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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , May 17, 2024 Hamvention Weekend Even though the big shebang is taking place in Xenia this weekend , there will still be happenings on the bands this : weekend : Contests NZART Sangster Shield Contest https : www.nzart.org.nz activities contests sangster-shield His Maj . King of Spain Contest , CW https : concursos.ure.es en s-m-el-rey-de-espana-cw bases Arkansas QSO Party http : www.arkqp.com Baltic Contest http : www.lrsf.lt en Run for the Bacon QRP Contest W8DIZ Memorial Sprint http : qrpcontest.com pigrun Special : Events 05 04 2024 NJ Knights of Columbus 128th State Convention May 4-May 18, 0000Z-2359Z , K0C , Brick , NJ . NJKCARC N2AJO 7.225 14.240 21.350 28.340. Certificate QSL . Art
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , May 16, 2024 QRP Labs has done it again The QMX+ 160 6 Meter QRP Transceiver . Even ordered pre-assembled , it comes to around a 200 dollar price point . Wow A QRP CW rig with all bands for around two hundred bucks . Unbelievable All the technical details can be found here : https : shop.qrp-labs.com qmxp Here are some : photos I wonder what else will be unveiled at FDIM and Hamvention 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 1:40 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : commercial equipment QMX QRP Labs 1 : comment Rick N8TGQ 5:05 PM Hey Larry- QRP Labs has some amazingHamvention and more importantly, Four Days in May will be happening this weekend!Oh how I wish that I could attend! I'm in a situation where I do not receive PTO - that is, if I'm not at work, I don't get paid.Maybe, just maybe, next year, if God is willing and I can retire next May, I will finally be able to make it back to Hamvention after a 20 some year absence. In any case, to all of you who are going - safe travels, be well, have a good time and enjoy yourselves!72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!
On Mastodon, ARIP @amateurradioinclusivitypledge@mastodon.hams.social posted: I love that this club has this as the very first thing in their about section. They also do nets via Allstar. I’ve checked in a couple times and they are a delightful bunch, based on those couple interactions! Check them out if you’re in their neck of the woods, […]
Last Wednesday, Scott Yonally, N8SY, the Great Lakes Division director, addressed our club, ARROW, via Zoom. Scott pretty much stuck to the facts and managed to avoid any controversial issues. There was one statistic that really jumped out at me though. One of Scott’s slides pointed out that there are 751,233 licensed radio amateurs in […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , May 13, 2024 Disappointing weekend Not only were the bands kaput , but also were the nighttime . skies Only in NJ could the skies be cloudy Friday , Saturday and Sunday nights during the geomagnetic storm of the decade . nbsp Saturday night , the clouds were thin enough that they turned pink , so the aurora must have been pretty intense behind them . But rather than thin out from that point , they got even thicker and just an hour or two later , there was no color to be . seen The weekend was for the most part raw , damp and rainy . There were some outbreaks of sun , but they were far and few in between . I got on the air on Saturday and all the HF bands were quiet . I did hear some raspyPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , May 12, 2024 In Layman's Terms You've seen the numbers , you've viewed the graphs , you've read the articles , and have watched all the videos about this weekend's Geomagnetic . storm Count on someone on Facebook to sum it all up : nicely Currently , the K Index is down to 3. We are in recovery and we survived The world did not come crashing to an . end 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 8:18 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom W2LJ Courtesy of Jeff Davis KE9V QRP Watering Holes W2LJ By
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , May 11, 2024 Must have been a slow news day Yesterday , in my weekend post , I mentioned the upcoming solar weather conditions for the weekend . No big deal , right Well , if you went on the internet yesterday you got treated to apocalyptical , end-of-the world-as-we know-it warnings and . messages Worst geomagnetic storm to hit the Earth in 20 years You know what we said 20 years ago Boy , the bands sure sucked today While CNN was calling for the breakdown of civilization as we know it , what was even more disturbing to me was the number of Hams who were freaking . out One in particular Boy This is NOT good Why Were you planning a POTA activation or rove I mean , really , it's not like
The Amateur Radio Software Award (ARSA) committee is pleased to announce that they have selected OpenWebRX, a project led by Jakob Ketterl DD5JFK, and OpenWebRX+, a project led by Marat Fayzullin KC1TXE, as the winners of the 5th annual Amateur Radio Software Award. The award recognizes software projects that enhance amateur radio and promote innovation, […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , May 10, 2024 This was always cool From the : ARRL 05 09 2024 The US Department of Defense DOD is hosting this year’s Armed Forces Day AFD Crossband Test on Saturday , May 11. For more than 50 years , military and amateur stations have taken part in this event , which is an interoperability exercise between amateur and government radio stations . The event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators and will not impact any public or private . communications The AFD Crossband Test is a unique opportunity to test two-way communications between military communicators and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service ARS as authorized in 47 CFR 97.111. The annual DOD message will be transmittedPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , May 09, 2024 Stuph I looked at the QMX order list yesterday . I am 670 in line . If QRP Labs continues to manufacture around 200 pieces a month , I figure I should see mine maybe in August or September . I can live with . that For my birthday , Joseph and Marianne asked me what I wanted . My no name cheapie bargain basement mobile VHF UHF antenna just isn't doing the job . I was coming home from a club meeting a few weeks ago and tried hooking up with Marv K2VHW on the way home . He was in and out and I was in and out and neither of us should have been . I had to chalk it up to poor performance from my off brand bargain basement purchase . I sent Joseph a link for a Hustler MX-270 antenna
A Stroudsburg teens’ passion for radio [Stroudsburg, Monroe County, PA (WBRE/WYOU)] In this week’s Here’s to You Kid segment, 28/22 News met a young ham radio operator. It’s not only his hobby, what he does also involves helping save lives. 14-year-old Samuel Thrall, W3GZ, is a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Association (EPARA.) He […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , May 07, 2024 Field Day Plans Coming Together Thanks to the due diligence and the yeoman efforts of Dave KD2FSI , our Field Day location has been secured . We are returning to Spring Lake Park , which is in South Plainfield , but is part of the Middlesex County Park . System This was our Field Day home from 2014 to 2019. Of course in 2020, there wasn't much of a Field Day because of the pandemic we all participated from home and submitted our aggregate scores . We had planned to return to Spring Lake in 2021, but we did not receive our approval of request from the County until the day before Field Day We had secured a Boro park , Putnam Park in the meantime and had pre-planted all our Field
The good news about this point in the sunspot cycle is that the sun is more active, meaning that in general, band conditions are pretty good. Except when they’re not. According to the NOAA: There are several types of space weather that can impact HF radio communication. In a typical sequence of space weather storms, […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , May 03, 2024 First weekend in May It's May already Where's the time going Here's to warmer weather , outdoor cookouts , possible POTA activations and all the other stuff associated with warm . weather Contests this : weekend 16 State QSO Parties this weekend A lot of states are grouped into two area QSO Parties specifically 7th Call Area QSO Party http : 7qp.org AZ , ID , MT , NV , OR , UT , WA , WY New England QSO Party https : neqp.org rules CT , ME , MA , RI , VT , NH Delaware QSO Party https : www.fsarc.org Indiana QSO Party http : www.hdxcc.org inqp rules.html 10-10 Int . Spring Contest , CW http : www.ten-ten.org index.php activity 2013-07-22-20-26-48 qso-party-rules ARI International.JPG)
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , May 02, 2024 3G0YA in the log But not without some . drama I had to turn off HamAlert until I got home from work yesterday . It was going off so frequently that it was driving me nuts I also got a few stares from people who heard Morse Code originating from my pocket But in the back of my mind , that gave me hope , as I was pretty sure I'd work them sometime . yesterday I arrived home and had dinner and then turned HamAlert back on and my phone started chirping immediately They were spotted on two frequencies 24.896 MHz on 12 Meters and 14.025 MHz on 20 Meters . I decided to try 12 Meters first and was rewarded with a loud signal . I mean like
Yesterday, on Mastodon, a fellow posted this: W1M / AE0SB (It’s May Day!)@AE0SB From Now until May 5, I have the special event call sign W1M in celebration of International Workers’ Day, the original Labor Day. For more information, you can go to https://w1mayday.wordpress.com W1M – Amateur Radio Special Event Celebrating International Workers’ Day #MayDay#MayFirst#HamRadio […]I've set up HamAlert to let me know when the Easter Island DXpedition is on the CW portion of the bands. I worked Easter Island probably about 15 or so years ago, but I never got a QSL card or a confirmation via LOTW. Time to set that straight.Several of my friends have worked them already, so hopefully I can work them as well. My luck, my phone will start buzzing during a meeting or something at work!72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!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 MadisonI’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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Here is why I chose the Hermes Lite 2 (HL2) SDR ham radio transceiver as my main rig in the shack even if it is QRP.
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