If you’re dead set on always getting a “73” at the end of every QSO on FT8 mode, to the point that you’re unwilling to confirm a contact because of that, you’re wrong. 73 is keeping in good etiquette, or perhaps, it’s simply a platitude. It is not however, part of the conversation that constitutes […]
CQ CQ CQ N8GB/Portable Calling CQ and Listening! First Operation. Field operations, portable operations, “bugging out”, Field Day, whatever you want to call it, is a huge amount of fun. Over the last few years, I have thoroughly enjoyed ARRL Field Day and out little mini-expeditions within WV. We throw just about anything you can […]
Archived Projects (of one type or another) Here, we find some of my old projects. Some of these projects didn’t work out as well as anticipated (to be expected). So, we learn and we rebuild to suit our need. I’ve archived all of these projects in one post. In the future, individual projects will each […]
Just found this Little Jewel on the interswebs. While I don’t believe it’s 100% accurate, (there are many times that phonetics for callsigns are extremely important on phone ops), it dang sure touches my heart 🙂 http://www.qsl.net/dl4tt/w5vsr.html Now, you must be ready with this one at a moment’s notice: “HI.” Never, ever, laugh if you […]
Here’s a perfect example of an old-hand attempting to weigh judgement on a younger-hand for doing things differently, and therefore, ignoring this “new” way of doing things, simply because “we did it this way back in the day.” This type of mentality KILLS participation. It’s a good thing that I am used to assholes like […]
This formula is for HF Only (160m – 10m). It doesn’t apply outside of those bands. The term “air” may be defined as 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide with slight variances to account for any water vapor (+/- 0.5%) dependent upon altitude. The movement of “air” is defined by various terms, for our exercise, we will utilize […]
Woe on the man that speaks with forked tongue! That’s the only reason I can see for the enormous uprising of bad log entries, and Lord knows, I’ve had a bunch of them lately. I don’t write down a callsign (and leave it intact) if I am unsure of the callsign. About the only time […]
And speaking of feelings and 5/9 reports; I’ve had operators become irritated because I did not give them a report of 5/9. Seriously. What’s your QTH he asked? Well! My beam is pointed right at you. And? You’re still not a 5/9, but the other guy is. He’s further away than you? Oh My God! […]
5/9, 73 Q-R-Zed! 5/9, 73, Q-R-Zed! 5/9, 73, Q-R-Zed! No, probably not 5/9, what is your callsign? You’ve been talking for 10+ minutes and never mentioned your callsign. Remember how a QSO is supposed to be conducted? Do I care if my signal report is less than 5/9? Absolutely! It tells me what the band […]
Henceforth known as /JEJ (Stroke James Earl Jones) – You’re working SSB, don’t try to sound like an AM broadcast station. Your voice isn’t that of James Earl Jones in real life, stop injecting so much bass into the EQ to try and emulate him. Most of these guys that spend thousands of dollars trying […]
