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Amateur radio enthusiasts utilize specific frequency bands allocated globally for communication. From Low Frequency (LF) to Very-High Frequencies (VHF), each band has distinct characteristics and propagation conditions. Frequency allocations vary by country and ITU region. Understanding band usage and regulations is crucial for effective communication among ham radio operators worldwide.
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , February 29, 2024 If you don't like the weather in New Jersey , just wait a few hours . I guess everyone says that about their QTH , but when I went horizontal last night , the temperature outside was 59F 15C When I woke up this morning , it was 30F 1C If we had any thunderstorms last night , I slept through them . This burst of cold air is not to last , though . We should be back to seasonable temperatures tomorrow , with the next week or so promising high temps in the 50s F each day and lows each evening in the 30s F . Spring is coming closer and closer , and as John K3WWP is so fond of saying , tomorrow March 1st is the beginning of meteorological . Spring I did notice some small
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , February 28, 2024 Weather and band conditions I worked the 40 Meter Fox Hunt last night for the first time in a while , I actually had enough energy to stay up and do it . Added to that , the basement had warmed up to the low 60s , as we're in the midst of Spring time temperatures . The overnight low held at 54F 12C and it was rainy . The only bad thing was that 40 Meters sounded like it was in full time Summer mode with lots of static crashes and noise . From looking at the Web , I see that some areas of the upper Midwest were experiencing severe weather conditions and that some places even had tornado warnings put in . place The other reason I joined the Hunt was a somewhat selfish one .
A Free VPN Service from ARDC This interview took place at the 2024 HamCation. Amateur Microwave It’s easier than you think Can You Do 160 Meters on Two Wolf River Coils? K8MRD connects two Wolf River loading coils in series to see if he can use that lashup to tune on 160 meters.Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , February 26, 2024 On the air I was able to get on the air sporadically , . yesterday For a few hours at a time , over the course of a couple casual sessions , I was able to work over a dozen POTA stations , most who were located in North Carolina . nbsp The North Carolina QSO Party was going on and these ops were double dipping as it . were I also worked AO100RADIO in Spain , a special call sign commemorating 100 years of Amateur Radio in . Spain The reason for a couple casual sessions was that it was 59F in the basement yesterday . I needed to come upstairs to get warm . I really need to get a space heater for down there . It will make sitting behind the rig much more . enjoyable Boy , backThis is a guest post by Bud Talbot, W0RMT, and is cross-posted from https://w0rmt.net/. Recently, my ARRL membership was up for renewal. I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to renew so that I could have a (very small) voice in the way the League is operating these days. There have […]This bulletin was sent out by the ARRL last week. Getting legislation like this passed takes a long time, so let’s not just dismiss this out of hand. One positive thing about this bill is that it had bipartisan support. Wicker is a Republican, while Blumenthal is a Democrat. Contact your senators and tell them […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , February 22, 2024 Where can I buy these 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 12:59 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : Found on Facebook humor 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 , QRP ARCI 4488, QRP-L 13, NJQRP 47, FISTS 1469, Flying Pigs ARCI 612, ARS 1528, QRPp-I 759, Colorado QRP Club 746, SPARPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , February 21, 2024 VE Exam Sessions On February 10th , we held our monthly VE Exam session , which occurs on the second Saturday of the month . We had six candidates , and if I remember correctly , we brought in two new Technicians , and we had two upgrades to General and two upgrades to . Extra I think it was the Tuesday following the session , I received a phone call from one of the candidates . nbsp Without even getting a name , or the caller telling me who he was , I hear How come you haven't sent the license test session results in I was like Wait . What I called the FCC and they told me they haven't received the results of Saturday's session . I assured the candidate that I had indeed
In my news feed this past month, there were two announcements of new amateur radio clubs being formed. I’m not so sure how often that happens anymore, so I thought I’d spotlight them here. I’ve always said that if you don’t like the current club in your area, start your own! New amateur radio group […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , February 20, 2024 Day late and a dollar short My attempt to finish DXCC on 15 Meters this past weekend came up two countries short . I needed four and got two Aland Islands and Malta . It was hilarious in a way , because I set up the Cluster in AC Log to only show me spots for 15 Meters , and all I kept seeing : was Confirmed Confirmed Confirmed Confirmed Confirmed and so on and so on and so . on The few stations that were on the air the same time that I was and came up as Needed for the most part were on the other side of the world in SouthEast Asia . I have a real hard time working that part of the world I would go to the frequency in question and most times was not even able to hear the. Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , February 16, 2024 The King is here this weekend . At least one of them , anyway . nbsp Perhaps , the oldest DX Contest the ARRL WW DX CW is this weekend . Again , as long as Ol' Sol doesn't throw a fit and cough up on all of us we're as close to the peak of the sunspot cycle as we can be . If your backside is inclined to sit for the entire event , there's no reason you can't substantially fatten up your DXCC tally or even complete your DXCC if you don't have it . yet Personally , I am only four countries away from making DXCC on 15 Meters and 12 countries away from DXCC on 10 Meters . I'll have to see what I can accomplish on those two bands this . weekend QRPers the best part of theI'd be home working on building the plethora of kits I have collecting dust in my shack and also spending some quality time on HF.After 45 years of the daily grind of working full time, this is getting really old - and I'm getting really old, too.Hopefully, if God is good to me, I'll have one more sunspot cycle peak left in me to enjoy - and I'll have retired by then.Sigh.72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!
Today, I got The Current email newsletter from the ARRL. This newsletter discusses what’s new in the latest editions of QST, On the Air, QEX, and the National Contest Journal (NCJ). For example, the featured article from the March 2024 QST is “Common Mode Current and Common Mode Chokes” by Larry Lamano, WA0QZY. When I […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , February 13, 2024 The rodent lied So much for an early : Spring Only about 5 inches in South Plainfield , but it made the commute special to say the least And now the weather prognosticators are talking about another round for this coming Saturday . . Ugh 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 7:07 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : weather No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom QSO Today Interview with W2LJ https : www.qsotoday.com podcasts w2lj QRP Watering Holes Follow me on Facebook Follow this blog on Facebook and other QRPOne CW Question Vince, VE6LK, has been on a quest to learn CW. Being a YouTuber, he’s asked a bunch of current CWops for tips on how to learn CW and improve one’s skills. He has a whole series of them on his YouTube channel. Here’s my contribution. Ham Radio is for Hackers It’s often […]
This year's theme is, "A Century Informing, Entertaining and Educating." Let's celebrate by getting on the air and by making contacts in great numbers, on as many bands as possible. 73
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , February 10, 2024 VE Session today The ETS of NJ VE Session was a success I was a bit disappointed that only six of nine candidates showed up , nbsp but a bit more on that later . nbsp The good thing was that all six candidates left with some success . nbsp We had two candidates acquire their Technician class licenses , two candidates upgraded to General , and two upgraded to Amateur . Extra It's a good feeling when you can congratulate a candidate on a job well done . nbsp Regarding the three candidates that did not show . nbsp Two were supposed to have attended last month's session but bailed . The third was new . nbsp I emailed the two from last month , to confirm their attendance this
First POTA of 2024! The weather this week has been unseasonably warm, so I decided to drive up to K-3315, the Island Lake Recreation Area for a POTA activation. I left my house about 1:00 pm and got up to the park about 1:30. It was in the upper 50s and partly sunny. The first […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , February 09, 2024 The Black Sheep of the Family If you go on Facebook at all , it quickly becomes apparent that Baofeng HTs get very little respect . They are the Rodney Dangerfields of the HT world . I understand , in a way , as they are not really comparable in any way to units produced by Kenwood , Yaesu or Icom . They may not be as technically excellent or as elegantly engineered as radios from the Big 3, but in my mind , they do have their place . nbsp I own a UV-3R and a UV-5R . The UV-3R is my carry around and listen to repeaters HT . It's small , about the size of a package of cigarettes and it does what I need it to do . My UV-5R with the larger battery pack is my CERT Public ServicePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , February 05, 2024 Who knew indeed I came across the following post on Facebook out of respect for the poster , I will not name . names I guess it's a thing , now : amateur radio Morse code ops are now sending 72 at the end of a communication , instead of 73. Have they not perfected their 3 yet , or is there some secret club I'm unaware of Turns out that , 72 is used for 73 but when you are running QRP . nbsp Who knew So , then : we should use 74 when QRO , now I suppose this was meant to be tongue in cheek , but I also sense some snark in this . Of all the things that you can get upset with annoyed by in Amateur Radio the use of 72 by QRP Ops is going to get your knickers in a twist Bad pilePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , February 02, 2024 FYBO is tomorrow Tomorrow is the first Saturday in February , so that means it's FYBO time I hope to participate for a little bit not sure if I'll be outdoors or not . nbsp Maybe I can squeeze in a POTA activation at the same time The Washington-Rochambeau Trail K-4582 is only a stone's throw away from my . house For the rest of the : weekend : Contests FYBO Winter QRP Sprint https : azscqrpions.org Vermont QSO Party http : www.ranv.org vtqso.html Minnesota QSO Party https : www.w0aa.org mnqp-rules 10-10 Int . Winter Contest , SSB https : www.ten-ten.org index.php activity 2013-07-22-20-26-48 qso-party-rules There is a QRP . category British Columbia QSO Party http :