Author Archives: WY2E

08.28.11
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W1ZMB Scores Bigtime!

…..so in the middle of a hurricane, Tony’s power goes out. Life can get pretty downright boring without power.  Not to worry.  The always resourceful W1ZMB hooks up a little gel cell to his K2, sets it to 5 watts, and works JA7BXS west of Tokyo on 17 meters.  Gets a decent signal report too!   Nice job, Tony!

08.21.11
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SoftRock RXTX Ensemble Transceiver Kit

SoftRock RXTX Ensemble Transceiver Kit

These are again available for a short time. They go quick. I just ordered one. He usually kits up 100-200 every once in a while. I built a single band receiver that worked out well.

Details Here:  http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/RXTX_V6_3/

Order here:   http://kb9yig.com/

73 de Fred KC2QFR

08.18.11
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W2S Special Event Log Available Here

W2S, which commemorated the 42nd anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, racked up 155 total contacts across 38 states and 9 countries in 31 operating hours.   Overall, conditions were quite poor but QRP and CW have a way of teaming up to deliver the goods.  Click here if you worked W2S and want to see if you are in the logbook properly.  73, Stan WB2LQF.

08.16.11
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Rules and Regulations

If you have a question about R&R (no, not Rest and Recreation,  but Rules and Regulations) by FCC, here is a quick link to get it from the horse’s mouth.

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_10/47cfr97_10.html

I was remembering a rule in the past, that if you had contact
with a DX station, you were required to send both your and  his / her call, not just yours, when IDing. I do not see that requirement in the current part 97.

Finn WB2UWU