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I have been having a lot of fun with Parks on the Air (POTA) activations this summer. As I’ve been operating, I’ve been jotting down some random thoughts. Here are a few of them: My operations are encouraging me to finally learn about antenna modeling. The reason for this is that I don’t think that […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , July 31, 2023 FOBB I hope everyone did well in the Flight of the Bumblebees yesterday . It was a spectacular day for it here in New Jersey . The humidity was low and there was plenty of sunshine and the temps didn't get much past the low 80s . I wish that I could have been on the air with all of . you Marianne and I were at my cousin's house for her 50th birthday party . It was actually a Christmas in July party , but her children decided to make it a surprise birthday party . When we got the invitation , it didn't even cross my mind that it was the same day as FOBB . She lives a bit downstate from us and getting there wasn't too bad . We got caught up in Jersey Shore traffic heading home ,
Texas wants FCC to loosen rules on data rates I’m not sure who got the Texas Department of Public Safety to do this, but kudos to them. DIY USB-to-CIV cable I’m a big fan of building things like this yourself. Not only do you spend less money, you learn something in the process. Truth […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , July 29, 2023 More re-org Last Sunday I spent a couple hours cleaning up the . shack Today , while the heat is still hot , I hope to spend a bit of time indoors re-organizing my portable ops backpack . Like the shack downstairs , it needs a clean out as that hasn't happened in a while . And that's part of the reason I brought the daypack to Lake George instead of the backpack . It's become bloated with things that I sometimes intend to use one day , but never get around . to There are some antennas in there that I hardly ever use . They can get stored in another bag that I will specifically earmark for that purpose . I also need to go through the plastic tubs I have in there and get rid ofPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , July 28, 2023 Resurrection Once again , I've been giving thought to attempting to pump new life back into the New Jersey QRP Club . For many , many years it was considered to be one of the top QRP organizations in the country . It ranked right up there with the NorCal QRP Club , the Colorado QRP Club , the New England QRP Club and . others In the early 2000's , due to the efforts of George N2APB and Joe N2CX and a host of others , the NJQRP Club reached its azimuth when it sponsored Atlanticon , the QRP confab of the Mid-Atlantic Coast . It was held in Baltimore and each year I was dying to go . But my two kids weren't even really toddlers yet , and with Marianne and I both working full time 
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , July 27, 2023 They'll do it every time I'm sure most of you have seen this old comic . I think I may have even posted it . before There was a time , when I was still living in East Brunswick with my parents that I encountered a similar situation . For years , I had only a Mor-Gain multi band dipole that I had put up during my Novice days . it was fairly inconspicuous . Sometime in the mid to late 80s I added a GAP Challenger vertical in the backyard . They were pretty new at the . time I had a neighbor , two houses away who hated that antenna and I mean HATED it , with a capital H-A-T-E-D Every single time he saw me come out of the house , he'd start yelling at me that I was messing up his
I wrote back in May about the ARRL’s plan to raise dues. Well, three days ago, members received an email from president Rick Roderick, K5UR, informing us that the board has voted to increase the dues and by how much. Here are some excerpts from that message: “I’m writing to let you know that they […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , July 26, 2023 Miscellania I recently put a new 144 440 MHz antenna on the car . nbsp Before we left for Lake George , I took the Jeep to the carwash . While temporarily removing the antenna that I had on the roof , I noticed that repeated openings and closings of the rear hatch had caused the jacket and braid of the coax to become damaged . I didn't replace it with anything too expensive , or tall , as I park in a parking deck . It's a simple Nagoya resonator on a magmount . It does the job . nbsp I routed the coax a different way this time , through a path that hardly ever requires an open or close , so I should be good to . go I also purchased another QYT K-8900D through . Amazon It'sPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , July 25, 2023 Did I do something smart For once in my life Besides marrying Marianne I started working real jobs back in 1977, By a real job I mean a 40 hour per week , not the kind of work you did as a teen , or a minimum wage type job . nbsp I have to admit , though , the first few jobs I had were not that far above minimum wage So back in the 1980's , when I started making what you might consider a decent salary at Sinar Bron , where I would remain for the next 22 years , I decided to shell out the to become an ARRL Life . Member Even back in 1980's money it was a lot and I had to pay it over a few successive quarters . Sometimes I have wondered whether or not that was a fool hardy choicePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , July 24, 2023 From utter chaos to a minor disaster I guess that's the best way to describe the shack now . I spent a couple hours filling two big green garbage bags with stuff It seems my precious radio room had become the Makoski family repository for just all kinds of stuff I can now sit down and turn on the radio without having Fibber McGee's closet come raining down upon my head . Unfortunately in the trash went two small semi-started kits that I began working on literally years ago . I don't remember what they were and where the remaining components went to , so as much as it pained me , I let them go . Believe me , in their stead , I have plenty of projects to work on . I am not going
As Twitter descends into hellhole that Elon Musk is making it into, more hams are showing up on Mastodon, a “non-profit, abuse-free social network based on open web standards and principles.” I am @kb6nu@mastodon.radio. Mastodon.Radio is a space for the amateur (ham) radio community and anyone interested in shortwave listening (SWL). It’s run by Christopher, […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , July 23, 2023 Did anyone listen for KPH yesterday The Maritime Radio History Society ran an event yesterday , where Maritime Station KPH was sending five letter code groups in which listeners were to decode a message using a WWII Enigma machine . simulator https : www.radiomarine.org mrhs-events mibextid=Zxz2cZ fbclid=IwAR2xzJ9-IqeqaOjs7wUPrvfe-TJ9nl8fU1kGAMcXLMqEKd5HNn-O6qYzObU I wasn't participating in the event myself , but my friend Tim Koeth , K0ETH , the son of my friend Bill W2WK SK was . He had sent me a message during the week asking if I would copy the code groups as a back up to his . effort At 4:00 PM local time , I ran down to the shack and fired up the KX3. Since theOne of the big items in amateur radio news the past couple of weeks is an FCC petition by a group calling itself the Shortwave Modernization Coalition (SMC). Basically, what they want to do is to use HF frequencies formerly reserved for broadcasting to send data using 20 kW transmitters at a bandwidth of 50 […]
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In this episode, I joined Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss: WRTC 2026 Announced – ICQPodcast Joins as Official Media Partner Student journalist makes video of GB23C SSES Michigan Hams Exempt from “distracted driving” Law Hams Honour Retired Search and Rescue Planes Study: Commercial Satellite […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , July 22, 2023 Stuff like this really toasts my marshmallows A Facebook friend posted this on his : page And generally , it was received well . However , one Ham who shall remain un-named had to copy it onto his page , modify it and begin denigrating QRP . All tongue-in-cheek of course I got to read that tired old garbage about how QRP is not special and how ALL the hard work is done by the receiving station , yadda yadda . yadda . QRP doesn't involve any real skill , in fact it's mousy QRO is what real Hams . do The thing that ticked me off is that this guy is a Ham with some semi-celebrity cred of sorts who has a regular column in a national publication . He's not an idiot and he shouldPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , July 21, 2023 Weather This time , of the terrestrial . kind My phone went off at about 3:30 AM this morning , just about the time Marianne wakes up to get ready for work she has to be at the dialysis clinic at 5:00 AM . nbsp It was the WCBS Weather app on my phone , warning of a severe thunderstorm warning . A quick glance revealed that it was for Rockland and Westchester counties in . NY When I awoke at 5:00 AM and headed downstairs to the kitchen , I heard a loud kind of whooshing sound . At first I thought the compressor in the refrigerator was going bonkers , but it turned out to be rain hitting the skylight in the rec room . It was raining hard It seems we've had a lot of wild and woolyPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , July 20, 2023 Solar Weather Widgets I re-installed Paul N0NBH's Solar Weather Widget . If you scroll down all the way to the bottom of the blog you will see : it Interestingly , as I was looking at the page , nbsp https : www.hamqsl.com solar.html I noticed there was an Android app available . So I clicked on the link , only to find out that while the app is available at the Google Play store , it was not available to me because it was written to work on an older version of Android . nbsp BUT there was a link to downloading the APK file so I clicked on that and got it running on my Galaxy . S10E Nice There's a little overlap between the second and third photos screenshots from my phone but
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , July 19, 2023 Change in plans A thought came to me while I was at work on Monday . I think I can myself save a few I know that I have a couple old magmounts in the basement from antennas that I have used over the years that either got damaged or otherwise fell into disuse . To keep the magnets strong , I've kept them attached to the ductwork in the basement ceiling . I found this one Monday night , which is perfect for my needs . I love scavenging The threaded hole perfectly matches the thread size of the Buddistick extension arms . nbsp All I have to do is replace the coax . I took it apart to see how that was originally fitted as there's still a tiny stub of coax left I guess the
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , July 18, 2023 Blast from the past An article that I authored which CQ Magazine saw fit to publish in their February 2014 issue . It's pertinent to my discussion of the Buddistick on top of the Jeep in yesterday's . post I've posted these on the Portable QRP Ops page for future . reference 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 7:00 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : antennas Buddistick portable ops No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom QRP Watering Holes Follow me on Facebook Follow this blog on Facebook and other QRP CW and
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , July 17, 2023 Things have changed Things have changed since I acquired my Buddistick Improvements have been made and one of the most important pieces that I use , this old school Buddistick mounting plate , seems to be no longer made , or available as a . part Glad I still have mine What I do need to do is to acquire one of : these I have an adapter which is basically two PL-259's back to back . I will attach the mounting plate to the magmount using that , which will once again allow me to use the Buddistick mounted at the top of my Jeep . The Buddistick really sang for me when I used it that way before and I expect the same result again . nbsp This will be useful when a wire is not allowed: , , Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog HOME Study Guides Teach a One-Day Tech Class W8SRC Repeater Guide Advertise Hire Me Shop View Cart Amateur radio in the news : Field Day spurs 4th-grader’s interest , family of hams , San Benito EOC relies on ham radio July 17, 2023 By Dan KB6NU Leave a Comment First contact : Rising fourth-grader’s interest in ham radio bolstered by ARRL Field Day CARTERSVILLE , GAâWhile her transmission lasted mere seconds , Brooklyn Coldingâ s first radio contact is a moment she will always . treasure The rising fourth-grader corresponded with an amateur radio operator in New York June 24 while she was participating in American Radio Relay Leagueâ s annual Field Day . At 9, she was onePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , July 15, 2023 FOBB is on For any new QRP Newbies out there , nbsp FOBB is the Flight of the Bumblebees . It is the longest held , and arguably the best and most popular outdoor QRP event of the . Summer I'm so happy to see sign ups begin tomorrow If you're new to QRP , or a seasoned veteran this is a must do , must not miss event Here's Rich KI6SN's : announcement We were hanging on until this Sunday to officially announce the 2023 Flight of the Bumble Bees , but there arose such a clatter , we figured we'd better pull the trigger . now You'll find everything you need to know to take part in the event on July 30 : at http : www.ARSqrp.blogspot.com The FOBB BB Numbers Roster is developing :Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , July 14, 2023 Already thinking of next year It's our last full day up here , so no radio today . Just enjoying the day and soaking in all the lake ambiance that I can . But that's not stopping me of thinking about next . year I need to not forget the Buddistick whips next year . The Buddistick , mounted on a magmount on the roof of the Jeep can really sing . I've used it way that way before and having the vehicle act as the ground plane makes all the difference in the world . I'm not going to bring along aluminum screening , that's for . sure I will bring along my drive on mast holder and my 20 foot crappie fishing rod . That used to work well for me from the top of Mt . Prospect . They don'tPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , July 13, 2023 Better day today Maybe because it was that I was wearing my lucky W1AW t-shirt Unfortunately , the ARRL doesn't offer these anymore . I'd order another if I could . Not that I'm superstitious , or anything I set up the AlexLoop on the porch again . My plans to deploy the Buddistick evaporated when I realized I left the whips at home . I wasn't expecting much , but my expectations proved . foundless I ended up working the requisite 10 stations , with three of them being Park to Park . All were on 40 Meters except for the last . I worked Dave AB9CA on 20 Meters . He was at K-8170 in South Dakota . Actually , in all I worked 16 stations from K-2001. I know I could have workedYou’ve probably all heard this at one time or another. A newly-licensed radio amateur gets on the local repeater and then either gets ignored completely or criticized for using a Baofeng or committing some minor operating error. Can you think of a worse experience for a new ham? I’d bet that in some cases the […]
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I should have checked the solar weather report yesterday before getting on the air. Looking at it later, I discovered that it was a lousy day to concentrate on 40 and 20 Meters. I should have spent my time on 15 Meters or perhaps 10 Meters, where conditions were much better.As it was I only made three contacts in about an hour. One was a Park to Park, which made up for the otherwise "meh" of the day. At 19:04 UTC, I worked WI5D who was at K-7390, Leavenworth Park in Kansas.If I get a chance later today, I may set up with the Buddistick. I have to make 5 more contacts here before I can count this as an activation. The weather forecast for today is "ok". Tomorrow and Friday are looking iffy.72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!
I love this feature in QST. Not only can you feel the history of amateur radio by reading these articles, many of them still impart useful technical information. Read on and you’ll see what I mean. July 1923 The article that I chose from this issue is “Electric Filters” by F.S. Dellenbaugh, Jr. He writes, […]
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , July 10, 2023 A good day to do not much It's raining again today up here at the lake . A lot of people might complain that their vacation is being ruined by bad weather , but you won't hear a peep out of either Marianne or myself resembling anything like that . We're so busy with our day-today lives that precious and few are the days in which we are afforded the luxury of doing nothing . Like yesterday , I'll take it . Tomorrow , however , I'll have to make a run to the grocery store to get hamburgers or something for dinner . One of the things I have on my list is a small note pad . I did not pack one in the daypack and even though I have HamLog NG on my phone and AC Log here on the laptop ,
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , July 09, 2023 Not exactly what I was hoping for but I'll take it I met with W3BBO for our weekly ragchew on Skype at 3:00 PM . He let me go early so that I could set up for the QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint . I was going to set up on the big deck they have here where we're staying , but the skies have been overcast and threatening all day , so I set up on the porch . instead At 4:00 PM I tuned to 20 Meters and I heard quite a few SKCC Weekend Sprinters WES all by their frequency and up into the QRP Watering Holes . However , I did not hear one single solitary QRPer calling CQ QRP or whatever . Undeterred , I called CQ for a while on 14.062 with no result . I switched over to 40 Meters andPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , July 08, 2023 Our Happy Place Hope to hear you on the air and work you this week . I will spot myself when I do the for real activation of K-2001. 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 6:32 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : great outdoors Lake George POTA No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom QRP Watering Holes Follow me on Facebook Follow this blog on Facebook and other QRP CW and Amateur Radio stuff https : www.facebook.com QRP-When-you-care-to-send-the-very-least-925805237575460 W2LJ By The Numbers ARRL Life Member , QRPPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , July 07, 2023 Taking with I've decided that this year , instead of taking my entire backpack up to Lake George , I'll just be bringing a daypack the KISS principle The contents will : be 1 KX3 2 Small blue lithium battery charger 3 AlexLoop and PAR ENDFEDZ I might include my Buddistick package as it's as small as the AlexLoop package 4 Earbuds and bulldog clip paddle 5 25' length of RG-8X for the PAR 6 Arborist's throw back which always resides in the Jeep , . anyway And that's it . But with that , I hope to activate K-2001 Adirondack State Park while I am there . In addition , there's also the QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint this Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM . While my KX3 doesn't count asPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , July 06, 2023 I am a dinosaur A curmudgeon , a crab , sourpuss , stick-in-mud , killjoy whatever you want to call me . I freely and openly admit . it So what's W2LJ going on about now Knowing that I am a VE Liaison , someone who shall remain nameless approached me and asked to see the copies of the new Element 3 General exams that took effect on July 1st that were sent to me by the ARRL . I immediately and outrightly . refused After I calmed down my temper flared I asked this person an Extra why exactly did they want to see them The answer was paraphrased I want to teach a General licensing class Ham Cram . style So I directed this person to the NCVEC website , where the new question poolPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , July 05, 2023 Night of Nights Courtesy of Dave Ring : N1EA Announcement : Night of Nights XXIV 13 July at 0001 GMT July 12 at 5:01pm , PDT Each year , as the day turns from July 12 to July 13 the transmitters of KPH are brought to life once again , performing the service that they were originally designed to perform , to honor the men and women who served in the maritime radio service , afloat and ashore , for a century . This year marks the twenty-fourth year that the rituals of this now traditional celebration will be observed . For details on this years Night of Nights , click here . The MRHS web site will be updated shortly with all the details you will need to participate in Night of