In the shack, I use "office glasses," as they were called in the optician's office. For normal use I wear progressive lenses rather than bifocals, so the top is for distance and they get progressivel
73, Jim N7US From: KC7ES [mailto:kc7es.hamradio@gmail.com] Sent: July 09, 2014 19:24 To: dxtalk@cadxa.org Subject: [CADXA DX Talk] World Radiosport Article This is from the San Diego Union-Tribune h
I hadn't received mine either, so I called them. They had the reservation and resent to me while I was on the phone. That one got lost (not my Go Daddy's spam bucket either) so I asked her to resend
The ARRL would send a photocopy of a matrix from graph paper that showed which calls were available. It wasn't real-time, of course, which we would expect today. There wasn't a limit to the number of
I have a reservation for a room with a king bed for Thursday through Sunday morning checkout. I'm interested in a room with two double beds, preferably starting on Wednesday rather than Thursday. Any
The same filter worked with my Invisible Fence too. 73, Jim N7US --Original Message-- Had a nasty problem on 160 and 80M when the next door neighbor when he had installed a below ground electric dog
I really like my Sennheiser HD 280 PRO headphones. They are comfortable, have crisp sound, and 32 dB attenuation of outside sound. A version is available with a boom mic, but I haven't tried that. Af
http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=27 and you're in it! Jim N7US --Original Message-- GA All Say does anyone have an up to date NAQP prefill ? I have one for July 2018 , but
My friend Reinhard, K7RGG/DL1UF, called me to ask if I would pass along a request for a room at the Crowne Plaza for the 2020 convention. His friend Baldur, DJ6SI, a very well known DXpeditioner, is
Jim N7US Ron Stailey, K5DJ, has a silent keyboard as reported to me a few minutes ago by his daughter. Ron was a RTTY Contester who created the WW RTTY WPX contest with me while we wrote for the RTTY
My reservation was with K3LR's block. I requested a refund from Rhonda Webster at that time and received it shortly after. Here's the note that Time sent on March 16: -- As some folks on this reflect
I cancelled my reservation at the Crowne Plaza right after the convention was cancelled and promptly received a refund. I just got a call from the CP asking if I wanted to rebook for next year, which
Kermit, W9XA, the Central Division Director, led the search. I already sent him a thank you note. He's also a member of CWops. Jim N7US _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
I saw a prototype of it, before it was commercialized, at the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention in Scottsdale, AZ in about 1982, I think. The developer was an N7 1X2. It was in a box that simulat
I was thinking it was an N7 with a 2-letter call but an N6 sounds right. Jim N7US Sent from Samsung tablet -- Original message -- From: Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com> Date: 10/1/20 12:26 PM (GMT-06:0
W9SU (SK) was the owner of ICE, and his brother is still manufacuring some of the products, apparently for Array Solutions. http://www.iceradioproducts.com/ Jim N7US Sent from Samsung tablet Indeed I
I thoroughly enjoyed the CD Parties as WA0OTE, WB9ADQ, and WA7TZO before getting my current call in 1977. I remember the small NCJ issues running the Who's Who(m) list of old calls to new and vice ve
This isn't contesting related, so I apologize. I've never understood how a ham from outside the US is able to use the current digital systems, such as DMR, which are linked on the internet, to key up
DXPacketCluster was created by Dick Newell, AK1A, in the late 1980s. It used TNCs (Terminal Node Controllers) on VHF. Initially, the nodes were standalone, but soon were connected with backbones on U
While we're on this nostalgia trip, the voice announcements were made with a voice synthesizer called the DX Alert, which was invented and sold by Tim Pearson, KU4J (the call has since been reissued)