weather starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend. I hope to have the A3S and the A270-10S beams up tomorrow, although only at 32 and 36 feet, better than laying on the ground. Will keep you updated and pos...

Let me introduce myself

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:58:10 GMT

A very short hello from the Texas hill country. I don't have much to share here, but where ham operators mingle, so shall I. I hope the ladies and gentlemen here are enjoying the hobby as much as I have since 1997. 73 and 88 to each one of you. Lind...

New Shack Pics!!! Finally

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:12:06 GMT

I finally finished the modest upgrade to ny shack and have included some pics including my antennas. Hope everyone enjoys them

Are you on MySpace?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:23:01 GMT

In case you are, please feel free to send a friend invite to me at... http://www.myspace.com/texasham I check it about four times weekly. I also have two groups there. One is 10-10 International related http://groups.myspace.com/1010intl O...

New Pixie – Transceiver – Working

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:46:20 GMT

Hey, Got my new Pixie working over the weekend. Getting around 400 mW out, but still have not made a QSO. Fun Rig. 73’s – Bill – KA6KBC Also there are a lot of good resources on the Web: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lapthorn/pixie.htm ht...

DV1VHY - First Blog

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:36:44 GMT

I was away from ham radio for over 30 years. I got started in the hobby during my high school days at the Don Bosco Technical Institute. By the time I was a senior in high school, I was the president of the school's amateur radio club, DU1DBT. The curre...

I HAVE MOVED THE HAM SHACK

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:47:22 GMT

Greetings everyone, I have moved out of my ham shack and moved into the basement bedroom. My second harmonic is coming soon and we have made my old shack into a baby girls room. My old shack is now pink and light green. I am happy that a I mov...

Ham Radio

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:24:16 GMT

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How many ARRL members out there?

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:44:21 GMT

When I first got my ticket I was elated that I know belong to a elite and diverse group of folks around the world. I had for years I would go to the local library and check out the latest donated QST when I could and when they had them. I never join ARR...

Loop Antenna

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:12:03 GMT

Hello to all and thanks for looking in. I am interested in putting up a full wave horizontal loop and would like some feedback from those willing to share. I always build my own antenna's when possible and enjoy the results if they work well. I recently...

becoming more minimalist

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:45:12 GMT

Don't know about you folks, but I find myself becoming more and more minimalist, equipment-wise. Even downsizing. Just don't need or want a lot of "stuff" any longer. Except for a couple other small MFJ antenna tuners, a few extra old straight keys and ...

SWOT #3570, and the ARRL Cashed My Check.....

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:42:56 GMT

I've joined SWOT - Sidewinders on Two - which is interested in weak signal SSB on two meters. I'm very interested in this, even though our local SSB 2m net seems to be gone. I' working on a 2m yagi, I hope to get it done this weekend - when I'll start...

Station upgrade is almost complete

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:09:21 GMT

I have completed about 85% of my station upgrade. The new FT-450AT is up and running w/desk mic and new switching power supply. Both antennas are now hung with dacron double braid and did well in thunderstorms of Monday with winds up to 60 mph. I have b...

Pictures of my shack

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:02:46 GMT

Here is some Pics of my shack (aka trailer) I am working on. Right now my radios are in the house. Soon to be moved in this shack after I get my tower up.

Tower is up

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:06:07 GMT

With some help from a few friends I managed to spend the better part of yesterday installing the tower. I ended up using 32' of tower, lagged to the wall of the house in 4 places at approximately 12'. The base of the tower is down about 3' with the leg...

Astron RS-35M, now in place....

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:41:39 GMT

I received the power supply on Wednesday - it's a ROCK. Not exciting, just sits there and does it's job. I don't think a person could ask much more from a power supply. Terry KB4SOG

My new station became operational 4/01/09

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:32:02 GMT

My first HF station became operational on the first of April. It's an Icom IC-7000 and AH-4 installed in my 2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. Pictures to follow shortly.

My first blog entry (DUH!)

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:57:12 GMT

Anyway, now that we are semi-retired, which actually means we can't afford to be fully retired, we're surfing the net looking for radio bargains and taking pictures of our accumulated junk with intention of selling off some of it since we've run out of ...

Worked na1ss

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:57:28 GMT

i just worked the billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi on the iss with my homebrew beam and ic-746 wooohoooo!

Rope - A - Dope

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:58:14 GMT

The rope has arrived. It seemed like it took forever but it finally made it. I will have to wait until Friday before I can do anything with it, but at least it is here. I am going to try to get the 1/2 wave dipole for 160 up higher if possible. Right no...

Back in 1993

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:14:58 GMT

In the early 90's Citizens Band Radios were so much in demand in my country, one afternoon i entered at my fathers radio room to have QSO,s with some friends in CB, then i heard a voice. it was a voice of a 19 years old girl with the call sign of "SWATC...

Using the Intertnet for this hobby

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:07:19 GMT

Information is knowledge and there is a wealth to be attained on the internet.I have found using search engines like Ask, Yahoo and many others can get you the info you need with just a few key strokes. Another great source is YouTube.com if you can get...

This is getting more expensive all the time

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:35:47 GMT

Called around yesterday for prices on concrete for the tower and was shocked at what I was quoted. Anywhere from a couple of hundred to almost $500. With all new tower hardware and miscellaneous costs this tower project is starting to look more like a d...

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Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:43:25 GMT

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Everything is back up and working...for now

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:53:20 GMT

This is an update to the previous blog; " Monday Monday...". Well I finally found some rope at Orion Wire Group. I was able to purchase 1000 feet of Dacron double braid rope for $90. They also did not charge shipping, so I think that's a good ...

2 metere net info

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:46:34 GMT

I am looking for suggestions on getting more stations active on our local 2 meter net. What works for you? Our local net is affiliated with ARES but is mostly a bunch of locals that never have anything to say, just want to check in and out. We used to ...

been awhile

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:54 GMT

Sorry its been awhile since I have been on here, I have been busy making quilts for little kids. The family life has been busy too, with the nicer weather here. I also ride 4 wheelers.

Christmas in April

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:25:16 GMT

Yesterday felt just a little like Christmas. I arrived home after a long day of working in the rainy weather we had. Only to find that my new rig and and speaker had arrived from HRO. The FT-450AT really is a nice rig. I am glad I chose it and the SP-8 ...

Hear youself in Salt Lake City

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:27:59 GMT

This "S Meter" site has been on my favorites site lists for sometime. I have used http://www.smeter.net/slc/slc.php to do signal check or just to see what signals or being heard in the north west. I've even tune the Kenwood R-5000 radio that is used to ...

Ham Radio Information Table went OK, but...

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:08 GMT

I was actually hoping to demonstrate making a contact, but my radio only puts out 5 watts, and I'm still learning Morse Code. I had the antenna nicely configured for 40m, and it was receiving well, but unfortunately, 3/7 was a contest weekend, and I was...

Latest Endeavor

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:29:25 GMT

Greetings all! I have decided to give some of my spare time and radio skills to a local United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla. I met with the Flotilla's Personnel Officer last night and was very impressed with the organizational structure o...

FT-290RII....

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:12:05 GMT

Well, after the problem with the power supply I was really worried about the FT-290RII, but everything appears to be fine. All functions work and it seems to sound ok. Just bought a RS-35M off a guy - saw the ad on QRZ.com. This should be a great p...

Antennas and supports at K5CXO

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:11:36 GMT

K4BTC blog entry got me to thinking I needed to check my DXCC ant that I have mounted between to 120ft pine trees with 3/16 Dacron black rope. I put the DXCC up when I moved to Conroe in March of 2003. I must say after two hurricanes Rita and Ike the ro...

Monday, Monday...just can't trust that day....

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:16:07 GMT

Well I have seen the most disheartening thing. I come home from work and what do I find laying low in the trees? My 160m dipole and DXCC multi-bander... I could almost cry. It appears that the main support branch for both antennas cracked and broke the ...

CQ 100 Virtual Ionosphere For Amateur Radio

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:42:15 GMT

Hello to all and thanks for looking in. I've noticed since logging on to MyHamShack and putting a picture of CQ 100 on here that a couple of my connections have signed on with CQ100. I have never seen any software that works as well,and is as easy to us...

Doing what I can

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:29:27 GMT

I just picked up a big computer-center desk with a top hutch for my radio shack and it's working great. Found a desk mic for my HF set and I'm studying my keester off getting ready to take my Extra test before Memorial day. If this North Dakota winter w...

Radio Shack 25 amp Power Supply - bites the dust...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:35:27 GMT

About six months ago I bought a Radio Shack 25 amp switching power supply. I used it mainly with my FT-2800M, and recently with my FT-290RII. The 2800M has a maximum output of 65w, which I hardly ever used. The power supply wasn’t abused in any way. ...

A3S is here

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:34:34 GMT

Picked up the A3S yesterday and it is now sitting dismantled in the yard waiting for the tower to go up. The frost should be out of the ground in a few weeks and I can get started on the hole. Looks like the antenna farm is going to look something like ...

New Gear on the way.....

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:37:31 GMT

Welllll... I have done it. I spent a whole bunch of money that Uncle Sam had been holding for ransom for the past year and bought new equipment for the shack. I did wind up getting the FT-450AT (thank you for the posts on my request for opinions on the ...

The shack is coming together...

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:01:29 GMT

Well, it's been a while since the last blog. Been really REALLY busy! Finally got my Ringo Ranger II up in the air, works great so far. Rained yesterday but, didn't get the time to check the swr to see if it drops out. About two days ago I was given a f...

Advice needed

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:37:36 GMT

I bought a Radio Shack HTX-10. Do I need a SWR meter and or a antenna tuner? Also going to purchase a dipole because of the antenna restrictions. What do I need to get up and running? Am I missing or doing something wrong? Point me in the right directi...

Rain in Texas gets me back on the repair bench

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:15 GMT

Updated My Projects page with more pic and find on the SX-140 Link: http://www.myhamshack.com/viewProject.aspx?ProjectID=46

Killed my Pixie ?

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:54 GMT

Sorry to say - I burnt up my Pixie over the weekend. Was testing with 12VDC and something gave up. Yep - Even us "Old Timers" - Kill Radios :( Well the good News - I ordered a replacement (In the mail they say) and should have it up and running ...

Mi Estación

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:47:23 GMT

Mi modesta estación esta compuesta por los siguientes equipamientos: HF: - Kenwood TS120, con Transmatch MFJ Deluxe Versa Tunner II (MFJ-949E), Antena Dipolo con bajada Linea Abierta a 15 metros de altura, orientación NorEste, SurOeste. VHF: - Y...

Getting my "high" from an antenna...

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:12:16 GMT

Well, having posted my question about why the SWR of my end fed antenna has become increasingly high on eham.net, and having gotten some very interesting responses and ideas, I went ahead and made some changes. Someone suggested that the antenna might ...

Completed:Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) Fundamentals Workshop Sponsored By The W8CYE – Drake Amateur Radio Club

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:38:56 GMT

The Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) Fundamentals Workshop sponsored by the W8CYE – Drake Amateur Radio Club was today. I want to thank all 16 attendees and my supporting peers. It was a great time. I enjoyed doing it and learn from the attendees as well. It w...

Radio Shack 25A Switching Power Supplies

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:08:36 GMT

I was just at Radio Shack picking up some audio plugs for surround sound on my TV, and stumbled upon 2 of their switching power supplys. They are rated at 25A/13.8v and the manager told me that these power supplies are a "no sale" across the board and t...

eenie, meenie, minnie, moe

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:41:44 GMT

Alright, I have a request... I am needing some feedback on a certain rig that I am contemplating buying within the next 3 days. I am looking at the Yaesu FT-450SAT. From what I have read on E-ham.net, it is a great rig and from what I am seeing on the d...

Thoughts on the FT-290RII all mode 2 meter.

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:19:46 GMT

Well, I’ve had this radio for almost two weeks, and thought I’d make some observations. Most of this applies to my radio only, and may not apply to other FT-290RIIs – I’ve never had another, so I certainly can’t say they are all the same! The good s...

Ham Radio Deluxe Workshop

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:40:06 GMT

Hello. Thank you for interest in the Ham Radio Deluxe Workshop on Saturday March 21, 2009 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at Local Lodge 1943 - 1100 Crawford Street – Middletown, OH 45044. We want to be setup and started by 1030, so please plan accordingly. I...

Hello and thanks to the folks at MyHamShack

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:36:25 GMT

hey there, just s quick entry to try the blog and TXS to MyHamShack.com for the cool project. I will add some pics later...O&O

SWR on the upswing...a sure sign of spring?

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:41:01 GMT

LOL! It's been getting progressively warmer here in western Michigan and I guess you could say that springtime is finally on the way! For the past few days I have noticed that my SWR has been "creeping up", so to speak, whenever I transmit. Now, I mig...

Ordered a 40 Meter 'Rock-Mite '

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:27:23 GMT

Just Ordered a Small Wonders - 40 Meter 'Rock-Mite '. Looks interesting - http://smallwonderlabs.com/ Looking forward to building/testing. SPECIFICATIONS:- - Double-sided PCB 2.0" x 2.5", plated-thru-holes, solder masked & ...

"Pixie 2" transceiver - Problems ?

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:30:53 GMT

Ran into an interesting problem the other day. I built a Pixie 2 kit awhile back, but have not gotten it on the air yet. I checked it out and the Power output is good (0.5 Watts with a new battery) and the Receiver sensitivity is good (seeing arou...

FaceBook For Hams ?

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:02:08 GMT

Hi All, Check out this site. Kind a Neat. http://73s.org/ 73's - Bill - KA6KBC http://billbrwn.tripod.com/id1.html

CW

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:44:58 GMT

Finally ordered the narrow CW filter for my 40m QRP station. Thought I could get away without it. But most ops are piled up, orgy style, around three primary freqs from what I can hear. I put one of these filters on the 30m MFJ rig I owned in the past,...

New Antenna Switch

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:16:58 GMT

Well after pricing and looking for the parts to build a open wire antenna switch, I had decided that I would just buy one. I found a very nice one from MFJ. The MFJ-1706 ladder line switch is a great deal. I found it on Ebay brand new from a retailer fo...

I love being an American!!!

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:59:15 GMT

Sitting up here in the shack, studying, and was watching half a screen on the NASA live channel and just finished watching Discovery launch. I know that these times are hard right now for so many people, and that it seems that our country is in dire str...

Hygain th6

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:54:27 GMT

I picked up a 6 element hygain beam at a good price and im gonna try it out. its a monster! 24 feet long!

New rigs coming

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:52:36 GMT

I canot wait for pay day to come next week i will have a Ten Tec omni coming and a yaesu 2 meter sidbander coming !!! im excited !!! Im wondering if any one out there is using a DX-CC antenna im really thinking of getting one I dont like all the fuss ...

A wonderful experience yesterday!

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:05:18 GMT

I was tuning around the twenty meter band late yesterday afternoon. As usual I was listening to the QSOs that were in progress and hoping to catch someone calling "Cq" that I might be able to answer. I happened upon a QSO that was already in progress ...

What do you think of split ops.

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:53:13 GMT

I'm a very frequent user of 30 meters. I've recently observed a lot of split-frequency operating going on. Wouldn't be so bad on a very spacious band but with the short spectum allotment on 30 meters, it is beginning to pose a problem. I liked 30M as...

Mosley Mini-33A

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:50 GMT

I finally got my Mosley Mini-33a up just before the ARRL DX Phone contest. The Mini-33a is a small trap tri-bander on a 6 foot boom. I selected this antenna because I live in a restricted neighborhood and wanted the smallest possible beam. I have i...

New Pictures

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:39:15 GMT

I have added some new pictures and will be uploading more soon....

20 meter quad

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:03:42 GMT

OK ive decided on a 20 meter 2 element quad. I have the boom section ready and working on the spiders that hold the spreaders now. the wire is ready to go and soon as i find some spreader material that i think will do the job its off to the races lol!

Cave City Hamfest

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:57:34 GMT

Hi all! I wanted to share my experiences of last weekend with everyone. The XYL and I went to the Cave City (KY) hamfest last weekend. I had never been to this one before, but had heard a lot of good things about it. The weather was wonderful, and t...

The vertical radiator is bad

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:04:15 GMT

After extensive testing (tuning up the HW-101 with the 180S-1 antenna tuner, and then the Kenwood TS-430S with both the matching AT-250 auto tuner and the Vectronics VC300DLP tuner, I've isolated it to the antenna. Turns out, there's some scorch mark...

Novice Historical Society Home Page

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:40:24 GMT

Neat WebPage: For most hams, the year(s) they spent as a Novice was the most fun they had in ham radio. They discovered our hobby. Everything was new and exicting! Other hams went out of their way to help and teach them. This website provid...

Dipole "Gone Bad" ?

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:30:46 GMT

Hi All, I have had a stealth dipole under the the edge of my roof for about a year. Worked ok and the SWR was < 1.3:1 across the 40 Meter band. Yesterday I noticed the SWR is now 3.0:1 across the band. I have not changed anything that I know of and...

New Rig on it's Way Soon

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:53:31 GMT

It's official, after 3 years of using the smaller and more compact HF rigs that I have grown so used to (the Yaesu FT-817nd, FT-857D, FT-897D series) I have decided to order my first big rig so to speak. The Yaesu FT-950 was my choice based on price and...

Something odd

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:54:43 GMT

I tried to tune up and have an unreal SWR with more than 10 watts. It's very odd - I can tune everything completely flat with the 180S-1 every time. Will look into it more and report.

I know I am suppossed to be studying, but 160 is Jam Up tonight!!!

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:57:13 GMT

Ok, ok, ok... I know I was lamenting my demise with my Extra class studying, and yes I forked over almost 50 bucks to subscribe to ham test on line, and I also have the MFJ study guide. But wait! I turn on my 570DG and there is HI3/LY3UM at 20 over 9, s...

Much Needed Rain Possible For Us

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:16:52 GMT

It has been to long coming, but I believe it is at hand. The forecast below is from intellicast.com and it really looks good. BUT we have been disappointed before with hopes of 70% plus chances of rain that passed north of us and we remained high and d...

Contests...no thanks, not for this ham!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:23 GMT

Yesterday, Sunday, March 8th, I decided to flip the swith on my rig and to listen into the worldwide "DX Contest" that had been taking place all weekend. Now remember, I am only "wired", so to speak, for twenty meters so this was the band I chose to li...

Extra, Extra, where are you?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:53:35 GMT

Just signed up for a subscription to Ham test online and gonna try for my Extra. I have been an advanced class for almost 25 years... guess it's time to get off my duff and just do it. Strangely enough though, when I took my advanced class test, the the...

Packet, APRS with my sound card

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:50:40 GMT

Packet, APRS with my sound card and FT-857D, this project made for good day. My portable HF station laptop can do packet, APRS via my sound card interface as well as service as an APRS-IS.

2009 ARRL International DX Contest

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:21:55 GMT

I hoped to work some QRP CW on 40m tonight, but the contest has started. Drop in and listen throughout the cw portion of 40m, its not pretty. Unless they've changed the bandplan, and I somehow missed it... listen to all our US operators using voice ju...

New HAM

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:27:16 GMT

Hello everyone I'm a new HAM that just got my tech. class last week so I dont really have anything to take a picture of and put up on the site except for my QSL card, which I hope to have some printed up by the weekend. So hopefully I will have a lot mo...

New project

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:52:03 GMT

Im getting some time in on the extra bands dxing a bit..getting ready for contest this weekend...thinking really hard about a homebrew 20 meter beam maybe a yagi or maybe a hexbeam dont know yet more research is needed...

Kb9ygd

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:29:56 GMT

I am on the noontime AM forum every day at noon on 3.870 mhz AM. I am also looking for connections/friends in hamshack.com. Norm/Kb9ygd

The W2ZZA shack Project

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:36:59 GMT

Love to here what you think of my new shack (In our new house , well new to us)

Icom IC-W3A

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:25:44 GMT

Got myself a used Icom IC-W32A saturday ar R & L.

quiet, cold, and no DX

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:28:36 GMT

Well...had hoped that there would be some activity on 160 this morning. Since I am an early bird and have been getting up at 3:45 for the past 2 decades, I always come up to the shack and listen for an hour from 4am to 5 am. I have really lucked out and...

TRIPLE PLAY AWARD

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:10 GMT

Hooray I just completed the ARRL Triple Play WAS Award. I did it in 14 days! If you don't know what the Triple Play Award is let me explain: You have to work all 50 states in 3 modes, CW, Digital and Phone. All QSO's have to be confirmed through L...

JA3YBK (Japan) confirms QSO with NY8T

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:07:30 GMT

JA3YBK (Japan) confirms QSO with NY8T Confirmed with eQSL.cc 22Feb2009 22:54 20M CW JAPAN Done from home using a 20M Bosooka made by KD8EDT. FT857D using 100w.

RTTY ops

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:51:54 GMT

I picked up a used PK-232 (no MBX) off of eBay. It came with no cables, so I have been trying to get it up and running. I have a power cable made, and an FSK cable for my TS-450S, thanks to NJ2F, Jeff, and his well supplied junk box. I am able to transm...

Web Sites

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:39:22 GMT

www.usshissem.org www.k1nwb.org www.wa6tst.org

logs...logs...logs...minus 1!

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:37:26 GMT

Just finished the CQ DX Marathon log. Surprisingly enough I have worked 53 countries and 20 zones since 01/01/2009. I had no idea

logs...logs...logs

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:58:51 GMT

Well a lucky loss of power killed my previous blog entry of a few minutes ago. To sum it up I have been working on logs all weekend. CQ DX Marathon logs, EQSL logs, LOTW. Seems like I am never going to finish. Listening to 160 meter CW and only hearing ...

wires still working

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:54:09 GMT

The old wire antenna farm (actually more like a planter box) still gets the job done. An old 80 meter dipole fed with 450 ohm window line and my 4 band wire inverted-L are still providing plenty of action during the lull in sunspot activity. 80 & 16...

VHF too HF packet radio link

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:22:22 GMT

Howdy folks,i have never used a blog before,but here goes: Anywho..i now have a full 24/7 VHF too HF packet radio gateway running between 14.105mhz lsb and 145.010mhz fm useing my Kantronics KAM duel port TNC,my AEA pk-232mbx is off line right now,as...

New Stuff

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:17:46 GMT

Well, I just put up an 80/40 dipole in the trees. Boy is that fun. Now I just need to find some frequencies to get on and meet some new hams there. I love 40 meters and I know they are up there somewhere in the 75/80 meter bands We'll be getting a...

Sad day in Broadcasting history...RIP Paul Harvey!!!

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:42:58 GMT

Wow, I am saddened by this news. I was drawn in by his commentaries when I was a kid and he always had a great was of helping me understand the news a little better than the rest of the media. Paul will be missed for sure! 73 Anthony KB3RJH

N4MJG station

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:29:21 GMT

I enjoyed beging ham since 2001 gen lic. since 2007,and this is my first time here my ham shack.com

Internet Outage

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:07:42 GMT

After several hours of outage, the primary internet for Station NY8T is back on-line. It's nice having a secondary backup internet resource.

it has been awhile

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:26:15 GMT

well my friends it has been a while since i updated you so here is the news/ I have earned two awards thus far the DXCC award for phone and the ADXA-HALF award for 14 meters SSB. I have been really into CW and im up to a speed of around 25 wpm. now im w...

I've been studying.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:49:21 GMT

I have been taking the practice test. I'm finding the General Class questions a bit harder. I've worked up to about 65% average on the test. Hope to have it wrapped up in a few months.

Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) Fundamentals Workshop

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:06:36 GMT

Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) Fundamentals Workshop sponsored by the W8CYE - Drake Amateur Radio Club You do NOT need to be a Member of the Drake Club to participate. There are NO Fees for this workshop. We are asking that you RSVP to NY8T@arrl.net but ...

Add Italy to my QSOs!

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:07:34 GMT

Well imagine my surprise when I heard "CQ...CQ...North America..." at 8:00 AM Michigan time. My recent experience has been that twenty meters doesn't seem to open up much locally until sometime around 9 or 10AM our time. Well I answered with my call s...

Extra class

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:29:55 GMT

+Woooo Hooooo i passed the extra test today first try,,,,i feel great!

Got an HF Rig finally!

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:44:32 GMT

Went to the Vienna Winterfest last week and picked up my first HF Rig! It's a Kenwood TS-180S 160-10 meter rig. 200 W PEP on 160-15 SSB/CW and 160 W PEP on 10 SSB/CW. Nice and clean... Also picked up a Bearcat 895XLT Trunking scanner for $60! Nice un...

IT IS OFFICIAL! I KNOW WHAT MY SECOND HARMONIC IS

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:38:36 GMT

Greetings, Well, it is 25/FEB/2009 at 0435 hrs. utc and my wife went to the OB/GYN and they did a sonogram and we found out we are going to have a girl. I have blond hair now, but when she gets to her teen years I think my hair will turn white. HI ...

K5D where are you on 15?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:12:04 GMT

Sitting here looking at DXSpot watch and seeing everyone working K5D on 21.295, and I cannot hear a soul!

K5D

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:27:42 GMT

Worked the K5D DX expidition on 40m CW last night !

SignaLink Interface

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:31:21 GMT

Well... we made it home from Florida...it sure was a relaxing 2 weeks. The SignaLink unit arrived the day we left for Florida, so I knew it was waiting on me. Spent most of Friday catching up on maintenance around the house, but Friday evening, I ma...

hawaii

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:56:44 GMT

im now in hawaii till my ets and hopeing to make some 2 meter contacts once i get my antenna up

Amateur extra class

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:39:50 GMT

Im gonna go take the extra test very very soon...hope i make it

40 meter fun today

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:16:18 GMT

Later in the afternoon I was on 7.106 and called CQ. Mike K2TPZ from Baltimore, Md called me. We chatted for 10 minutes and condx went south on us. A few minutes later, I heard K0CDJ testing, so I called him. We have chatted before on 12/9/07. But t...

QRP 40m

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:02:48 GMT

Lost a bid on eBay for a MFJ-9040, it sold for more than half of the price of a new one. I'm sorry, but except for collectible equipment I won't pay more than half for stuff that may, or may not work, without additional parts and labor. So I went ahead ...

SatPC32 User Group Created

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:13:31 GMT

Hi all, I've started a new Yahoo user group for satellite operators using SatPC32 or any other software. March 29th...due to lack of membership I have deleted the group.

40 meters down today

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:38:01 GMT

I have been listening on 40 cw today and conditions have been poor. Some of the contest signals are loud because of their power. Hope band better later today or tomorrow.

First blog entry 2/20/09

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:33:27 GMT

I have been a cw ham for 54 years and still enjoy the "magic" of radio. I try to get at least one qso each day. I am on 40 meter cw between 7.030 and 7.040 listening. I am limited by my present antenna. I only have a Hamstick mobile antenna at presen...

Great QSO today...!

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:13:05 GMT

As I have said here before, I am currently set up to operate on 20 meters only. After some initial successes making contacts with special event stations in Florida and Arizonia and being able to "check into" some 'HF 'nets as well, I noticed the "actio...

Radio Active today

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:35:49 GMT

Setup portable HF station to do a day of radio at a remote location..Thunderstorms terminated our Radio Activities...packing up..

ATU/Antenna compatability

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:03:42 GMT

Made an interesting discovery last night. I've been using the tuner, in bypass mode, just to keep a check on the SWR of the EF-40. That way if the thing is blown down by wind or broken by ice, I'll know it without going outside to visually check each ...

Last Day of Vacation

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:02:33 GMT

Well, this is the last full day of vacation. It has been a slow 2 weeks, and the Florida weather sure has been a welcome break from the Ohio wintery weather. Have been hanging out by the pool almost every day. BUT...I am ready to go home ! I have ...

Adding a new piece of equipment...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:54:57 GMT

When I was first setting up my somewhat modest station, my good friend and Elmer, Mike, loaned me his watt meter to use. It is an MFJ model 815 and it seemed to work quite well. Given the fact, however, that my 55+ year old eyes aren't what they use to...

I will be replacing a watt meter today...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:50:59 GMT

I have ordered a new analog style meter to use with my 20meter equipment. Hopefully it will arrive soon. It is the LDG FT meter that I read great reviews of on a number of radio web sites. Stay tuned folks.. I'll let you know my first impressions AFT...

I broke through a pile up....sort of

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:14:22 GMT

Well, I didn't have too much time to spend with the radio today but I did steal an hour or so away from the day in the late afternoon. I checked the ARRL listings for any special event stations that were scheduled to be on the air today (President's Da...

My email address

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:42:18 GMT

fisherbud@yahoo.com

2009 Week 7

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:10:06 GMT

This weekend had several radio events in it: NCCC Sprint Feb 13 YLRL YL-OM Contest Feb 13-15 PODXS 070 Club Valentine Sprint Feb 13-14 CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest Feb 14-15 New Hampshire QSO Party Feb 14-15 NCCC Sprint Feb 14 Asia-Pacific Spring Spr...

my antenna is out the window and in the air at last...

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:33:04 GMT

Thanks to a friend of mine, another ham who has much more experienced than me, I finally have my simple, 20 meter station on the air! I have a very limited area in my yard that limits whatever wire antenna I had planned to erect. I decided on giving ...

SWR less than 1 to 5 ...

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:32:46 GMT

Interestingly enough I am measuring me SWR as almost a flat 1 to 1 at the lowest portion of the 20 meter band. It is no higher than 1 to 5 at the high end of the 20 meter band. Now, I could manually "tune" that antenna by shortening the wire about a f...

Packing for the Ice Station

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:16:31 GMT

A few of us are packing for a trip to the Ice Station today..a small trip just to have fun.

St Valentines Day

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:04:35 GMT

Took Hussy, my XYL, to Applebys for a Valentines Day lunch, then shopping. She picked a quasi-fancy kitchen faucet for her gift. Practical gal. She, Gods bless her, ordered me a Soviet mil-surp telegraph key... I swear I thought I removed those 12 id...

Visit my blog

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:31:18 GMT

http://vu2sgw.blogspot.com

I have to man the ham radio table...

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:14:25 GMT

On March 7, I going to man the amateur radio table at our church's emergency preparedness fair. I'm going to set up my radio and portable antenna, but since I'm going to do 5W inside of a gymnasium, I'm not holding out too much hope for a meaningful QSO...

Should I Upgrade ?

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:18:00 GMT

Hey, Is it worth upgrading from Advanced to Extra - Any thoughts on this ? I know I would pick up some band space and bragging Rights. Any other good reason ? Back in the day I studied for Extra – 20 WPM (Could have passed at one point) and Th...

We dodged the bullet...

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:28:47 GMT

Last evening, storms roared through the Central and southern states, including Texas and Oklahoma. They left damage in their wake with tornados in the southern part of Oklahoma and northern Texas. Here in The San Antonio area, there was a little bit o...

Orlando Hamcation

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:44:30 GMT

I plan to be at the Orlando Hamfest this Saturday. I'll be the guy wearing the N9RG cap! Hope to see you there.

The antenna arrived.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:55:19 GMT

The CHA250BX arrived yesterday. I didn't assemble it, just checked inventory and damages. This one is going to the ranch. Many folks dislike the comet but for my purposes its just about perfect. Good wind survival rateing, less snow/ice buildup, nothin...

Lost in the World of Digital

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:50:35 GMT

I built a pc interface this weekend with the expectation that I would enjoy some sstv; however, after 2 days of searching, I cannot find anything digital at all. I tried to find some PSK, FSK, digital sstv, all sorts of stuff. Does anyone use digital mo...

Lost in the World of Digital

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:47:36 GMT

new shack computer and windows 7

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:39:24 GMT

I have upgraded the shack computer to a abit 3ghz with 2 gig ram and win 7 beta...so far so good all my programs work good on it

Illinois QSO Party results

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:32:42 GMT

The results for the ILQSO Party are posted on the club web site http://www.w9awe.org/ILQP2008.html The event analysis is a good read too. NG9R

Welcome to the AC4MO Blog!!

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:21:48 GMT

Basically anything about Ham Radio aka Amateur Radio is welcome... 73 Miguel,ac4mo

Whats $$$ for?

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:43:58 GMT

Spent some OT tonight. Ordered the Comet CHA250BX for the cabin. Still undecided whether to put up a 160m dipole or plant four utility poles for a loop; probably go with the dipole, cheaper/easier to replace WHEN the ice/wind bring it down! Its a give...

Elmers

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:37:49 GMT

How many of you were Elmered into Ham Radio? How many of you are an Elmer? If you think Ham Radio is worthwhile enough to do yourself, I am sure you are sharing the fun with non-hams or beginning hams, not only to promote the hobby, but to see that ot...

Been doin' a little promoting

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:03:45 GMT

I have posted bulletins among the ham community on MySpace and a link on my geocities.com links page, promoting MyHamSpace.com. I have been inviting them to get their kyesters over here and show us "what's in their wallet". Maybe we'll see a couple ...

Winter in the Texas Hill Country

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:55:54 GMT

Bandera County, Tx. Well, it appears to be a typical winter here, except for the small amount of snow we received in January. It amounted to 1 inch of accumulation and had 3 inch drifts against rocks and walls but nothing on pavement and asphalt. Th...

ISS antenna

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:55:53 GMT

I have been tracking the ISS using my hamradio deluxe program and have decided to build a eggbeater style antennna. Ill make the phasing section soon as i get some 100 ohm coax and it will be test time!

Got the priveledges now what?!?!

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:26:58 GMT

Well, I finally got my upgrade to General and I’m feeling like my wheels are spinning. Looking around at the different HF rigs is almost dizzying. I know where I need to start but it always comes down to the short on money issue. I don't want to buy an ...

Winter All Over Again

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:09:20 GMT

Hello Fellow Hams. This is my first blog here on My Ham Shack. Like many places on earth we have winter in New England. This has been the worst I've seen in years December brought the the BIG ICE took down all my antennas but one wire no power for 14 d...

Frostbite

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:12:31 GMT

Yup, I did it. Not gonna lose any fingers but they surely hurt. DracOILa, my truck, stalled after leaving the driveway yesterday (moisture in the lines), so I took off a glove to turn the switch. Thats all it took. Perfect imprint of the metallic switch...

2009 Week 4

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:27:26 GMT

Another busy radio weekend. The Breakfast Club met then deployed to Ice Station Zebra. We ran 3 stations working all Modes and all modes at various times. We worked Winter Field Day, the CW 160 Contest and the BARTG RTTY contest. We went fro...

Hello from Down Under

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:16:14 GMT

G'day from Perth Western Australia. New QTH since Jan 2010. I am a DXer and love DXing, CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and the ocassional JT65 QSO. Hope to see you on the bands 73, Lance - VK6DU

160 meter loop

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:49:48 GMT

Today i added some more wire to my 160 loop, got it resonant around 1.795 lol...now seems to tune easier...still havent added the 4:1 balun just feeding it with 9913 and using the tuner...

Tnx, STU,

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:16:25 GMT

for sending our winter back. Got about 15-20cents of snow in the back yard, with drifts over a meter. (-1.5F) Wind sculpting, the average depth is anywhere 'tween the two. Roads to the E/W closed this am, N/S routes remain open. If still closed at 6am...

New to MyHamShack.com

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:51:54 GMT

Not much of a blog but it's a start until I get it kick started here. I wanted to say hello and hope everyone is OK. 73, Larry W5LJM http://www.myspace.com/texasham

First Ham Radio

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:47:42 GMT

I don't have a radio yet any ideas?

Hello! visit my web

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:02:49 GMT

http://www.lu1bjw.net

CW gripes and practice

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:59:44 GMT

I love CW! The mode, the history, the reliability of it all; but... -lol and wtf?- are not a positive evolution of the lingo. I heard both this morning at 12:39z/1-25-09 7.033mhz, used against a op who was in over his head. Apparently this guy, this p...

Passed Element 3!!!!!

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:07:29 GMT

Happy to say that I passed the General Element 3 exam today. Traveled to White Marsh Md, and took my test, they were trying to get me to take the extra but, I figured I'd study a bit more before taking that one. Just couldn't be happier right at the ...

Finally got the rotor tested

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:51:47 GMT

First of all, please understand I have never owned a tower, beam or rotor before. I was eager to get home from work tonight, as I had visions of finally getting on the roof and snagging the coax off the KU4AB loop. It was a little tricky with some snow ...

Antenna update

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:49:19 GMT

I now have the 160 meter loop up and running...now to figure out all the tuning points for multiband operation and see how well it does...its not very high up and not hardly long enough but more wire can be added later and maybe raised in a few places.....

Page update..

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:01:01 GMT

I have been working on the page a bit tonight trying to get a better look to it..lol The 160 loop laying over here in the floor waiting to go up at the first warm weather and i almost cant stand the pressure....will it perform great or just be average?

Shack update...

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:24:06 GMT

ive been working on making the shack a little bit more enjoyable to be in for long periods of time lol.... more later

Hey im back again

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:23:11 GMT

after a while of not operating im back into the groove thanks to k4uad and some of the other hams in the ky/va/tn area

eShopping (c.1920 xmtr parts)

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:53:56 GMT

Ordered the tube and some vari-caps for the old time radio xmtr project. Found a great piece of old sawmill plank at the Medicine Bow Airport the other day. I'll use it for the radio base. Our airport is still a grass runway and only used by the 'skeet...

New Ham

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:21:26 GMT

I just got my Amateur Radio License on 01/05/2009 after many years of procrastination.

http://tono-radioseller.blogspot.com/

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:21:09 GMT

http://tono-radioseller.blogspot.com/

Hanging around for the holiday

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:46:22 GMT

I had the day off of work today for Martin Luther King Day. I hung around in the shack quite a bit. I wasn't having any luck making contacts on 20M PSK31, even though there was a lot of activity. I finally decided it was too nice of a day to be inside a...

2009 Week 3

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:37:35 GMT

This weekend was a great weekend to test my station and operation aids, it was a busy contest weekend + a long weekend thanks to a holiday. I have not yet competed in any contests but like to participate in them. W8EN - Gary Hardwick, and I decided t...

Ice Station Zebra

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:13:26 GMT

We have a remote location within approx 30 min drive time of most of us, this location has a high elevation and room to test many antenna's. We started placing antenna's and basics at this location during a very cold and windy day with snow and ice o...

More work on the shack

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:39:07 GMT

I wanted to wait until it was really cold out to do some more cable work. -30C this morning. Went out and picked up the rotor cable today. Got it through the wall with the coax and is now ready to go. Hooked the rotor up upstairs to test it and everythi...

A truly neat website (edited)

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:15:51 GMT

I found schematics and shopping lists for my next project(s) at (corrected web address) http://www.antiquewireless.org/otb/1920xmtr.htm Its a 1920's (tube) style 80m xmtr, they also have the same info for a rcvr of similar flavor. (I can practice my c...

IT SURE IS COLD AROUND HERE

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:57:11 GMT

Well, it is 0550 HRS. UTC. 16/JAN/2009 here and it is -5 Deg F or about -21 Deg C.... -25 Deg. F with the windchill. We have a foot of snow on the ground and more lake effect snow coming. Mercy! I had to put my Carhart insulated bib overalls on, Carh...

What to do, what to do....

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:57:10 GMT

I know it's only January but I have begun to think about what antennas to put on the tower when it goes up in the spring. The R7 has been sold, so looking for ideas for a HF beam. Plans are to put the 2m beam up for SSB, and I have been considering eith...

Brrrr....It's freakin cold!!!!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:24:51 GMT

What a day for a sit inside... If not any other day, today is the day I should have stayed in. The kids got to go into school late, Frederick Co. actaully had a two hour delay and there wasn't any snow on the ground at all. Woke at about 5:30 this mo...

PAR EF-40 review

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:34:05 GMT

OK, I said I PROBABLY wouldn't give this one a review, well, I changed my mind! Dale Parfitts 'end fed' forty meter dipole suits this locale well. Our town lot is long and narrow, with a setup that mandates feedline connection at one end of the prope...

Starting out 2009

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:25:09 GMT

After 14 days working on the new Logbook of the World Tiple Play Award I am 2/3 complete. Lots of fun, using the contests' , North American Traffic and Awards Net 3.905 at 0400z and a LOTW USERS on 3.618 at 0130z. I can have a Schedule to work you fo...

Welcome to my shack.

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:24:18 GMT

Hello everyone, Welcome to my humble little shack, it's not much to look at but it works. After being out of HF for several years I managed to get another HF radio and antenna up to get back on the low bands. I have a FT-450AT radio with a MFJ-...

See my eHam Article ?

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:45:18 GMT

See my eHam article. http://www.eham.net/articles/20717#comments 73's, Bill - KA6KBC

CQ, CQ, CQ this is KB3RJH calling CQ, Over!!

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:46:31 GMT

Hi, The call sign is KB3RJH, the name is Anthony and my QTH is in Taneytown, MD. That's just south of Littlestown, PA about 8 miles or so... I passed my Technician exam on Fathers day 2008 so I've been a ham for about 6 months now. It's been a blast ...

Finally, the last Pixie posting.

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:10:42 GMT

I finished the last Pixie2. Pics are in my photo section. Using kit supplied parts, not optimized for 28MHz, it xmits on 28.0575 and not 28.060 as the crystal is labeled; probably at reduced power as well. Should I ever attempt another QRP rig I’ll st...

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:59:19 GMT

MY RADIO'S

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:32:51 GMT

MY MAIN RADIO IS THE FT-1000MP MK-5 USE A MOD YAESU MD200 DESK MIC, ALSO HAVE SP-8 SPEAKER, WITH FILTERS HF ONLY RIG ! * SOLD MY TS-2000 KENWOOD AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE ! I HAVE BOUGHT A TEN-TEC JUPITER ? SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN & PLA...

MY ANTENNAS

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:12:07 GMT

WELL 1ST OFF I LOVE WIRE ANTENNAS, PRICE, EASY TO INSTALL AN WORK ON, EASY TO MAKE MY MAIN ANTENNA IS THE ORG VS G5RV-102 FOOT ALSO WORK 10-80 METERS WITH TUNER ALSO A 135 FOOT FLAT TOP,450 OHM LADDER LINE REMOTE BALUM,SHORTEST RUN SMALL COAX IN...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:55:20 GMT

HSC (Pixie kit) Customer Service

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:59:00 GMT

As some of you know I purchased a P2 kit from Kenneke for 3x the price of a HSC kit, but it arrived promptly and works. You can't ask for better than that, if your willing to pay the price. After attempting to order from HSC twice and receiving an abso...

NEW CALL SIGN

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:04:59 GMT

N4MDB , GUESS WILL HAVE TO START OVER ? nd4mdb@live.com will start new BLOG TNX N4MDB MIKE

Antennas

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:27:22 GMT

Anyone have any suggestions for 6M and HF antennas for an Apt. Dweller? I really don’t have a lot of indoor or outdoor space. I have been tinkering with dipoles; the only hassle is that I have to take down what I put up. No permanent attachments to t...

40m Constipation

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:07:06 GMT

Tried to work some 40m CW last night, but I reckon it was 'nerdnet' night. Nothing but PSK31 gibberish heard the entire length of the CW portion of the band. With propagation as bad as it is, we're all compressed into narrower and narrower portions of ...

AL-80 B Amplifier

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:03:02 GMT

Deal in The works for a AL-80B AMP

RADIO'S

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:00:56 GMT

I HAVE AS MY MAIN REG, A FT-1000MP MK-5 YAESU 200 WATTS, SP-8 , MICROPHONE MD200 YAESU MOD, GREAT RADIO ! BACK UP RADIO, IS A TS-2000 ALL MODE KENWOOD HEIL G-4 DESK MIC 2M-6M-440-HF OLD STANDBYS, FT-101E,SP-101SP YEASU TS-700SP ALL M...

ANTENNAS

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:00:49 GMT

I LOVE WIRE ANTENNAS, CHEAP, EASY TO BUILD, EASY TO INSTALL, WORK GREAT HAVE A 102 FOOT, G5RV ARRL VERSION, NORTH & SOUTH 10-80 METERS. BUILDING 160 METER LOOP, FULL WAVE....! CAN'T WAIT 60 METER DIPOLE , GREAT BAND, I'M JUST STARTING OUT...! 20 ...

Success!

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:10:55 GMT

I'm back alive on 40m after I sorted out my problems, but this blog is about the Pixie-II. My XYL, Hussy, picked up some stuff for me today at Rat Shack. You guys know the place, they used to deal in RADIO stuff and not cell phones, GPS, and other ov...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:42:11 GMT

Well, it is 0640 hrs. UTC 01/JAN/2009 and it is a New Year here in N/E Ohio. I hope everyone has very good and prosperous new year. God Bless and have great DX!!! 73, Stuart W8STU

Pixie2

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:42:44 GMT

What a fun lil kit! I'd forgotten what it felt like to assemble one of these. The process awoke some snoozing grey cells too. After work today I'll finish the kit components by installing the XTAL & R5. Taking apart dead junk for sockets & jacks to u...

MY STATION

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:48:32 GMT

MY STATION, IS SET UP IN A SPARE BEDROOM, AFTER THE LAST CHILD GOT MARRIED, 12X14 ROOM, WORKS OUT WELL, LEFT CONNER OF HOUSE, 1 WINDOW, HAVE MY RADIO'S ON A "BIG CONNER DESK" THAT MY WIFE FOUND AT A STATE SELL..! 36''X 24'' TOP HEAVEY...! $25 ...

Homebrewed QSL Cards

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:37:58 GMT

I highly recommend QSL Maker created by WB8RCR. All I can say is that it is amazing and even better - Free to use/down load @ http://qslmaker.mi-nts.org/ See below a link to some of the cards I've made - Just goffing around. 73's Bill ...

Homebrew - Tak-tenna or Tak Antenna ?

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:04:32 GMT

Hi All, A few months ago I posted a note about my homebrew version of this Antenna - I've done a little better write up that I have posted on my webpage. http://billbrwn.tripod.com//id3.html 73's Bill - KA6KBC

I took the lazy way out.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:58:55 GMT

Chopped and spliced my flexweave so many times it ain't funny. Had the triband sloper working this morning on all three bands, then disaster! Disconnected the gator clip from the 40m section to work some 30m CW. The lead for the gator is/WAS part of th...

The TS-2000 has arrived!

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:31:15 GMT

What a beautiful radio. I remember when it first started appearing in ads in QST and I thought what an ugly radio. But now having one in front of me it is amazing what this thing will do. I can monitor the local repeater while listening for a 6m opening...

Back to the books...

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:25:36 GMT

I used to claim some proficiency at constructing antennas, until recently. As a younger ham I built everything! Yagis, end-fed and doublet zepps, j-poles, transmatches and the works. But apparently thats behind me. Problem 1: 17m hamstick dipole. Adj...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:08:32 GMT

Greetings, Well, it is 25/DEC/2008 0600 HRS UTC here in N/E Ohio and it is Christmas morning. We finally got our son's presents wrapped and put under the Christmas tree. That took a while, HI HI. Seriously, I want to wish all of you from my family to...

Xmas Eve 08

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:58:15 GMT

xmas Eve ‘08 Worked on the 74’ random wire antenna all morning. Planted another 8’ ground rod, tightened all coax/ground connections; raised the remote end to near horizontal orientation (in 60mph gusts). Using the MFJ941E I can now tune 40, 30, 17 &...

Random thoughts

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:37:39 GMT

Moved the rigs into the house. Couldn't heat a 6x8 garden shed to comfort level. Already tried the heated garage but the furnace NEVER shut off! Lost my privacy (piece and quiet) but no extremities! Ran ninety something feet of flexweave and tuned 40m ...

Bbbbbrrrr...

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:26:48 GMT

-30F windchill right now. It was a great day for antenna work! Have the rigs here at the home QTH, set up in a very cold garden shed. I miss my cabin and the towers, but that road is about to be snow-locked until spring. New AGM deep-cycle batteries a...

Can't wait for spring

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:00:01 GMT

The tower is now sitting in the backyard, waiting for spring to go up. I recently picked up a Yaesu G450XL rotor and am excited about getting the new station together. I recently traded my TS870S for a TS2000 which should be here in a few days. I will p...

IT'S OFFICIAL! MY 2nd HARMONIC IS COMING!

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:34:57 GMT

Well, it is 0030 HRS. UTC 19/DEC/2008 My wife and I found out today by the doctor my wife is 8 weeks pregnant. We are thrilled! My wife wants a girl. I want a boy. I have a blond hair now. If we have a girl my hair will turn white when she gets to ...

Vanity Call

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:25:13 GMT

Well, I have had KD4LT since May, 1981 and I just decided to jump into the "Vanity" call sign arena. Effective January 2009, My new call sign will be W4CCS. Why..? Well that is me and my wife's initials. Clyde and Connie Scott.. Got the 30L-1 rep...

W5GI MYSYTERY ANTENNA

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:47:59 GMT

Greetings, well, it is 05//DEC/2008 at 0320 HRS. UTC. and the snow has blanketed the ground once again. They always say, "Your antenna will work better if you put it up in bad weather." Well, that is true. My friend, Joe/KB8QID came over yesterday ...

Just before the snow flies

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:51:05 GMT

I lucked out more than I could have hoped for this time. I have three 4 foot sections of the ex-military fiberglass poles I'm sure you've seen available at just about every hamfest. I decided those 3 sections would be used to anchor the long end of th...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FELLOW HAMS

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:20:11 GMT

Well, it is 0515 hrs. utc. 27/NOV/2008 here in N/E Ohio so, it is Thanksgiving here now. I just wanted to wish everyone a very BLESSED and SAFE Thanksgiving from my family to your family. Try not to eat too much turkey or you will fall asleep and you ...

Good Signals

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:36:56 GMT

LZ1ANA, Bulgaria, Andy Antov, good signal on 40 meters this morning. First time for Bulgaria in a while. Sounds like things might be opening up a bit.

Whats new? RTTY .. I am thinking of trying it..

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:28:27 GMT

I have not been doing much here lately.. I have installed a laptop in my mobile to tag up with my SL-1+ digital interface... I think I want to try my hand at some RTTY now.. I have a buddy of mine W7LD Jack who does really well on RTTY.. So if anyone wh...

That didn't work out as planned

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:37:02 GMT

As it turns out, I've learned quite a bit about house construction while trying to put up the Rohn extendable pole. The first story of our house is brick. The second story is a different... story. It's siding. Okay, no big deal, right? Well, turns...

FIRST SNOW DAMAGE AT STATION - W8STU

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:57:16 GMT

Greetings, fellow amateur radio enthusiast. Well, it is 2144 HRS. UTC 22/NOV/2008 at the W8STU shack. The first snow and wind gave me some problems. I took a picture and posted it on my page. The snow hit us before we knew it. Local forecasters w...

Center support for the carolina windom

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:59 GMT

I've decided I need to do something about getting the center support higher than 20 feet for the Carolina Windom. The plan is: obtain a wall mount (which I've recently found locally) that I can mount an older Rohn extending pole to. Going to see how i...

What a day!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:42:24 GMT

Started to the cabin this morning. Seven miles out my radiator decided to take a dump. Had just enough antifreeze/coolant to get back home. Apparently a sticky thermostat, seems OK now. While waiting on the truck to cool (at the house) I decided to m...

FIRST SNOW IS HERE

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:45:22 GMT

Well, It is 0436 hrs. UTC 11/NOV/2008 and we have had our first snow of the winter. We got eight inches of heavy wet snow today. All of the antennas are OK. Road crew got the snow cleared from the roads though. Though, morning commute was a litt...

QRL?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:50:17 GMT

Just saw some amazing sites of great hams, wanted to join the herd. More at a later date. Lex

NEW PICTURES OF THE SHACK

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:25:41 GMT

Well, It is 26,OCT. 2008 at 0500 hrs. UTC in the morning and I am up, (as usual) playing radio. I am a night person. I worked 18 years for the local Police Dept. There I worked 9 years of afternoon shift and 9 years on midnight shift. I think workin...

The tower is down

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:09:26 GMT

Dismantled the tower on Saturday morning. Came down pretty easy although one of the Cushcraft 2m/440 verticals broke into three pieces after swan diving 40 feet with the rope broke as it was being lowered to the ground. The rest of the job went smoothly...

K9L during the Illinois QSO Party

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:40:55 GMT

The Illinois QSO Party will be October 19th from 12:00 noon until 8:00 PM CDST 160 through 2 meters. I will be on from N9JF's using the special event call of K9L. K9L was issued as part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas...

Near Fest IV 2008

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:56:02 GMT

Saturday in New Hampshire was a delightful sunny and warm October day. Perfect for strolling around the Deerfield Fairgrounds where NEAR-Fest http://www.near-fest.com/ was holding its forth Ham-fest and flea-market. I arrived at 8 AM and searched the it...

My first entry...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:19:26 GMT

Well, what's new? I guess the latest addition to the shack is the Kenwood TR751A. Always wanted one and managed to find one in very good condition at a price that was to good to pass on. The radio is in excellent condition and I have since added a Mirag...

Got a Heathkit SB610 Oscilloscope

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:45:15 GMT

This past weekend I attended the Princeton Hamfest. Ended up coming home with a Heathkit SB610 Oscilloscope for what I consider to be a deal. The best thing was that it worked "out of the box" . I took it apart and cleaned it up. Nothing li...

My Location on terra

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:05:28 GMT

City: Derry County: ROCKINGHAM State: New Hampshire Country: USA Area Code:603 Latitude: North, Degrees:42.868982 Minutes: Seconds: Longitude: West, Degrees:71.310380 Minutes: Seconds: Grid Square: FN42iu

Incredible DX sept 3rd

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:34:23 GMT

Good morning, Had a AWESOME day DX'ing on the 3rd of September. Got to spend abt 4 hours in the shack in the digital modes, and worked 25 DX stations. All in all I worked over 11 different countries. These were Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Engla...

Free On-Line Morse Code Trainer ?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:16:08 GMT

Hey All, Really neat site: http://lcwo.net/?p=main Free to use - Its free to Sign Up, but if you don't want to you can sign up under User Name and PassWord: test (Noted on the site) My code is a little rusty, but I can still do up into the 1...

Digital Modes..

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:15:17 GMT

We I have my Tigertronics SL-1+ working just fine not thanks to Jason @ Tigertronics.. I can be found on 30M PSK-31 on 10.140 USB...

Carolina Windom from RadioWorks

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:25:57 GMT

Finally got the radiating element off the ground. I still don't have the apex higher than 20 feet (the radiating element is 22 feet long), but at least it's off the ground. What I did is to use some dacron rope to tie it off so it could hang from an a...

Just a ordinary ham story...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:32:19 GMT

It was in the Red Cross super camp 2008, tanay, rizal. An ordinary day …just other boring day in camp. I was assigned/ volunteered as a radio operator for 5 days with almost 600 participants and half are kids from the Red Cross Youth from all over the P...

New Net Control Coordinator

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:13:23 GMT

I've just become the new Net Control Coordinator for the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club, WA State.

My entry to myhamshack.com

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:42:13 GMT

Hi there fellow Ham de DV1KD my handle is Kim. I'm a holder of Class B (General Class) Amateur Radio Station License. I've been in the hobby for almost 20 years. My interest in radio started when I'm still a young boy when my father listens to his Sh...

my 1st blog

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:53:54 GMT

hello, this is my fist blog. at the moment just need 2 more QSL cards in my hands for me to mail out the DXCC. lately I have been making contacts on CW and working my NVIS doublet antenna. the sunspots have been zero and not much activity on the upper b...

Got stuck to two…

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:49:23 GMT

It all started on 11meter band which was an old cobra radio, I used to come by my friends house after school and his brother, the one who showed me a thing or two on the 11 and since then I got hook. when i reached 16, my dad, a fire chief in our munici...

50th Jamboree-on-the-Air

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:49:32 GMT

Back in the Day - I was very invovled in Scouting (Eagle Scout 1979 - Troop 512 Fontana, Ca) and Ham Radio - This was a fun event. Check it out. 73's - Bill - KA6KBC WHAT IS JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, is an ann...

DX Spider node at NG9R

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:18:36 GMT

Well, I haven't given up on Linux yet, but for the short term I have a DX Spider node running on an older Windows laptop. Not completely painless but not all that hard either. Our local DX Cluster node has been off the air due to a forced remodeling pro...

ALL ABOUT ME

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:36:23 GMT

Hi all. I am age 51 and was happily married to Irene for 27 years until her untimely death on March 24th, 2012 from a pulmonary embolism.I have 4 children, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 daughter-in-law, and 1 grandson.Clifford(27),Cory(25), Elizabeth(20), Molly...

Sign Guest Book

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:54:39 GMT

Sign my guest book

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Getting wire antennas up in the trees

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:59 GMT

What does everyone else do to get their wire antennas up when you don't have a tower for a support? I have heard of wrist rockets, potato guns, bottles filled with water and bows and arrows. My personal choice is a 45 lb. recurve bow, a heavy fish arro...

Field Day 2008

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:39:50 GMT

Hi, I am just now updating my blog and realized I didn't finish my entry for FD 2008. This years FD was the most fun I've had on FD. I volunteered to be a coach at the GOTA station this year. For the past several years W8PGW and W8UM team up and ...

Linux users

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:52:18 GMT

I am looking for Linux users that wouldn't mind helping this old man getting his feet wet in the Linux world. I hope to put a DX-Spider cluster on and the fist step is learning something about Linux. if you are so inclined, drop me an email at ng9r@ng9...

6 meters and above

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:47:39 GMT

The 6 meter band is alway interesting, but especially so this summer so far. Opening to Europe are common and the have been several days that Japan stations have been worked. I estimate that form my qth, there has been some form of opening 25 of the pas...

Field Day this was Great!!!!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:34:53 GMT

This year we (my brother and myself) went 2260 feet above sea level.. we made several antenna, G5RV and Windom, and I used my TS-570 and my brother used his 706mkiig with manual tuners and all needed to operate. we made 324 contact we have awesome food...

Tired of QRZ or eHam?

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:34:58 GMT

Lets get a good topic going here and see where it goes? Any ideas? This is an OPEN BLOG Forum...

Amateur Weather

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:34:42 GMT

So do we have any other amateur weather Ham's out there like myself? If so, what type and brand weather system do you use? I am using an Oregon Scientific WMR-968 with dual screens, one here in shack, and the other is in my bedroom. Also use Weather-...

ParZ End-Fed Dipole

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:39:11 GMT

I have had this antenna for several years and never put it up. Found it the other day and decided to give it a try. Although it is limited to 100watts, it is truly an amazing little antenna, especially for DX, as I have it installed about 70 degs off ve...

Field Day

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:06 GMT

Well Field Day 2008 is upon us. Hope the bands play right and everyone has a SUPER time. I will be operating from home in the AC due to recient medical reasons, can't take the heat. But I will miss hanging out with the guys. Alan de W4LGH

Kids Day 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:06:46 GMT

On Saturday, June 21 we had 3 kids calling CQ for ARRL's Kids Day 2008. My 13 year old son, who is developmentally handicapped, made several contacts, including BC, Canada, southern California, and other stations in WA State. Our 11 yr old girl, who's ...

ARRL

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:06:28 GMT

I just joined the ARRL

My Dad - WB6CGN

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:07:30 GMT

Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna I had planned on posting a quick note about a little "Home Brew" electronics project I made over the weekend, but as I was thinking about it I wanted to really talk about my Dad as Father's Day approac...

tube rugs and 10M

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:57:02 GMT

well, it has been a few months since I posted anything new here, so I thought I would pop in and catch everyone up on my activities. Been trying to get my CW skills back up to speed, since I spent a LOT of time using PSK-31 this last year. I will be...

Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:17:20 GMT

Ok - So no one is giving me any feedback - So I'm making my own. Project Overview So I've been reading about this Small Space antenna that is being sold as the TAK-Tenna. Really neat idea - Has a 30 inch boom and Spiral Coils on the ends. S...

40 Meter TAK-tenna ?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Hi All, Has anyone out there used one of these 40 Meter TAK-tenna ? http://taktenna.com/ http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6775 http://www.hamuniverse.com/taktennareview.html Description: Electrical Half-wave Dipole Antenna Rotatabl...

HW-101 is working

Sat, 31 May 2008 20:17:39 GMT

I can't take credit at all - my Dad, W9JXN Tony Sokol, treated me to a "Tony Sokol Special" (we've liked to say that when Howard Mills has done restoration work on his Collins gear that it's a "Howard Mills Special". To make a long story short, there t...

New transceiver - Heathkit HW-101

Sun, 25 May 2008 20:06:33 GMT

I wasn't quite expecting to come home with one (I was originally looking for a HW-12, mainly for the Collins Collectors Association 80 meter net, but I ended up finding a HW-101 with the PS-23 power supply for $100. We'll see how she fares when I get h...

New vanity callsign

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:17:32 GMT

I finally made the decision to apply for a vanity callsign to drop the KA prefix. It took the full 18 days the site mentioned for it to process, but I received it just in time for Dayton so the timing was perfect.

Saturday 24 May

Fri, 23 May 2008 22:52:39 GMT

Well after getting a couple of the hundreds or so of house hold jobs out of the way I have finally repaired my 1250 Mhz ATV beam and put a signal back into the local ATV repeater, not that the small verticle didn't do the job but the beam does it better...

Kenwood TS-450SAT is back on the air

Thu, 22 May 2008 12:08:55 GMT

Kenwood TS-450SAT is back on the air! the PLL unit was not the problem but a faulty Carrier IC was the problem. She has taken her place back on the desk and i'm back on 80 meters! 73

Field Day PLans

Fri, 16 May 2008 08:12:19 GMT

OK this year for field my brother and I have plans to go to higher elevation to northern PA in the mountains where we have family still in that area. The Equipment that we are planning to bring 2 - Icom 706mkiig's, 2-laptops, several wire antennas, tun...

First HF Contact

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:18 GMT

Several local operators where kind enough to help me ring out the kinks in the setup. I managed to make SSB phone contacts with them both. We were joined by another operator out of SC. Managed a contact with a decent signal report between middle TN a...

Net Check-ins

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:26:30 GMT

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 1900 - Turkey Heaven Mtn. Net (146.865 - 131.8) 2000 - St. Clair County ARES Net (145.13 - 103.5) 2030 - Alabama Emergency Net Y (146.160 - 100)

Tube rigs

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:32 GMT

Been a while since I posted anything new, so I thought I would catch up a bit on the tube gear. Been trying to generate 10m activity in this area, and using the tube gear on the 10m band, which isn't easy sometimes. The tube gear can be a bit finick...

First Rig/Station ?

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:54:21 GMT

Hey All, So what was your first Rig/Station ? This is back in 1979 or so, when I first got my Novice Ticket. For me my first Rig was a Homebrew 6L6 Transmitter that my Dad (WB6CGN SK) and I built. I remember that I had to order Crystals from...

Hams In The "Fam"

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:58:46 GMT

Well all there are 9 active hams in my family and sadly one departed. KE3CK AA3MW N3CDX N3SLA N3TTK N3WWY KB3LAZ KB3NEY KB3NYU KB3RCL I guess you could say it a family hobby.

Some Fire in the Wire!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:17:40 GMT

I finally have a little oomph in my signal with the addition of a Collins 30L-1 amplifier (on loan from W9JXN). What a difference it makes! I can't wait to get my antenna a little higher so the radiating vertical element of the Carolina Windom isn...

Who got you Started in Ham Radio ?

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:34:00 GMT

I thought this would be an interesting topic. So who got you started in this Ham Radio Stuff ? For me I had two important elmers in my Ham Radio Life. My dad Jack (WB6CGN - SK) got his Tech Ticket in the early 60's. He was very interested in e...

40 meter FH Net, April 17, 2008

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:15:20 GMT

The net began in usual fashion. We received 2 check-ins pretty quickly and then issues began. During our 3rd check-in, someone began to transmit on top of each of the attempts by W0YSE. They used what appears to be JT65a RO at first then 73. At firs...

Why do so few hams use personal web sites?

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:12:59 GMT

Just curious, why do so few hams have personal web sites? This site certainly makes it easy to do and the only expense is voluntary. Then, to make it worse, almost half of the sites on here have no information on them. I can understand not wanting to p...

Silent Key Estates (no dis-respect intended)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:08:40 GMT

Why is it when anyone sells equipment for a family of a silent key, they have to make sure everyone knows it is a silent key? It it to generate sympathy so the prices will be higher? Is it to advertise the fact everything is sold as is, no returns? Ju...

30 meter Feld Hell Club net April 14, 2008

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:34:00 GMT

30 meters has been hopping lately. QNI for the net went quite well as the stations coming back to me were 579 most of the time. Check-ins were: WB2HTO, Dave in MA; KO5G, David in TX; K5WTA, Jake in FL; N5ZTW, Delbert in TX; W5APS, Jim in TX. Though t...

Welcome

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:34:17 GMT

Hello and welcome to my new page... I live in Rose Hill Virginia and im medically retired so i spend some of my free time playing with ham gear and antennas to pass the time. Ham radio is a good hobby but it can get expensive and time consuming if you ...

40 meter Feld Hellschreiber Club Net March 27, 2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:55:02 GMT

40 meters started out pretty good. Stations were initially 599 all except WA0JYD & AA9DY who were 339 or worse. Check-ins were: N3LFC, AA9DY, WA3QHJ, W0HPE, WA0JYD, and myself. The band dropped out after about 35 minutes and the net was closed. Too ...

10m and Tube rig's

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:16:10 GMT

Hi, haven't posted anything in a while, so thought I would just catch up a bit. Been working on 10m a lot lately, although I have only made a few local contacts so far. Been trying to stir up some 10m activity in this area. I also have a friend who i...

Updated Shack

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:26:11 GMT

Well I have almost completed my shack upgrade.. the only thing left if to erect my 30 foot tower and put the Butternut HF5B and a 2 meter beam up..

HF Portable Ops in Okieland!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:43:04 GMT

I am traveling to my fathers farm for Easter weekend. The plan is to take my HF gear and do some portable operating. The only antenna at my disposal will be his 3-mile long hotwire fence, hopefully I will be able to load it up for 20, 40, 75 and 160 m...

Never underestimate the wire antenna

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:12:53 GMT

I an somewhat antenna limited at home. Actually, I am not supposed to have any antennas up, but my landlord looks the other way with my attempts at skyhooks, or at least he has so far. Most of my HF antennas are wire, hung across trees and do not gener...

Hamstick Fan Dipole for HF

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:12:24 GMT

I have had a lot of emails about my HF antenna, so here is a brief description. I operated mostly mobile and only 10m and up from my home. After discovering PSK31 and other digital modes I wanted to relocate my ft-857d to the house and co...

K1NWB Blog

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:24:47 GMT

not much for writing, but here goes... ham since 57, U.S. NAVY radio opr on board U.S.S. Hissem DER/400... 10-29-2010... ...just picked up a PRISTINE Kenwood TS-830 Gold Edition on Ebay...COMPLETE with ALL filters...amazingly clean and well kept......

Digital Modes

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:48:09 GMT

Well for sometime now I have had a SingalLink SL+1 interface but can still not get it to work right. I get it to key the radio & I can recive just fine but for some reason I can not get the signal out.. So anyone running a SL-1+ with a 706MIIG please le...

using standard phonetiics

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:57:55 GMT

I haven't posted here in a while and this subject came up today on HRHG yahoo group. This is a subject that I think is important. At least it is to me. Believe me I like to have fun with this hobby. My answer to this new ham about using standard phon...

new old gear

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:40:30 GMT

The other day I had a chance to swing a deal for some tube gear, which I happen to really enjoy. I had a Yaesu ft-857 which I wasnt really using to much other than for 2M, so I did a swap with a local ham that was looking for an HF rig fr his truck. I ...

w0zdw

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:19:34 GMT

I learned some about stealth antennas and QRP from my OL's Uncle Larry- w0zdw- Larry Haney from Colorado Springs. I finally have more time to learn....and he's a silent key now.

Panarama of the Tower and Back Yard

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:34:45 GMT

My Father (KK9E) took this picture and posted it on his web site. Quicktime needed to view this. By holding the left mouse button and moving it on the picture, you can get a look at the tower and back yard of my QTH. http://homepage.mac.com/panop...

Busy Working VP6DX

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:34:41 GMT

I Have been lucky enough to get VP6DX on all bands and modes from 160 to 12 meters. (18 band mode contacts) Hoping for some DX Gods to help out on 10 meters.

Be careful of what you wish for...you may get it!

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:07:38 GMT

Last year I mused over getting a vanity call with better phonetics for contesting. Specifically with a suffix DMW which happens to be my initials and cool sounding phonetics, "Kilo Nine Dead Man Walking". I applied for and received last June(07) the cal...

what dx contacts have you made

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:14:48 GMT

Made some nice dx contacts today Vp6dx, 4z5la, j79pn,ea8ak,& 8r1ak nice day for contact dx will try later.. let me know what your dx contacts were thank you for reading my site 73 de w3nrl Nick

w000t, new Vanity callsign finally here

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:41:12 GMT

Wow, after waiing for the F.C.C for what seemed an eternity, my NEW callsign is finally here. I went with W7DTG (my initials) for the new callsign. I would have had t at the same time that becky did, but I made 1 little change to it while in the proces...

packet spotting and CW Skimmer

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:34:24 GMT

I don't know who all uses packet for spotting DX stations or contesting, but there is a debate going on among the contesters about spotting being used by stations claiming not to use packet. A new method of spotting for CW operators is a recently intro...

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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:19:25 GMT

Feb/10/2008 PLL unit for the TS-450SAT still not here , stuck in Quebec. 14 days now paid for 6 day shipping.

My New Ham Shack Page

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:38:27 GMT

Well, a new call sign and a new ham shack page. My vanity call sign was granted today (02/05/08)-W7RJW My initials. I like it-pretty cool.

New Callsign

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:44:22 GMT

Well, the FCC granted my vanity call sign today. Formerly ke7kwg, I am now W7RJW. 02-05-08

APRS Weather

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:45:54 GMT

I am working on a system that will allow you to build an APRS weather station for very low dollars. The hardware is working, I am working on the design for the Wind Speed Anemometer and Wind Vane. The Hardware is Microprocessor Based and easy to bui...

Ever get tired of reading QRZ, eHam or QTH??

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:01:44 GMT

Hi, I am really getting tired of reading the CRAP from all the angry and nasty people on the ham radio web sites. I have to say that if I had read all that stuff before I got my license I would have dropped the whole idea. I think some of that...

New callsign - W5JNP

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:36:59 GMT

About the time I get a few pictures posted and workout a password issue (my fault) I get a new call sign. So, what now. I guess I'll have to build a new profile / shack. Unless someone knows how to change callsigns. Anyway look for more in the...

Spar Winter field day

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:41:03 GMT

Well, the weekend event is now over with, and we have a total of 80 contacts under our belt for the whole weekend. Apparently it isn't as popular a contest as we had hoped, since a good number of the contacts had no idea why we were sending "winter fie...

Radio

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:36:23 GMT

Hello my name is Travis and I have been a ham since April 2004. I am 20 years old and I live in PA. I was introduced to ham radio by my grandpa Frank(ke3ck). I have many relatives in the hobby, so you could say its in my blood. I became a ham shortl...

SPAR contest weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:08:49 GMT

Woot, another contest this weekend. All i got to do is set up ALL my gear out in the backyard in a tent, run a generator to the radios, and away i go !!! This weekend is the SPAR field day event. SPAR is the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Ra...

New To myhamshack.com

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:27:16 GMT

Well, I'm still waiting for my vanity call sign I applied for last week. The prediction is I will get my first choice of W7RJW. We shall see. I'm excited. At least I should have it by 2-07-08 when I do net control for our 2 meter club net. Even though I...

Spars winter field day

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:03:30 GMT

Me and my elemr have decided to perticipate in this new field day that started last year. We maybe going out to a camp ground or go out in the woods and run off of a generater operating phone and cw for 24hrs straight hopfully we can make it that long. ...

Comments are welcome

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:31:29 GMT

I build my own antennas, I have made several beams in the past. now i have several wire antennas, i made a windom and used that for several years then i was really interested in the Carolina windom so with the help of Radioworks - wrote Jim and made a C...

Western IL ARC Dinner meeting

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:48:39 GMT

Well, I know most of you aren't close enough to have any interest in what our local club does, but last night we had out annual dinner meeting. What made this special was the speaker, Ralph, K9ZO. Ralph is an enthusiastic ambassador for Ham Radio, an av...

ke2yk's Random Oscillations

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:58:33 GMT

see http://ke2yk.wordpress.com

160 Special

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:41:28 GMT

My Radioworks Carolina Windom 160 Special arrived yesterday. It'll be going up today to replace the CW 40 if everything goes smoothly.

k5lot/ navymarine corps marsnnn0yfa

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:54:15 GMT

serveing those that serve use you ham brain to help the country not just rag chew callk if you would like to help your country with your ham license281-501-1175 in just 90 days and passing a 100 question test you too can have a mars license which gives ...

Time for band scanning

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:00:52 GMT

Ok, now that the holidays are over it's time for the radios and band scanning and chasing the DX. Hope to QSO with you on the bands

1/2/2008

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:50:32 GMT

Today I listened around on 20... heard a few faint stations, didn't try working any of them I uploaded the rest of my 2007 LogBook to LoTW I got a paper QSL in the mail today, New State Confirmed, W7BW, Oregon Till next radio day 73 kc0y...

1/1/2008

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Around 1800Z tried to work N6JWN on 14.250 rest of the band seemed dead

Blog Use

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:37:15 GMT

I'm going to be using the "blog" as a "log book" for my station

New (used) Radio Acquired - Kenwood TS-430S

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:15:02 GMT

I now have a Kenwood TS-430S tranceiver with an AT-250 automatic antenna tuner, courtesy of W9JXN. What a difference over the TS-120! The VFO doesn't drift, speech processor, notch filter, etc. So far, I'm absolutely loving it!

Illinois QSO Party results

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:04:30 GMT

The 2007 Illinois QSO Party results are ready and can be found at http://www.w9awe.org/2007ScoreFinaToWeb.pdf Thanks to all those who participated and congratulations to all the winners! NG9R

Got a real antenna now

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:05:48 GMT

A couple days ago the temperature was up to 45 degrees - it was just about as good as it was going to get. So this time, I installed a screw eye with a pulley under the eave on the corner of my house, 2 stories up. Much better than the 16' temporary...

Happy Holidays

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:38:17 GMT

To all that reads this site ..... Happy Holidays and very best of the new year in 2008

Items for sale

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:38:38 GMT

If you are interested in any item for sale let me know. thank you for reading my site happy holidays best of 73 de w3nrl Nick

Watch out for these guy ----- scammers on the loose

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:14:19 GMT

Name: steven paul Callsign: NONE E-mail: stevenpaul_sla@yahoo.com The response is: Hello Advertiser, Am highly interesting in urgent purchase of your item, but before we proceed in this transaction i will like you to answer the following ques...

looking for solid state amp - need your advice

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:25:39 GMT

Ok guys looking for a solid state amp that covers all hf bands, What you think? i would like to hear from you tnx w3nrl

Finally have an antenna

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:09:56 GMT

About a month and a half ago, I decided I needed to get some sort of antenna up before the snow started blowing. Earlier this week I decided it was now or never, so Saturday would be the day. Lo and behold, on the next day, the first snow and ice st...

Sunspots

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:32:04 GMT

Well, it can't be much worse. We have had several weeks with almost no sunspots and it can only improve from here. I would have say we are clearly at the bottom of the cycle, the issue is how soon do we start seeing and upturn in sun activity? Even at t...

11-26-07

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:14:13 GMT

Anyone have any feed back on how i can improve my site.. please any help i would count on or if you just want to sign in to let me know you where here thank de w3nrl

Changes Ahead

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:44:28 GMT

Well there are some changes ahead here. I am leaving all the foul language and bad practices on HF and going up in frequency. Before you all start to flame me, I know its not everyone, but you listen to 80m at night, it sounds like a CB radio show. ...

Space Coast Visit

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:42:15 GMT

Driving the F-150 from MA to Cape Canaveral next week. Will check-in and monitor the recommended repeaters during my stay. Frequent visits to Patrick AFB.

QSL CARD FROM VP6TD??!!

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:54:23 GMT

Hey!!! Has anyone received a QSL Card from Pitcairn Island yet??? Getting a little nervous I guess. Scott KC2NTV

Anderson Powerpole connectors

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:37:18 GMT

Who all uses Anderson Powerpole connectors for their DC connections? If you don't I would suggest you look into them. They are a simple design and many accessories are available that use them. I am amazed the new radios do not use them instead of the o...

2007 ILQP

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:09:37 GMT

There oughta be a law… My second trip as a county line portable didn’t fare any better than the first one, but part of that was lack of preparation on my part. This year, I went by myself and decided there was no reason to drag the trailer out for ...

Illinois QSO Party

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:23:52 GMT

Since the club I am president of this year, Western Illinois ARC, sponsors the Illinois QSO Party, I thought I would take time to put in a plug for it. The Illinois QSO Party is held on the Sunday of the third full weekend of October. This year it falls...

WEATHER

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:15:34 GMT

Come and put your weather link to me sent to w4bpt@yahoo.com and i will add them to my website also your home are club websites link

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:22:22 GMT

My 100'th QSL Card

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:38:34 GMT

I received my 100'th QSL card today. A very nice card I might add. A JA card with a beautiful scene of Mt. Fuji. The stamp on the envelope was cool too. This was my first asian contact. Quite a thrill for me. I have only been on HF since Feb 2007...

This is a great website

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:39:19 GMT

To the webmaster that designed this site. You have done a great job. Keep up the good work. Joel / N4URW

Amateur Radio N4URW - Palm Bay Florida

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:31:50 GMT

Welcome to the N4URW Amateur Radio site.

QSL cards. What do you think?

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:04:42 GMT

I was reading my friends blog and began to really think about QSL cards. There is a lot of controversy about QSL CARDS. Should they be used at all? LOTW, eQSL are all out there. I have an account at eQSL but I still send qsl cards either thru the ARRL b...

Terrible band conditions for mobiling

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:19:23 GMT

Tried to get on the air this week but the conditions were pretty bad especially, made a couple of contacts thought

Remote station operation

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:29:45 GMT

I have been looking into remote station operation using my lap top to access the station via the internet ... Still in the planning stages . If anyone has completed this project would you send me some email with suggestions .....

Thought I would try this

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:01:00 GMT

Was playing around on the net today and found this website so I figured I would give it a try.

My new bike soon to get HF capabilties.

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:56:41 GMT

Well I got a bike that I can ride that will accomodate my balance problem. I uploaded some pics of it here. I have a Kenwood THF6A mounted on the handle bars. I am planning to go HF very soon. I have to decide which rig to go with. I have always been an...

Local traffic on 10M SSB

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:08:14 GMT

With all Hams having voice privileges on 10 meters now I wonder why there is not more local activity on the band? If hams would use 10M to talk local you would hear voices and know sooner when the band is opening for DX. I say lets use 28.300 to 28.450 ...

FT101E goes to a new home

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:14:00 GMT

I finally sold my old FT101E. I had posted a few ads on QRZ and Fox Tango web sites. I always said I would not ship it. Pickup only. Well, a persistent OM, but very courteous I might add convinced me I should sell it to him and ship it to him. So it's ...

What has become of the art of Homebrewing?

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:13:02 GMT

I am not talking about making your own beer but making your own ham equipment. The internet has made it so much easier to find the parts, just not much cheaper! Who has made any of their own station equipment? Antennas? Coax switches? Keyers and paddle...

MLA 2500 conversions

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:12:54 GMT

I have seen several conversions using the Dentron MLA 2500 on the internet, but none are a simple as one I currently have on my desk. The MLA 2500 originally used Eimac 8875 tubes that have become worth their weight in gold, if you can find them. I hav...

Pitcairn Island

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:24:12 GMT

Hi, thanks for taking the time to read my first attempt at blogging. Arrived here on the island 2 months ago. Due to work loads I could not get active on the air as quick as I could. I was introduced to Pitcairn’s 2 most active hams, VP6MW Meralda an...

logging programs

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:02:02 GMT

I guess I have developed a fascination with logging programs in the last few years. I started many years ago with a DOS machine using CT. It was several years later before I tried again and since then I have used WinEQF, TRLog, Writelog and recently set...

VHF weak signal stuff

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:48:01 GMT

If you haven't tried it, take a look at WSJT for weak signal work on VHF. WSJT started as a high speed meteor scatter mode and has evolved into an EME, tropo and recently seeing use on HF. On VHF, it is a real addiction to be able to work stations 500 ...

Jamesburg Earth Station Development for EME

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:30:35 GMT

See http://www.jamesburgdish.org Join reflector, sign up instructions on website Currently operating the 100 ft dish in Moon bounce on 1296. Looking for a new buyer/owner of the dish to hopefully continue EME and other activities in the long term....

Bandwidth Bandplanning

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:53:59 GMT

If you're confused about all the discussion concerning the Bandwidth Bandplan proposed and now withdrawn by the ARRL, then you're not alone. Check out the Bandwidth article on my website or on QRZ.COM for a simple explanation. Don't ignore this issue...

Some of my favorite links-

Wed, 30 May 2007 20:57:02 GMT

Ham related- www.w8pgw.org www.kb6nu.org www.cebik.com www.myhamshack.net www.qrz.com www.qth.com www.eham.net www.icomelmer.com www.classicicom.com www.bruender.de/de0brf www.hamtestonline.com www.mouser.com aintel.bi.ehu.es/psk31.html ...

Heading to Dayton 2007

Wed, 09 May 2007 19:48:43 GMT

I'll be heading to Dayton for the first time in a long time. I'll likely be within a decent radius of the Collins Collectors Association booth, and also with W9JXN and W2IMK. Looking forward to the trip and potentially getting to know any of you who...