Monthly Archives: October 2012

Contesting, Public Relations and Special Event N5W

Published on: October 25, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

When the weather outside turns cooler, I want to get back into the shack more frequently and enjoy the hobby.  I am excited about what I call “ham radio contest season”.  I realize there are contests all year long (and often multiple contests going on at the same time!)  But I REALLY enjoy the fall… More »

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Great Conditions on HF This Weekend!

Published on: October 21, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

I hope you had a chance to get on HF this weekend! The bands were hopping! There were a number of operating activities, including state QSO parties, a US Islands challenge, a RTTY contest, several DX peditions and DX operators on the air. As I write this, there is a great 10 meter opening underway…and I’m… More »

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Updated Logbooks and electronic QSLs

Published on: October 19, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

After cussing and discussing, I managed to work a trio of DX stations that I needed in the logbook: EY7AD in Tajikistan, 3B9SP on Rodriguez Island and EX2F in Kyrgyzstan.    The ham on Rodriquez Island (CW) was a particular challenge – he was working split frequency anywhere from 5KC to 10KC up…and he had a huge… More »

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Operating Time

Published on: October 18, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

My wife is out of town for a few days so I may have some operating time. Last night there were quite a few DX on….Western Kiribati, Market Reef, Rodriguez Island and more. Hopefully, I will be putting them in the log book tonight.

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DX QSOs

Published on: October 7, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

There’s some great DX on the air the past few days.  A variety of contests to participate in.  I worked TT8TT (Chad) twice in 10 hours…once on 20 meter SSB and once on 12 meter SSB.  Also, Dodecanese and Fiji Islands.  All new countries for me!

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US Island On the Air K5H A Success!

Published on: October 1, 2012 Author: Gary, WBØRUR

Sunday, September 30 I participated in a very successful ham radio activation of Horseshoe Island on Beaver Lake, Arkansas.   Not only was it a “radio” success, we had a lot of fun and it was a great emergency preparedness drill, too. I had the idea for the island-dxpedition in early summer after a boating… More »

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