I'd like to sell a bridge to anyone who believes they can win a Team Leader position by operating in VP9... 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- While we're piling on (with good reason) VP9 isn't an
Hi Ken, You read something into my post that I didn't actually write... "O wn, guest op or remote operate a SOHP SO2R mega-station in a favorable location for DX contests." didn't suggest or imply ou
The next MIT radio technology presentation at 2230Z today will be "Ionosphere, Shortwave Radio, and Propagation" by Phil Erickson W1PJE at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWwWW7rc6eKh8xfLl4Pac7W9l54h
The intruder at the bottom of the 20 meters went QRT at 1546Z, hopefully never to return. 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Many such signals between 6.4 and 6.8 but a vy strong one on 6449 would
Hi Larry, The intruder permanently QRTed at 1546Z today 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Yesterday afternoon the signal at 14.001.5MHz was S9+20 in SE Michigan, at a beam heading around 60 degre
The intruder permanently QRTed at 1546Z today 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Southern Nova Scotia, I think. At one of the big remote stations in far eastern Maine, the signal is audible with Q
Courtney, The intruder went permanently QRT at 1546Z yesterday 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- yesterday morning it was strong S-9 plus toward 40 deg from west central Alabama. I could copy it
"Kennedy Steve" sounds like K1DG -- Original Message -- Oh, but then there's the legendary "Kennedy Steve." Long since retired from the tower at JFK, but the most amazing ground controller I've ever
Hi Pete, I can easily wrap my Times Microwave RG-400 around my finger. But the improved shielding effectiveness of double shielded coaxial cables such as RG-400 and RG-214 doesn't provide a useful pe
Hi Alan, Your quotation from the Navy study omitted the important details described in the next few paragraphs. The context was multiple single shielded coaxial cables bundled with cables radiating i
Hi Scott, In most single op stations d ouble shielded coax is an unnecessary expense if common sense RFI avoidance practices are followed, such as: - not bundling coaxial cables with other cables, an
Hi David, Double or quad shielded RG-6 and Heliax installed in separate buried conduits will easily achieve isolation well over 100 dB. The next step is to avoid RFI mistakes inside your shack. Good
Hi Bill, The current computerized SWPC Solar Cycle Progression product is fatally flawed and an embarrassment to NOAA's scientists. Why they don't have the wisdom to remove it from their web site is
I'm always one of the W3AO 20 meter SSB Field day operators. There's so much Field Day SSB activity that its impossible to avoid at least two simultaneous CQing stations on the same frequency. Skip z
Several DX Cluster sysops using Verizon Fios have experienced Port Forwarding problems over the last ten days. This problem can affect any Fios Quantum Gateway user who have installed Port Forwarding
Yeah... I know its not a contest but its lots of fun to work your fellow contesters operating during this more than fifty year old emergency preparedness and patriotic event. This years Armed Forces
Zack is correct and Roger's historical knowledge needs a little work. This is an image of Morse's original 1844 paper tape on display in the Smithsonian: http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH
Hi Roger, The power available at the receiving end of 19th century transatlantic cables was so feeble that it couldn't possibly be detected by an undulator. William Thomson, later knighted as Lord Ke
This article in Nature forecasts that we're approaching a grand solar minimum -- similar to Maunder Minimum -- starting in 2020 and lasting for three solar cycles. I hope these scientists are wrong..
Hello Oms! Can you imagine the lively discussions among the sixty solar cycle experts at the NOAA/NASA conference last April? I suspect few of them agree with the Nature article, but its a refereed a