My Week in Radio
- KC3WWC changed to KD3EE
- nice for CW
- start over with a whole new log book
- days to find and update everywhere
- packet radio for Winlink and BBSes including KA3TKW
- like my old modem BBS days
- phone + btech HT as TNC
- POTA, FT8 + CW
- new Gabil whip with the sliding coil is very convenient
- learning value of chokes in the right places: computer interference from RF
- chasing CW POTA from home
- working a little more 10M now as we near autumn
- have a google calendar feed from https://contestcalendar.com/ keeping my calendar very full should the mood to do some contesting strikes
Others
- KA3TKW, Tom:
- trivia net has new format: 5 digital
- digipeaters
- 145.010
- 28.105
- K3EA, Greg:
- heard hamsci presentation:
- study from eclipse
- upcoming study on meteor scatter
- training session on the local club station
- contests:
- AARL Sept VHF this past weekend
- WAE SSB contest
- next weekend: QSO parties
- following weekend: CQ WW RTTY
- https://contestcalendar.com/ for more details
- solar flux index and sunspots down this past week
- normal/average propagation
- some disruptions coming up: increased K index
- minor storms coming tomorrow.
- check clusters for current DXpeditions
- Palestine/West Bank on the air for about a week, FT8+CW
- no QSL cards this week
- heard hamsci presentation:
- WB3LNY, George:
- local hamfest in Indiana
- sold some LMR-400 + other things
- new tower in place
- local hamfest in Indiana
- VE3HOH, Pete:
- recovering from back injury
- cleaning up radios
- working on some amplifiers
- getting some HF wires up
- KA3TKW, Tom:
- Owen Garriott, W5LFL, was the first person to operate ham radio from space in 1983
- easy sats:
- ISS
- SO-50: tues + wed 7:30pm
- SO-124: tues + friday 12:25pm
- SO-125: tues 11:25, wed 12pm, thurs 10:30am
- looking for a presentation for next luncheon
- K3DMM, Denny:
- worked PO-101 earlier in the week
- Route 66 on the air: 12 of 19 cities, and 2 of 5 rovers
- request a cert with even 1 contact
- met fellow ham at RV show, recognizing antenna
- KC3ZBI, Ron:
- had someone try to cut his coax
- wondering about periodically reprogramming the keps in his OpenGD77 HT
- Tom: every 10 days or so
- W3MW, Don:
- VHF contest, but not participating
- antenna work in nice weather
- looking forward to december contest
- KC3NWN, Jim:
- new alinco rig, 60m monoband, beam pointed to repeater
- watched recent ISS pass
- SO-50 often works for him
- east stroudsburg hamfest
- there’s AM on 17m
- lots of simplex 2m and other VHF
- QSL card from oklahoma on 17m
Swap and Shop
- VE3HOH, Pete:
- rohn tower with guy cable, 8 sections