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Here are some articles I found intersting. The first details a cheap way to teach kids (and adults, too!) about circuits….Dan Scrappy circuits The best dollar you can spend on a child’s STEAM education is to take them to the dollar store, buy an electronic item, and then take it apart. Learning how a handheld […]
A couple of days ago, a reader, who is a “sorter” for the ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau, emailed me about the ARRL’s decision to end funding for the bureaus at the end of this year. In an email dated Friday, June 21, 2024, Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, Radiosport and Regulatory Information Manager, informed the Incoming QSL […]
I enjoy reading essays, so when I saw a collection of essays from Joseph Epstein, Familiarity Breeds Content: New and Selected Essays, on the new books shelf at my local library, I checked it out. The essays were fine, although I’m not sure that I agree with David Brooks, who called the essays “funny” and […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , September 27, 2024 The weekend September 28th and 29th For those of you who will be on the air this weekend , scratching your heads and thinking What contest is this brought to you as a public : service Contests not much CQ Worldwide DX Contest , RTTY https : www.cqwwrtty.com Maine QSO Party http : www.ws1sm.com MEQP.html For those of you who like to chase Special Event Stations 09 26 2024 Triple Tree Fly-In Sep 26-Sep 28, 1200Z-2359Z , W4F , Spartanburg , SC . Spartanburg Amateur radio club . 7.210 14.200. QSL . SPARC , Fly-in , 400 Glenwood Dr , Spartanburg , SC 29303. station to operate during operation of the fly-in . k4ii.org 09 28 2024 SENARC 1936-2024 ANNIVERSARY Sep 28-Sep 29,
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , September 16, 2024 Productive weekend It was busy , but at the same time productive . Saturday started off with the monthly ETS of NJ VE Session . We had three candidates and only three VEs . I can't tell you the last time that happened as the number of VEs that show up usually way outnumbers the candidates In fact , I was sweating it out for a while worrying that I would have to tell the candidates that for lack of VEs , they'd have to go home . Fortunately , a third showed up and we were . fine We brought one new Tech into the fold and another Tech upgraded to General . The third candidate walked away with nothing , which was extremely disappointing to both him and us . He was a Tech whoGood friend, Alan W2AEW does a POTA activation with a new QRP rig. oy howdy! These new QRP rigs are popping up so fast, it's hard to keep up with them - what's new, what's what ....... WOW! Going to sound like an oldster, but I can remember when you could count available QRP rigs with the fingers on both hands. Pickin's were slim ...... no more!Alan was at my favorite spot - Washington Rock State Park, in Greenbrook, NJ.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 Wednesday , September 25, 2024 Oh boy and not in a good way . A club meeting not mine with guest , ARRL SE Director Mickey Baker . If you want to hear details about the events that effectively shut down the ARRL earlier this year , start listening around the 16 minute . mark Scary and sad . As an ARRL Life Member , who has always been uber supportive of the League , it would seem that leadership NOT the staff is befuddled in some crucial areas , and quite frankly , maybe not doing such a great . job With my new hearing aid , I'd almost swear that I can hear H P Maxim spinning in his . grave 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least Posted by QRP When you care to send the very least
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , September 24, 2024 Interesting I saw this on the QRP 14.060 MHz page on Facebook . It's a POTA SOTA setup by Vasil LZ1WF . I like the enclosure he fabricated for his QMX . I am assuming he built the kit . and designed his own enclosure which is really nice . He has a very nice little portable station These qualify as the QRP Image(s of the Day Now for something completely . different I recently purchased an OTC hearing aid from Nebroo , from an ad they ran online . These are supposedly different from other OTC hearing aids as they are not just sound amplifiers . They tout that these have a chip in them which will allow you to filter out background noise in various settings to allow you to
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , September 26, 2024 Hurricane Helene As Hurricane Helene bears down on Florida and Georgia , please be mindful of our brother and sister Amateur Radio ops who will be manning their radios on behalf of public safety . Some HF frequencies to be aware : of Some Florida Nets South Florida ARES Net 3.940 North Florida ARES Net 3.950 Northern Florida ARES Net NFAN 9:00 AM Eastern time Monday through Saturday Frequencies are 7.198 MHz . Backup on 7.242 and 7.265 MHz , all LSB- Hurricane Watch Net 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz To ALL our friends in the Southeast who are in Helene's path our prayers are with you . Take care , be safe and may God be with . you 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send thePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , September 22, 2024 Happy first day of Autumn For those of you who love the season , that is . For me , it's an occasion to symbolically shed a tear for Summer . I'm not into falling leaves or pumpkin spiced coffee , although I do love pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving . Autumn for me is juat a harbinger of what is to come Winter . Yuck Give me Spring or Summer any day of the week . Shortly , I'll be back in three layer season long Tee , golf shirt and sweat shirt on top of it . all I mention all this because I am hoping to spend some time this afternoon at the patio table with the QMX and the AX1. A little more experimentation . However , when I went outside this morning to takePages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , September 20, 2024 A whole lot of shakin' going on this weekend The bands will probably be jumping this weekend I hope Ol' Sol cooperates : Contests ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest https : www.arrl.org 10-ghz-up Scandinavian Activity Contest , CW https : www.sactest.net blog rules New Jersey QSO Party http : www.k2td-bcrc.org njqp rules.html Texas QSO Party https : www.txqp.net QRP Afield https : www.newenglandqrp.org qrp-afield-2018 Wisconsin Parks on the Air http : wipota.com files WIPOTA_contest_rules.pdf New Hampshire QSO Party http : www.w1wqm.org wp-content uploads 2023 07 NHQP_Rules.pdf Washington State Salmon Run http : salmonrun.wwdxc.org Iowa QSO Party http : www.w0yl.com IAQP And nextPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , September 18, 2024 A Prequel In yesterday's video we saw Alan W2AEW activate Washington Rock State Park with the CFT1 QRP Transceiver . Dummy me I didn't realize that this is the newest offering from KM4CFT , who also sells the 9:1 UNUN kit that I recently built and put through a test run on . Sunday Alan also has a YouTube video on the actual build of the kit . I am posting it here as a companion video a prequel , if you will . It's a little long close to 40 minutes , but is very . interesting By the way , if you haven't subscribed to Alan's YouTube channel , you're missing out on a lot of great . stuff 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least Posted by QRP When you care
This 4m Slim Jim is cheap and easy to build yet it greatly out performs the more usual dipole due to its low angle of radiation. An SWR of 1:1 is obtainable across the 4m FM band with simple adjustment. The photograph and PDF diagram show the construction, however a brief description is also given.
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Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , October 15, 2024 Some new stuff from . QRPbuilder.com An I ambic SOTA POTA paddle much like the ones made popular by Steve WG0AT . I like the look fo these I just wonder if I could ever get used to using these QX1 Antenna a very reasonably priced AX1 type of antenna for portable . ops A MAGNETIC single lever paddle which can be used on the KX radios and if you house your tr uSDX radio in the QRPGuys . housing Official Disclaimer I am in NO WAY involved , associated with , or benefit from anything sold by QRPbuilder.com . Just bringing attention to some really nicely priced and useful items that might be right and fill a need for you readers out there . At the very least , you owe it to
In the past two weeks, I’ve taught two one-day Tech classes. The first was at the University of Michigan on Saturday, October 5, 2024. We chose that date because it was the first Saturday this fall when there wasn’t a U-M home football game. Football games are a big deal around here as you might […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Sunday , October 13, 2024 POTA equipment bugaboo Yesterday I went down the street , right around the corner from my house to the South Plainfield PAL parking . lot Where you see the little bus stop icon is just about where I parked , the extreme corner of the parking lot , which is less than 25 feet from Maple Avenue . Maple Avenue is part of the Washington-Rochambeau National Historical Trail , US-4582. I was today years old when I realized I had great access to a POTA site so close to home The times I activated it for NPOTA , I travelled into neighboring Scotch Plains . It never occurred to me to work the Trail from the PAL parking lot . Talk about losing sight of the forest for the trees In any. Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Saturday , October 12, 2024 QMX pack is lighter now . I ditched the AA lithium batteries for another of the exact same battery that I use with the KX3. Boy , did it drop in price since I last purchased one I mentioned before of having to make an adapter from 3.5mm to 2.1mm for the QMX and it came out fine . I couldn't just change the plug outright because it's used not only to power out , but also to charge the battery . So I took what I needed from an older one that bulged and cobbled together what I . needed And I also acquired a smaller key that I first saw on Craig WB3GCK's : blog Craig had some issues with getting used to the action on his , and I assume the action on mine is identical to hisPages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , October 11, 2024 The Weekend October 12th 13th If the Sun calms down by the weekend Severe geomagnetic storms are a happenin' Severe enough that we actually did get to see aurora over New Jersey last night It was beautiful while it lasted , which was not long at all . nbsp I thought the Northern Lights were something that lasted for a bit longer than what we saw last night . I'm hoping we get another view . tonight : Contests QRP Fall QSO Party http : qrparci.org contest fall-qso-party Nevada QSO Party http : nvqso.com contest-rules Oceania DX Contest , CW https : www.oceaniadxcontest.com SKCC Weekend Sprintathon https : www.skccgroup.com operating_activities weekend_sprintathon Arizona QSO
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , October 10, 2024 QRP Image of the Day The photographer inside of me is captivated by images , And if the old adage is true that A picture is worth 1,000 words : then these two images are examples of what come to my mind when I think about . QRP This image from the SOTA Facebook page , in fact it's now their cover page image . Didn't Steven pick a wonderful image Who doesn't dream of someday taking a minimalistic set up to the top of a mountain and communicating with the world I know I do , but I'm also wise enough to know my limitations and that I'm no Steve Galchutt WG0AT and the closest I'm ever going to get to this is operating portable from a picnic table somewhere . Still , the thrill
I’m not really sure where I found out about the RSGB Logbook: Explorer, but I like it a lot. It’s sort of a British version of my 21 Things to Do After You Get Your Amateur Radio License, but it’s a workbook that hams can print out and then fill up as they go along. […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Wednesday , October 09, 2024 So yesterday I mentioned yesterday that I was probably a day late and a dollar short and with all the geomagnetic activity , the Northern Lights must have been pretty up in the 1,000 Islands right This was posted to Facebook by K N photography of course this happened AFTER we . left Of course Of course I guess the silver lining is that the geomagnetic activity that promulgated these auroral displays did not happen until after my two successful POTA activations . So for bands that were in decent shape and allowed for some amazing contacts I am grateful . Always have to look at the bright side 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP When you care to send the very least Posted by QRP When you
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , October 08, 2024 Maps a lot No . Not the Monty Python musical Spamalot this is Maps a Lot . A comparison of RBN Maps vs . QSO maps from my POTA Activations last week . Just to see if and how they . differ First Keewaydin State Park , : US-2088 The Reverse Beacon Network Map Actual QSO Map including the Alaska QSO Closer look at just the Continental US QSOs And now Kring Point State Park , : US-2091 The Reverse Beacon Network Map The QSO Map The QSO maps courtesy of Log Analyzer 3.2 by DL4MFM pretty much gibe with the skimmer maps , just as you'd expect . There are some discrepancies , though . From Keewaydin , I made it to Alaska , a bit farther than the skimmer in the Canadian North West
Today, Rick, K8BMA, headed to the Pinckney State Recreation Area (US-3322) for a POTA activation. Here are a few notes about today’s activation: It’s October, so it’s getting cool out. The sun was shining, but the temperature when we arrived was a couple degrees under 60. I moved one of the picnic tables into the […]
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , October 07, 2024 Wouldn't you know it My anticipation was growing last week in Upstate NY as Geomagnetic activity was getting greater and greater all week long . My SpaceWeather Live app was going off all week with news of flares , CMEs and such . Finally , there was a better than good chance that I would finally get to see the Northern Lights on Friday night the last night before we left to return to New . Jersey Upstate NY decided to pull a New Jersey on me and it clouded up and rained Friday . night . Sheesh In any event , I got my POTA logs uploaded yesterday as well as getting them into AC Log . Tonight , I want to make QSO maps for both activations and see how they compare to the RBN
In this episode, I join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. We discussed the following: PRESENTER OPINION : The ARRL elections this year are a sham? UK, NZ Hams Mark 100 Years of Two-Way Radio Communication US Lawmakers […]Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Friday , October 04, 2024 Ch-ch-ch-changes I guess I learned a few things about my POTA setup and a few changes that need to be . made First , these battery packs I am currently using don't last long at all . I've decided to purchase another of the small blue lithium packs like I use with the KX3. The only problem there is that I will have to build an adapter cable as they come with a 3.5mm plug , while the QMX uses a 2.1mm plug . I have plenty of 2.1mm plugs and I have an old battery that bulged and is no longer usable . I'll scavenge the 3.5mm charging socket off of that , solder on a 2.1mm plug and I'll have the adapter cable I'll . need Second , I'm not thrilled with the paddle I had recently
, Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Thursday , October 03, 2024 OK , I'm sold Yesterday was a rainy day , and Marianne and I vegged out for most of the day . The skies started clearing out in the late : afternoon And we were rewarded with yet another beautiful sunset a few hours : later This morning dawned sunny , bright and a tad on the chilly side . After breakfast and a few stops , Marianne and I headed out to Kring Point State Park , US-2091 for the second activation of our wedding anniversary . getaway This time , I did not bring the AlexLoop along , only the Elecraft AX1. I was impressed by its performance on Tuesday and I was not to be disappointed this time , either Here are some photos that Marianne took of me doing the POTA Maybe. But I'm going to state it anyway. After what's happened recently to Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.....You want an EMCOMM Team capable of setting up fast, with a minimum of effort and fuss that can go virtually anywhere at a moments notice?Recruit some POTA people for your team.72 de Larry W2LJ RP - When you care to say the very least.
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Tuesday , October 01, 2024 Success Around 10:00 this morning , Marianne looked at me and said , So you want to go to one of those parks you were talking about Of course , I didn't miss a heartbeat and answered in the affirmative , so I placed the gear in the Jeep and we headed off for Keewaydin State Park , US-2088, which only a few miles down the . road We drove to the lot where people park their boat trailers . Right next to it was a children's playground , a community pool and a very nice pavillion with plenty of picnic tables . The pavillion is all wooden , so no Faraday Cage . syndrome I began by setting up the AlexLoop . It doesn't take long and I was on the air a few minutes before 11:00 AM
Pages Home Portable QRP Ops Morse Code Operating Mixed Media NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Suppliers Monday , September 30, 2024 More Experimentation We made it up here We arrived yesterday at Alexandria Bay , NY the land or water of big ships and spectacular . sunsets Those cargo ships travel up and down the St . Lawrence Seaway , carrying tonnage betwwen the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean . And as you can see , the sunsets are . breathtaking This afternoon , while Marianne took a nap , I set up the QMX and the AlexLoop on our balcony , overlooking the river . 20 Meters was a snap . I was able to get a good enough match quite easily , which kept the QMX happy . I even figured out how to get my pre-programmed messages to transmit , and I called CQ several times , just to see where the Reverse