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Better conditions

Paul PC4T — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:03:00 +0000

I worked LZ1QI this morning with CW on 6 meter. I did hear Italy and Portugal amateurs as well. WSPR on 20 meter tonight. Not really bad. Papua Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, Japan and Cameroon. But there was a CME tonight... you know what that means.

Operation successful.

Juilian G4ILO — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:42:00 +0000

My operation to remove my gall bladder was successful. Now I'm supposed to take it easy and avoid strenuous activity for a few months. No more five mile walks for a bit. It looks as if I will be logging more time in front of the computer and radio for ...

I don’t think so

Larry W2LJ — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:00 +0000

In my e-mail box was a special announcement from Elecraft. Today they announced they were taking orders for the KXPA100 amplifier for the KX3, and the KXAT100, the auto tuner for the amp.The amp is $700 and the tuner is another $300.At this point, I do...

6m PSK

Alex G7KSE — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:07 +0000

I don’t often look for PSK warbles on 6m but am glad I did this evening. Obviously others were looking for someone as well I1YTO and I ended up having a brief QSO before he faded away again, up to 599 then down to nowt in a matter of seconds. Nice whilst it lasted

Time to put the K2 package up for sale.

Mike VE3WDM — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:00 +0000

I have resistance for a long time but as the borg say "resistance is futile" and it's time to sell my K2 package. I have seen my rig just sitting on the desk doing lots of nothing. The K3 and KX3 have been getting lots of on air time. As for the K2 I have not flipped the switch for uncounted months. I know there is a ham out there who could put the rig to good use. I am in the process of putting a for sale post together. I say "K2 package" because I am selling the rig, external ATU and KAT100 and the A&A Engineering smart charger for the internal battery.

K2 serial number 6613
KIO2 AUX I/O module
KAT2 ATU
KBT2 (purchased 10/10/2011 installed spring of 2012)
KNB2 Noise blanker
73cnc.com machined weighted vfo knob
VFO knob with tuning dimple as a spare knob
All manuals for the above options and K2
EC2 enclosure with
KAT100-1 ATU
K102 host control Aux I/O
KPA100 100 watt amp
All interconnecting cables between K2, EC2 and PC.
Additional items
K6XX visible LED tuning indicator ( it has not been installed but it’s the complete kit ready to go)
A&A Engineering 1 amp smart charger for the KBT2 keeps the battery topped up and ready to go.
At this point I am trying to come up with a fair price for all the above.

QRP Success: 7Z and JT5

Mike AD5A — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:17:00 +0000

This past weekend was the All Asia contest. I'm not familiar with the details of the contest, other than the exchange is a signal report and your age. I'm sure some intrepid statistician had a hey day analyzing the age of contest participants. I was mi...

Young operators in All Asian contest

Sverre LA3ZA — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000

The All Asian DX Contest is one of the more fun ones to participate in. One thing is the DX aspect of it, but I like it also because of the exchange of the age of the operators. In other contests one exchanges boring stuff like serial number 1, 2,...

When all modes fail…

Paul PC4T — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:07:00 +0000

Then there is the good old CW mode. I didn't hear JT9-1 and JT65A signals on 20 meter in the early morning while every one was still sleeping here. So I decided to switch to the CW portion of the 20 meter band. I did work HG7DANUBE (see photo) it is a ...

Fred Whitton

Alex G7KSE — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000

I’ve harped on enough about the Fred Whitton but I thought I’d share this. There were a few photographers around the course. catching you at your finest moment. I’d looked for one of me and there wasn’t one to be found in the original batches sent round. Apparently the camera’s weren’t happy with all the [...]

Father’s Day

Larry W2LJ — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:01:00 +0000

I was able to get on the radio for a bit today. 15 Meters seemed to be alive jumping with "AA" contest stations. I didn't have much interest in competing in the contest, but it's always interesting to work Asian stations using QRP power. I ...