Out of the 10 stations I worked, at least 4 were less than 200 miles away; a new "close-in dx" record. In WZ1V's list every week, it seems that almost all stations are easily within that range; not a
After a week of below freezing (day and night) the temp managed to get to 40 yesterday and about the same today. The local ski hill managed to make enough snow to open this Friday; it hasn't been abl
The June VHF and Field Day results are in the December *QST* but the expanded results are not on the ARRL web site's Contesting pages. They usually show up on-line first. ____________________________
With the nasty wx moving into the area one of my usual dx contacts, K9MRI, opted to be qrt due to 40mph winds. I was able to work N1GC down in EM95 just before he got nailed with the heavy rain. To t
Ref: Dave's comment about a windstorm fixing VE2XX's antenna. A few months ago my 6m Yagi developed an infinite mismatch. Well, after a local 2m FM net, there's a 6m SSB net. Just for grins, I fired
Condx to the west above average; K9MRI and K8TQK very loud but couldn't get any farther west. The usual NE crew, K1WHS, WZ1V and K1PXE had nominal signals. VE3KG from FN24 rounded out that direction.
At 2254Z I'm sitting here in FM09jo copying the Pack Rats' W3CCX 222.060 MHz , 4 watt beacon, 95%+ out of the noise. Look for me on ON4KST a bit after 0000Z. WA3EOQ __________________________________
As announced in CQ's Newsroom, K3ZO also became SK. I work him in most all VHF Contests and other general HF Contests; most recently in the August MDQP. WA3EOQ _______________________________________
Wish I had ~15 stations within 200 miles - hi. At least there's no QRM. Nine stations last evening between 7 and 8 PM local; all but one were >200 miles. Will be on the ski slopes in DM66 (or 76?) fo
Worked nine stations last evening. Tried to push the envelope with W4ZST, N4PZ, AA9MY and N9BNN. No joy except I did copy N9BNN. I did work N1DPM which is usually rather rough. Other stations which I
Here's another version of the late W3IY's experience in stacking VHF antennas for different bands: Many rumors and misconceptions exist in the amateur radio world about stacking VHF/UHF antennas on t
Re, Dave's comments. The only thing that matters is if you can work another station; only relying on the "blobs" means you may miss something. In past 222 nights I've been told it wouldn't be worth t
Wow! 14 stations; a new record for an activity night. And I'm way out in FM09! Even missed a few and came up nil trying some others. Very deep QSB on the distant stations, but they always came out of
Maybe we need a "World Above 144 MHz" column - hi. I notice that the new Icom IC-905 is missing 222 MHz. Looks like we have to make even more noise on that band for the major manufacturers to take no
I fully realize that the root cause of no 222 MHz radios is that the band is only available in Region 2 (and the manufacturers aren't). However, every once in a while a radio with 222 MHz appears suc
Thanks to Dave, K3SK, for bugging Icom about putting 222 on their vhf/uhf multimode/multiband radios. (The others should hear that, too.) I guess it's like "is the chicken or the egg first." If 222 i
I can always tell that the beacon is "there." If I listen for a while, the qsb brings it up enough out of the noise that I can copy the callsign (evening of 5/25). WA3EOQ in FM09jo __________________
What a paragraph from Dave. I, too, call it excitement when I (not my computer) can copy a station which isn't always there. I always look for stations on the chat board which are farther away than t
Hey Dave, I ended up working 71 ANALOG stations on 6m, quite a few on CW. My Heathkit uMatic memory keyer continues to work fine after all these years. I love those touch paddles. And for the first t
For the first time, K9MRI and I couldn't even hear each other; usually a qso was pretty easy copy on each end. Joe was in the middle of a heavy rain storm and our signals had to go thru at least a fe