He was good copy out here in KH6 land, happened to tune the band at 1600Z and he was 559, later he came up to 579, heard him an hour past sunrise and still going. JT1CS was also on the band about
NIST budget is 750 million, the budget committee is increasing the years budget to them by 125 million, 100 anniversary celebration coming, I dont think there is any danger of them going off the
Beware .. in some soils the aluminum wire disappears in a short time, In ILL had aluminum wire down and it just corroded away and left nothing but lot of noise as the "joints" went bad. Merv K9FD On
I find part of the problem to be many hams are willing to spend 10,000 dollars for a new SDR radio, and 50 cents on a decent antenna. and wonder why they have no propagation. Merv K9FD/KH6 Hello !
So true, my AM broadcast station location with 120 330ft radials does not hold a candle to the same InvL antenna at the beach with two radials. I am about a mile inland from the beach. Too far for
JA here at sunrise were 599, but by that time not many around, heard some weak UA4, RA9 etc, but not much activity, Saw strong signal up in the FT-8 band and did not bother to tune up there,
This morning sunrise Hawaii time the band opened into EU and I was able to worked a number of stations, all the way down to EA6, and even DL an hour after sunrise, several were still calling as the
I have the K1 original model, a K3 think it is on the desk, and a K5 new in the box just in case, never used a better keyer, and have tried most of them. Have a Winkeyer in the drawer and it sta
Way back some where around the original posting did he not say he had 2 160 antennas up and they are close to each other? a short vertical and this antenna? If so what is the short vertical doing,
Dont get discouraged by all this for sure What I see as fly in the ointment is another 160 antenna close by with another radial system, Anyone of you gurus ever figure what putting power into a 160 a
I have worked VU2 on FT-8 on 1840 and see them calling cq quite often, JA work split, there is no reason to work down at 1826 or there abouts unless your just trying to irritate others. Merv K9FD Pe
FB Prasad, I worked a VU2 on 1840 on DEC 23 2018 so I assume that was just before the new rulings. Thanks for the new info. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 Merv and all, We had 1820-1860 kHz in VU but a newly re
Aloha Len, Remember those QSOs, very rare SSB contact as I dont work SSB, but your signal was loud so I gave it a try. Good year for 160, hoping they will return in the next couple years. 73 Merv
V84SAA was loud here again this morning, saw them go to FT-8 and needed V8 on digi, they replied after a couple calls, they peaked at -5 for an hour and a half from around 1600Z to 1730Z. They hav
After a few days of almost no signals heard on top band at sunrise, I was going to sleep in this morning, but knew better and forced my self out of the sack at 5Am local. Band was noisy but soon I h
Explain how a notch filter on 930 can help a second harmonic on 1860? You can filter the broadcast band to zero and the second harmonic is still there. Mark, I use a receiving array and have put a hi
Boy that is pretty extreme, When i bought this QTH I had a 50KW AM station on 830khz blasting away in the other room from my shack. Near impossible to operate, most any band, later the 50kw was mov
And one can always eat the chickens or opossums after they do the job. what does possum taste like? chicken of course, 73 Merv K9FD Hawaii even has ticks. no possums Roy sends. On Jul 16, 2019, at
An excellent article is in an old QST called "station design for DX" It mentions that 1 DB improvement in the station will provide a whole new layer of DX signals. Very true. In the average station
Martin I am sorry I do not know when that article was published, I have moved QTH and gave away all my old QSTs. Will try and find it in the on-line archives, but think you have to be a member to