The cobwebs are finally starting to clear after the marathon 48 hour ARRL DX CW contest. The goal of this contest is to work as many Non-US, Non-Canadian stations as possible in the allotted time. An endurance test to be sure but a blast nevertheless. This year’s effort eclipsed 2008 by a wide margin. The operators [...]
Archive for February 2009
ARRL DX CW Contest-Fun at W3PP
February 24, 2009When I was a kid…
February 20, 2009When I was a kid: I used go down into the basement at 5AM and watch my dad send cw having just received his novice license. I used to wonder who in the “world” he was talking to at that moment. I used to marvel at how it all worked. I used to delight in [...]
The quickest way to DXCC on 160m-There ain’t None
February 18, 2009I’m still working on my DXCC on 160m. As it stands now I’ve worked 102 but have only confirmed 92. Although I’ve been licensed for 40 years, I really didn’t make an effort on the “Topband” until about 3 years ago. Now when I say make an effort, I mean put up an antenna that [...]
and the beat goes on-K5D!
February 17, 2009The online log, for K5D is finally up and running and so you can rest easy knowing your QSO is confirmed. If not, that’s comforting as well because now you know that when you thought they came back to you they really didn’t. Comforting? Sure as there is plenty of time to work them and they seem to be [...]
I enter the brave new world of Blogging!
February 17, 2009Hello everyone! I’m finally getting around to understanding the wonderful world of blogging. I’m using WordPress which seems to be fairly intuitive. This being my first post, please be patient as there’s a steep learning curve. That being said, it looks like it should be a lot of fun so QRX and I’ll get started [...]
