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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , April 30, 2024 Why the need I come across this so many times on the internet Stations won't work me because I'm QRP Dude why the heck are you even telling them you're running QRP That is the biggest mistake you can make , especially in a contest . Don't wear a QRP Badge of Honor It's not going to get you much , if anything . You are just another station in an ocean of stations . Maybe a dolphin swimming in a pod of Humpback whales , but you're just another sea creature . Don't obsess about your signal or project to yourself how you're going to be heard at the other . end For all you know , propagation may be such that you're 59 or 599 at the receiving end . I once worked a station in Madison
I’ve been falling a bit behind in my “amateur radio in the news” posts. These are from the beginning of April, but still worth blogging about, I think……Dan STEM Club Members Earn HAM Radio Licenses [GREENVILLE, IL] Members of the Greenville Junior High School STEM Club have obtained their Amateur HAM Radio licenses, after attending […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , April 29, 2024 Were the bands cruddy or what Yesterday . I got the chance to get on in the early afternoon . I did not hear anyone on any band save for a few Florida QSO Party participants Other than those guys' , the bands were just noise . I went to the POTA spotting page and saw my friend Brian KB9BVN listed as doing an activation could not hear him . I heard a few weak signals that must have been working him , but I did not hear . him Also , I normally have a pipeline down into Georgia and Virginia . I couldn't hear anyone from those states . The St . Max Net at 8:00 PM wasn't much better . I heard Lloyd K3QNT , the Net Control Station alright , but most of the net participants were down
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , April 27, 2024 Letting you in on a secret Shhhhhhhhhhhhh Wanna be successful in QRP Wanna be really , really successful in QRP Wanna be really , really successful in QRP with a minimum of frustration and anxiety Wanna really , really enjoy QRP and keep coming back for more just like Lays potato chips Shhhhhhhhhhh Don't tell anyone who doesn't answer yes to any of the above questions Learn Morse Code Happy Morse Code Day 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least Posted by QRP When you care to send the very least at 7:08 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : humor 1 : comment Bas PE4BAS 3:57 AM Happy morse code day Doing my bestPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , April 26, 2024 It's Friday And some important news at the bottom of the post You know what that means Contests SP DX RTTY Contest http : www.pkrvg.org strona,spdxrttyen.html Helvetia Contest https : www.uska.ch events uska-helvetia-contest-concours-helvetia-hf Florida QSO Party http : floridaqsoparty.org rules BARTG Sprint 75 http : bartg.org.uk wp bartg-sprint75-contests 10-10 Int . Spring Contest , Digital http : www.ten-ten.org index.php activity 2013-07-22-20-26-48 qso-party-rules Special Events Lots this weekend 04 27 2024 Bolivar Lighthouse Apr 27, 1600Z-2300Z , K5S , Port Bolivar , TX . Beaumont Amateur Radio Club . 7.220 14.250 28.405 146.520. Certificate . Beaumont Amateur Radio ClubThere have been rumors floating around for the past couple of days that MFJ was going to discontinue production. That seemed almost impossible to me because they’ve become such a big part of amateur radio. Nonetheless, the rumors are true. Martin Jue sent out this message earlier today: April 25, 2024 Dear Fellow Hams and […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , April 25, 2024 How this all started Thanks to Drew W2OU , Rich W2PQ , Bob WB2UDC and Rich W2VU for being part of that with me that day . It was an honor to give that presentation with them that day and who knew it would give birth to a blog that's lasted some 20 years 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least1 Posted by QRP When you care to send the very least at 10:21 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : history personal No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom W2LJ Courtesy of Jeff Davis KE9V QRP Watering Holes W2LJ By The Numbers ARRL Life Member , QRP ARCI 4488, QRP-L 13, NJQRP 47,
, Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , April 25, 2024 Bad boys , bad boys watcha gonna do Abbot and Costello were a favorite of my childhood , right up there with Laurel and Hardy . I always get a chuckle when I hear Lou Costello tell Bud Abbot , I've been a baaaaaad boy So what did W2LJ do that's so bad Depends on your point of view . If you're a brother or sister Ham nothing To the uninitiated What do you need another radio for I buckled under last night and ordered a QMX transceiver from QRP Labs . Not the kit , but a fully assembled-in-the-enclosure-80-to-20 Meter version . I've got too many kits in the pipeline that are waiting to be built . I don't need another . For that matter , I don't need another radio , either But
Here are a couple more QSL cards from my collection of QSLs whose calls spell words…. I’ve actually had this care for a while, but I just ran across it while going through a pile of cards I received from the bureau. Here’s one that’s appropriate for the season. I didn’t know that Rochester had […].jpeg)
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , April 23, 2024 RFTB W8DIZ Memorial Sprints Dan Shepard N8IE has announced that the Flying Pigs QRP Club will be holding combined RFTB W8DIZ Memorial Sprints each month through March 2025 to honor the memory of Diz Gentzow . SK These Sprints will feature participation of the Club call sign W8PIG from as many call sign areas as possible each month . If you would like to volunteer to be W8PIG from your call area , please send an e-mail to w2ljqrp . gmail.com Terms and : conditions 1 You must be a member of the Flying Pigs It's fun and free and I have no idea why you wouldn't want to be a member Our motto is No Dues , No Rules , Just Fun and if we don't like it we fix it 2 Your call sign doesn'tPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , April 22, 2024 That didn't go as planned The weekend , I . mean It started on Thursday with some soreness in my right foot . It elevated Friday and by the time I got home from work , I knew I wasn't going to make it to the library on Saturday with the rest of SPARC . An ugly bout of gout came to visit me . I haven't had an attack in about 7 years but I did have two Guinness in March and I guess that was enough to trigger . This is why I don't drink much beer a six pack will last me a year , or . more Anyway , the pain was not in the toe as where most attacks occur , it was in the bunion . Every step was a wince in discomfort . Not excruciating pain , but enough to keep me off my feet . I
DXpeditioners have figured out they can turn on their automated FT8 computer scripts and make more money than actually operating their Ham Radios on Phone or CW
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In this episode, I joined Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT and Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and we discussed: Amateur Radio Saves Family in Death Valley National Park NASA confirms ISS debris hit Florida home Programs for Disabled Amateurs marks 57 Years ESRG March 2024 Key Messages Hytera Communications Banned from Worldwide Sale of 2-Way […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , April 19, 2024 Happenings including QRPTTF and the W8DIZ Memorial RFTB For the : weekend Contests : For those who perpetually ask : What's all this on the bands Is there a contest QRP To The Field QRPTTF http : www.zianet.com qrp qrpttf pg.html CQMM DX Contest http : www.cqmmdx.com rules Michigan QSO Party https : miqp.org index.php rules Ontario QSO Party http : www.va3cco.com oqp rules.htm Holyland DX Contest https : www.iarc.org iarc Content docs Holyland2023eng.pdf YU DX Contest http : www.yudx.yu1srs.org.rs Nebraska QSO Party https : nebraskaqsoparty.com qso-party-rules f rules-for-2022-nebraska-qso-party Quebec QSO Party https : wp1.quebecqsoparty.org ARRL Rookie Roundup , SSB http :April 18, 2024 is World Amateur Radio Day (WARD). Let's all get on the air and make contacts to celebrate this event in style!Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , April 16, 2024 A quick reminder and another announcement QRPTTF , QRP To The Field is this Saturday another annual effort by Paul NA5N which is very worthy of your time if you are able to . participate Details here : nbsp http : www.zianet.com qrp qrpttf pg.html I'm hoping that I can get an end fed up at the library for SPARC's Amateur Radio Day at the Library so that I can hand out points while simultaneously demonstrating how Morse Code . works And the other announcement . This Sunday is the monthly Flying Pigs Run For The Bacon This month is a special one W8PIG stations for the various call sign areas will be on the air participating , in part as something special to honor the memory ofW6LG on SWR Standing wave ration (SWR) is arguably one of the most debated—and misunderstood—topics in amateur radio. Here is Jim, W6LG’s, take on it. CW without Morse Code? In amateur radio, we tend to use the terms “CW” and “Morse Code” interchangeably. Technically, though, we send Morse Code using continuous wave (CW) transmissions. CW […]
, , Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , April 15, 2024 Busy , busy , busy weekend And not all that much radio to show for it oy Although I did get on Friday night for a couple hours after dinner to partake of the QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party , which ran from 8:00 PM to Midnight , my local time . There was a decent amount of activity , which was really , really nice to see hear . I worked 17 stations all QRP ARCI members . I mainly searched and pounced , but I did call CQ on 20 and 40 Meters , not so much to run a frequency , but to get an idea via the Reverse Beacon Network in order to see where I was being . heard From the results tally so far , I'm sitting in the bottom third of the pack , which I half as much expected . If IPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , April 13, 2024 Sad news If you've been a regular reader of Jeff KE9V's blog , you'll know that he's wondered a few times as to what's happened to the ARS Spartan Sprint . There have been no updates since January , and that is very strange , . indeed In an e-mail on the QRP-L e-mail reflector Phil K4PQC confirmed that he has heard from W6JJZ that Rich KI6SN has been seriously ill and is no longer capable of managing a computer or the ARS Spartan Sprint , or the Flight of the Bumblebees later this year in . July Richard's address is available on QRZ.com and I'm sure he'd appreciate hearing from all of us even if it's one of your QSL cards with some Best wishes , thinking of you hope you get
Rain puts a damper (literally!) on 30m operations I love my homebrew Cobra antenna… …but it suffers from one big drawback. When it rains, the ladder line impedance changes and I have to retune the antenna. And, when it rains constantly for more than a couple of hours—like it has been here for the past […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , April 12, 2024 April 12th If you're a Space Race Kid like I am , April 12th holds significant meaning . It was on this day in 1961, that Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Vostok 1 to become the first human being to orbit the . Earth Exactly 20 years later , on April 12th , 1981, Astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen were launched into space aboard STS-1, the first manned flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia . April 12th is now known as the international Day of Human Space Flight A little bit of trivia John Young had flown on Gemini , Apollo piloting each the Command and Lunar Modules and the Shuttle he holds the record for an American Astronaut flying the most
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , April 11, 2024 Good news and bad news First the good news there is no bad news I spent a bit of time in the shack after dinner last night , and I hooked up the Vibroplex to the computer via that adapter from Ham Radio Solutions . The first thing I found out was that , as it has been such a long time since I last used it , the contacts became so dirty from oxidization as to prevent ANY dits or dahs from being . created So out came the alcohol and a Q-Tip and an old business card that I found in our desk . Applying the alcohol and wiping it dry with the Q-Tip removed a lot of tarnish . Burnishing the contacts gently with the business card removed even more . The result was that dits and dahs
I’ve written before about the cache of old QSLs that my brother came across several months ago while conducting an estate sale. The recipient of these QSLs lived near Detroit, so it’s understandable that many of the cards he received came from hams in the “Motor City.” W8IFI proudly proclaims himself to be “The Voice […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , April 10, 2024 Amateur Radio Day at the Library As I have previously mentioned , the South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club will be at the Westergard Library in Piscataway , NJ on Saturday , April 20th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM presenting Amateur Radio to the public at large . If you're in the area , please stop by We're going to have an FT8 station , a SSB station and of course a CW station . Hopefully we can get all three up and running in order to give the people who visit us a good idea of what this hobby is all . about Yours truly will be manning the CW station . I hope to get an antenna set up in the small grassy area that I am told is just adjacent to where we will be . Supposedly ,
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , April 09, 2024 Odds and ends I managed to get outside for just a few minutes yesterday as the moon was approaching maximum coverage of of the sun 90 at 3:24 PM local time . nbsp I took a small shipping box and punched a hole in the side with a thumbtack . It projected a very tiny , but totally sharp image of the moon covering the sun revealing only a small crescent of sunlight . Of course , this is New Jersey after all , and clouds came in for the actual moment of maximum eclipse . But I can say I saw it . This reminded me of the eclipse of 1972, when I had my 3 refractor telescope set up in the backyard , projecting a magnified image onto a white piece of . cardboard A co-worker managed to
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , April 08, 2024 Another resource QRP Builder If you haven't heard about it , Ken WA4MNT has a great website QRPBuilder.com He offers some neat items in kit form . One that has me especially intrigued is his QX1 antenna which is an alternative to Elecraft's AX1 and AX2 antennas . I'm going to paste in Ken's description of the : antenna The QX1 Antenna kit , is a small , ultra portable vertical 40m , 20-10m antenna with a male BNC connector and telescoping whip , rated at 20W . It is resonant on the whole 40m band with only a whip length adjustment . With a tuner , can be used on the 20m through . 10m All the holes are pre-drilled and tapped . Assembly requires winding the coil , a littlePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , April 07, 2024 Cheating Yay or Nay What say you I have a very good Ham friend who is in a . dilemma He is a senior Ham , and a few years ago , he moved into his daughter and son-in-law's house after his wife passed away . He's always been active , having great stations and decent antennas when he had his own house . Not wishing to be a bother or an imposition , he has made a lot of sacrifices and . compromises He's always had verticals , wires and even a tower and a yagi when the house was his and his wife's . However , now he has resorted to a GADS antenna gutters and downspouts . That's not his problem . In fact , he's been quite pleased with that setup as it has allowed him to do a lot .Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , April 06, 2024 Looking to increase your code speed The Flying Pigs QRP ARCI holds a two hour Sprint each 3rd Sunday of the month called Run For The Bacon They also hold two contests or operating events each month designed specifically for those you who would like to send and receive CW at a speed no higher than 13 WPM . Remember the more on-the-air contacts you make , the more and more your code speed will increase Appropriately , these are called Walk For The Bacon and they are held on 20 and 40 Meters each month . Here are the : particulars Walk For The Bacon 20 Meter Edition AKA PigWalk20 CW Contest This Is a 2 Hour Total Time S L O W CW Only Contest For 20 Meters Only Part 1 OperatingNeed to wind some toroids? While I’m waiting for my QRPLabs’ QMX kit to arrive, I thought I’d try to learn something about toroid winding. This video takes toroid winding to a whole new level. W2AEW on CW bandwidth Question T8A11, in the Technician Class question pool asks, “What is the approximate bandwidth required […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , April 05, 2024 Earthquake Rare second post for the . day Lebanon , NJ , which was the epicenter , is just a mile or two down the road from work . New Jersey has experienced Earthquakes before , but they were mild . When I lived in East Brunswick , I lived on a road what saw a lot of truck traffic , so when we had Earthquakes , I thought it was just another 18 Wheeler going down our . street This definitely got my attention Quite an experience The room started shaking , I could actually hear the rumble and I NEVER hear any outside noise in this storage room that they call my office . Some small lightweight objects on my desk fell over , but that was about it . The shaking lasted probably about
The Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet The [Quansheng] UV-K5, released last year, might be the most hackable handheld ever, with a small army of dedicated hams adding a raft of software-based improvements and new features. I had to have one, and $30 later, I did. Like Baofeng’s 5R, Quansheng’s K5 as a radio transceiver […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , April 05, 2024 The weekend a cometh My weekly list of what's going : on : Contests Louisiana QSO Party http : laqp.louisianacontestclub.org laqso_rules.htm SP DX Contest https : spdxcontest.pzk.org.pl 2024 rules.php The land of my ancestors I'll be trying to work some Polish stations this weekend Mississippi QSO Party https : www.arrlmiss.org Missouri QSO Party http : www.w0ma.org index.php missouri-qso-party Special Event : Stations 04 06 2024 Eclipsefest 2.0 Apr 6-Apr 8, 1300Z-0300Z , K2BSA 9, Makanda , IL . Greater St Louis Area Council BSA . 7.190 14.290 24.960 3.940. QSL . Shawn Banks , 1713 S 22nd St , Herrin , IL 62948. Questions can be directed to K9PWW . To receive a QSL , send your. Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , April 04, 2024 The internet a double edged sword . No doubt about it the internet is a double edged sword . There's a lot of fake news , garbage , hate , bigotry and plain ol' vanilla stupidity to be found on it , and particular that's true for social media . But if you know where to look , there's a ton of golden nuggets to be found as . well For as long as I've been writing this blog 20 years now I've always had the blog role listed on the right side . There have been blogs that have come and blogs that have gone but each one that I list , I think has value for those of us who love Amateur Radio , and in particular QRP , Morse Code and Portable Ops . By the way , if you know of any realPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , April 03, 2024 Seems I'm always late to the dance I'll see something that is new to me only to see that it has been thoroughly reviewed and talked about by Tom K4SWL , Alan W2AEW and Mike K8MRD . This one has me enthused though , and you have all probably heard about it by now . nbsp But if you're like me and you've missed the bus , here's an antenna solution that has me pumped up . The KM4CFT EFHW and . EFRW Tom wrote it up on his excellent blog here https : qrper.com 2023 11 tiny-efhw-and-efrw-kits-by-km4cft If you go on YouTube and search on KM4CFT , there are numerous videos about this antenna . Watching Mike's video shows how easy it is to build and use . I love antennas like this