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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday 2024 He has risen He has risen , indeed This is the day the Lord has made Let us rejoice and be glad A happy , joyous , and blessed Easter to all 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 8:33 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom W2LJ Courtesy of Jeff Davis KE9V 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
One of the challenges that I faced when I started my Micropython keyer project was debouncing the switch closures. There are seven in all: five pushbuttons and the dit and dah inputs. So, I did what everybody does nowadays—perform an internet search. I searched for “switch debouncing with Micropython” and got about a zillion references. […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , March 29, 2024 Good Friday 2024 Mausoleum stained glass Holy Redeemer Cemetery South Plainfield , NJ Who would believe what we have heard To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed He grew up like a sapling before Him , like a shoot from the parched earth He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye , no beauty to draw us to . Him He was spurned and avoided by men , a man of suffering , knowing pain , Like one from whom you turn your face , spurned , and we held Him in no . esteem Yet it was our pain that He bore , our sufferings He endured . We thought of Him as stricken , struck down by God and . afflicted But He was pierced for our sins , crushed for our iniquity . He bore the punishment
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , March 28, 2024 Marc your calendars From the : ARRL International Marconi Day 2024 03 22 2024 This year , International Marconi Day IMD is on April 27. Italian inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi was born on April 25, 1874, and is credited for inventing the radiotelegraph system , creating Marconi's law , and sending the first wireless transmission over the open . sea IMD was created to honor Marconi and is hosted annually by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club , GX4CRC The purpose of the day is for amateur radio enthusiasts around the world to contact historic Marconi sites using communication techniques similar to those that he would have used . nbsp The 24-hourI’m hearing some new ops on the CW bands these days, and I think it’s very cool. I’m not sure what’s motivating them, but whatever it is, I’m all for it. Here’s one email I got from a fellow after our QSO: Dan, I’m a new CW operator and I heard your call tonight and […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , March 27, 2024 You know what happens when you make assumptions There are things you take for granted in life and other things that you shouldn't . One of the things that I've taken for granted , and I guess I shouldn't have , is for the definition of what power level is QRP amongst QRPers . I can understand varying answers from the QRO crowd . In e-mails and articles from the general Amateur Radio community , I've seen the high power aficionados bandy about all kinds of power levels that define what QRP is all the way from 500 Watts I know , kind of ridiculous to 5 Watts and anywhere in between . But you would think that those of us who dabble at the low end of that range would agree onIn this episode, I join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss: Amateur Radio Stands Ready to Support Eclipse Operations Discarded “Space Junk” From Iss Falls To Earth Without Incident At This Library, Check Out Ham Radio As Well As Books FCC Sets Rules For Cellular-Satellite […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , March 25, 2024 I love stuff like this Definitely from the Don't believe everything you see on the internet . file In all my 67 years of living in New Jersey and in the some 45 years of paying attention to this stuff as an Amateur Radio operator , I have never seen aurora in New Jersey , ever I think it would take an almost Carrington type event for aurora to be seen this far south of the Arctic Circle . And if aurora was actually able to be seen over my state , then invariably it would be cloudy or overcast and that would 86 the . opportunity This latest geomagnetic storm was intense , but it didn't shut down HF communications not by a long shot . I was able to make contacts on 20 and 308 Tips for Debugging Electronic Circuits Jameco’s eight tips for debugging circuits include: Understand the circuit. Do a visual inspection. Use the right tools. Check power supply and ground connections. Consider signal tracing and analysis. Conduct incremental testing and isolation. Learn from documentation and community resources Develop a methodical approach For a more complete description, […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , March 24, 2024 Yikes A Coronal Mass Ejection or other solar phenomena has rendered the bands positively yucky today . But for the limited amount of time that I spent behind the key today , I still managed to snare six POTA stations for the . log WB8RIF at US-1994 K2EAG at US-1619 KU8T at US-1637 WI2X at US-1611 AE4WX at US-6962 W0ABE at US-10533 All contact were made on 30 and 20 Meters . I heard EA4HCF calling CQ on 17 Meters and I tried answering , but no joy at 5 Watts . For the heck of it , I tried bumping up the KXPA100 to 85 Watts , just to see if I could make contact . Nope that tells you that the bands truly did bite . I usually rarely have a problem reaching Spain with 5 Watts , letPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , March 23, 2024 A change in how you will log into CORES PSA Every Ham in the US should be registered on CORES , the FCC's COmission REgistration System . This is doorway to access your account with the FCC in the Universal Licensing System . According to the ARRL , starting next Friday , March 29th , the FCC will begin utilizing Two Factor . Authorization Here are the details from the : ARRL SB QST ARL ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users ZCZC AG07 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 7 ARLB007 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 22, 2024 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB007 ARLB007 FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users The Federal
Good day Claude. I am in Cape Town, South Africa and I have come across your interesting and informative subject of Short Ham Antennas for HF With LinearSen. Wicker co-introduces Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act [BROOKHAVEN, MS] U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation to give amateur radio operators the right to install their antennas and serve the community. Homeowner association rules prevent amateur radio operators from installing outdoor antennas on residential properties even though this […], Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , March 22, 2024 It's Friyay No , that's NOT a typo Here's what's up for the : weekend Contest only one FOC QSO Party http : g4foc.org qsoparty Special Event : Stations 03 17 2024 GERATOL NET ANNIVERSARY Mar 17-Mar 23, 0100Z-2359Z , W1G , Wheelwright , MA . Geratol WAS Net . 3.668 SSB 40 Meter SSB . QSL . Kevin Lynch , POB 124, Wheelwright , MA 01094. The GERATOL Greetings Extra Radio Amateurs Tired of Operating Lately WAS Net , will operate special event call sign W1G to commemorate 50 years as a Worked All States Net N1KL ARRL.NET 03 23 2024 1st LORAN A Station Designated 1941 Mar 23, 1300Z-2100Z , K3S , Baltimore , MD . Nuclear Ship Savannah ARC . 7.1 14.1 21.1 28.1. QSL . K3LU , 980
I recently posted about the collection of QSL cards from the 1930s and 1940s that my brother discovered at an estate sale that he conducted. I was very pleased to see that many of them had call signs that spelled words. I plan to add all of these to my collection
Ham radio logging software on high performance Linux O/S. I use and recommend the Linux Ubuntu distribution. Details here. 73 de VE2DPE.Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , March 20, 2024 Good to hear someone else say this stuff I saw a link to this YouTube video posted on Facebook . There'a a lot of good content in this video , and while most of it is geared towards QRP Newbies us old grizzled veterans can use a review every now and then , too . Some of it I have been preaching for years here on W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least I'm glad someone else is , too Point 11 I've repeatedly asserted that you'd do well to consider yourself just another fish in the Amateur Radio pond . Maybe a smaller one , but just another fish Don't get it into your head that just because you're running QRP that you automatically have a weak signal . As propagation is
I’m Twitch-y! Last night, I worked Luis, EA1TG, and this morning, he sent me a link to a video on Twitch that he made of our contact. (Click on the image to go to Twitch. For some reason, I couldn’t embed the Twitch video here.) This is kind of cool. I’ve been thinking of setting […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , March 19, 2024 Theme for Field Day 2024 From the ARRL : website 2024 ARRL Field Day Theme : Be Radio Active 03 15 2024 The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is Be Radio Active . The event will run on June 22 23, and it will be one-part contest , one-part emergency communications exercise , and one-part open house and a great time . The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which we are nearing . Activity this year is likely to be extremely high thanks to favorable solar conditions . The upper HF bands , such as 15 and 10 meters , should benefit most from the Cycle's . peak There are resources available already for clubs and individuals to make theirYesterday, my friends Paul KW1L, Rick K8BMA, and I drove down to Toledo for the Toledo Mobile Radio Association (TMRA) hamfest. This is generally a well-attended event, so I schlepped a bunch of stuff down there. Some of it was my junk, some of it odds and ends from the estates I agreed to liquidate. […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , March 18, 2024 Monday morning ugh The week is not starting off on the greatest note . I got into work , flipped the light switch on here in the storage room that they call my office aaaannnnnddd nothing All the wall outlets work , just not the overhead lights . I have the door propped open , so there's enough light from the hallway spilling in to work by , but the situation is not ideal . The building engineers are working on . it The situation was much better last night at home in the shack . I joined in on the Flying Pigs monthly Run For The Bacon for the first time in years . nbsp I started out on 20 Meters , where I heard K4KBL loud and clear , calling CQ . After I worked him , I moved
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , March 17, 2024 Mission Accomplished So , I did get the grocery purchasing done early enough yesterday . It looked like a POTA activation would be a possibility . In fact , I was done and back home by 9:30 AM . It took another half hour or so to tote everything inside from the car and put everything in its proper place . However , at 10:00 AM , it was still only in the upper 40s about 8C so I decided to wait around for a bit . In the meantime , the phone rang a couple times , including a long conversation with my . sister Around 11:30 AM , it had gotten into the mid 50s 13C so I decided that all was a go and I grabbed my CQ Magazine daypack that I got at Dayton many years ago . Inside were the
My brother, Mike, runs an estate sale company, Metro Detroit Estate Sales (shameless plug intended). From time to time, he’ll call me when a sale he’s conducting includes some electronics or ham radio gear. A couple of months ago, he called and said that this most recent sale included a bunch of miscellaneous amateur radio-related […].JPG)
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , March 14, 2024 New piece of gear I know there are a lot of Baofeng haters out there , but for the limited time I spend on VHF UHF , I'd rather put the big bucks into HF gear or . accessories I purchased this Baofeng K5 Plus after hearing glowing reports on the nightly Middlesex County Chat Group Net from two local Hams for whom I have deep respect , Marv K2VHW and Dave K2ULF . nbsp 29.00 from Amazon how could you go wrong I was ordering a new cordless phone for the house yes , we still maintain a landline on Sunday and decided Why not and added it to My Cart . I was surprised as all get out when both the phone and the HT arrived the next afternoon , and I did not pay for expedited shipping
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , March 13, 2024 Propagation is a funny thing When you think you have it even somewhat figured out you . don't I had two VHF ARES Nets to check into last night . One for the Southern District of NNJ at 7:30 PM and then the actual NNJ Section ARES Net at 8:00 PM . Before , between and after I decided to do some POTA hunting . I worked Dave AB9CA in New Mexico easy enough , but there was a station in Illinois on 40 Meters that I could not get as hard as I might . try This is unusual , because I normally have a pipeline on 40 Meters to Illinois , Indiana and that part of the country . It was a bit frustrating to say the least . Most times , I can connect with a station from that part of the US
. Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , March 12, 2024 Sweet dreams are made of these . Steve WG0AT from : Facebook Doing one of my Favorite things is sitting on a rock at 12k' working my good friends aka SOTA chasers with Morse Code Elecraft's KH1 is really an amazing game changer HF radio W2LJ is thinking that Right now I'd settle for a picnic table in a park 72 de 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 Labels : Found on Facebook great outdoors portable ops POTA SOTA No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom W2LJ Courtesy of Jeff DavisPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , March 11, 2024 New portable ops logger Saw this on Facebook this . morning There's been some contention in POTA circles lately as park designators are changing . nbsp For instance , parks in Canada have gone from VE-XXXX to CA-XXXX . If I'm not mistaken , the parks un the USA are going to be changing to US-XXXX from what I've read . Again , I may be mistaken . The logging program that's been the rage for POTA and SOTA and other portable ops fans has been HAMRS . It seems , from what I've read , that there's been some difficulty and confusion as the app doesn't recognize the change in park designators , which is a real pain when you want to upload your logs . However , HAMRS was developed andARDC Community Meeting 2024-02-24 Here’s the latest update from ARDC on their activities. Hamvention 2024 award winners The winners this year include: Special Achievement Award: Anthony Luscre, K8ZT Technical Achievement: Ward Silver, N0AX Club of the Year: Young Ladies Radio League Amateur of the Year: Edward Engleman, KG8CX Text over radio with Rattlegram This […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , March 10, 2024 Another opinion piece which will get me mixed , or maybe mostly negative reviews . But that's OK , it's just me . cogitating Yesterday we had our monthly VE session . We had five candidates and all were successful . Five new Technicians , one of which was a young man of about 10 12 years of age . We also had one Tech come in and upgrade to General but this post is not about . that With the question pool for the Amateur Extra class license changing in July , I've gotten a lot of questions about it and a lot of people convinced they should upgrade to Extra by the end of June . Not only that , but I am seeing so many people upgrade so quickly . Some will come in successive three
, Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , March 09, 2024 For you , or someone you know who might be . interested This was posted by Craig Buck on Facebook . Sounds great for the newbie or neophyte : Ham FREE ON-LINE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATING CLASS A free , weekly , 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 4 and run through June 20 at 6:30 PM Eastern time . nbsp The presenters will be various experienced folks in the various . subjects A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin . nbsp Attend them all , or any that you like , but you must register for the classes . nbsp To receive registration information , contact Rol Anders , K3RA , at roland.anders comcast.net . nbsp Subjects, Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , March 08, 2024 The weekend is upon us , once again Here are some of the goings : on Contests to either be aware of , or participate : in RSGB Commonwealth BERU Contest https : www.rsgbcc.org hf rules 2024 rcwc.shtml SKCC Weekend Sprintathon https : www.skccgroup.com operating_activities weekend_sprintathon AGCW QRP Contest https : www.agcw.de contest qrp qrp-c-engl Oklahoma QSO Party http : k5cm.com okqp.htm Stew Perry Topband Challenge http : www.kkn.net stew Idaho QSO Party https : www.idahoqsoparty.org Wisconsin QSO Party http : www.warac.org wqp wqp.htm 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint http : www.4sqrp.com SSS sss_rules.pdf Special Event : Stations 03 09 2024 120th Anniversary of.JPG)
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , March 07, 2024 Something ya'll may want to look out for tomorrow To celebrate International Women's Day Amateur Radio style From the ARRL : website YLRL Celebrates International Women's Day with Special Event 03 01 2024 The Young Ladies Radio League YLRL is hosting an International Women's Day YL Parks on the Air® POTA Party from 0000Z 2359Z on March 8. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social , economic , cultural , and political achievements of women . This year's theme is Inspire . Inclusion To celebrate the day , the goal of this special event is to activate any POTA park during the 24-hour event window using any mode and frequency within your license class .Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , March 06, 2024 Rejoining the Land of the Living I can SLOWLY feel myself coming back to myself . January and February were tough months . With the arrival of March I have felt some energy and stamina returning . I can walk farther without getting winded , I can lift a bit more weight , I feel less exhausted at the end of the . day That of course , led to participating in the 40 Meter Fox Hunt last night . I initially wasn't going to and then I thought I might join in from the dining room , using the KX3 and the AX1. But then I decided my chances would be better with the regular antennas , so I headed . downstairs I heard Marty NR3Z in PA right off the bat . He was a decent 579, but it tookPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , March 05, 2024 The latest thing Amateur Radio is a hobby of niches . Not all facets of the hobby are popular with everyone . That being said , it seems to me , in my most humble opinion , that there are periods where a certain thing becomes all the . rage A few years ago , it seemed like you couldn't swing a dead cat in the Amateur Radio community without coming across something about magnetic loop antennas . More recently the rage has been end fed half wave antennas . These trends of prominence didn't last too long . If you want to look at trends with long standing time years in the limelight , I would suggest FT-8 and POTA fit the . bill I'm not a participant in the digital modes , so IPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , March 04, 2024 A good HF day Yesterday was a good radio day . Not only was it a good radio day , but it was a good day weather-wise , as well . It got up to 68F 20C in the afternoon , making the basement shack a lot warmer as well , where it was 62F 16C Still not ideal , but a lot more comfortable than it has been and I was in no hurry to leave for warm-up breaks . I still have to get a space heater for down there . I'm sure there's still lots of cold weather left before Ol' Man Winter sings his swan . song But I digress . 10 Meters was hopping and I worked a Polish POTA station , a SOTA station in England and Alex RK3ER , whom I have made contact with several times before . He was BOOMING in