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Thursday, February 18, 2021

More on the Yaesu FTDX10

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  I’ve used the FTDX10 daily for just over a month now. There is much to love about this little rig. It took a bit of head-scratching before...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Radio Omdurman Sudan - Yaesu FTDX10

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 Some shortwave broadcast DX from Sudan. 7205.0 kHz - 0445 UTC 14-Jan-2021 Not a particularly good time to be hearing Sudan on 7 MHz...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

FTDX10

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 So, I did a thing... First, keep in mind my K3 is #216, it hasn’t had any of the hardware revisions done to the original model, much less t...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

DX - December 2018

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Second Op Jack says: "XT2BR is listening for JA stations. Why aren't we calling, Pop? My name starts with JA." QRP Who...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

#shackcleaningsunday

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Against all expectations, I actually did find a floor beneath all the wires and dust bunnies.
Friday, November 30, 2018

DX - November 2018

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DX I worked in November (all CW). 5B4AJC Cyprus  - Worked 30m (11/19) 8P9AE Barbados  - Worked 80m (11/16); 17m (11/17) - QRP DXCC #59...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Mail Call!

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Received from buro 20-Nov-2018
Monday, November 19, 2018

Early operations from NA-076

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At the moment I'm working on a makeover for the Cedar Key Historical Society's web site, and as I was flipping through old photos...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Back again.

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I've been tuning around since Wednesday with the little rig (at 5 watts) and a short wire (poorly matched) at the ass end of the sunsp...
Saturday, April 8, 2017

New QRP Personal Best: E51DWC (South Cook Islands)

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I have been working E51DWC (op Milan, OK1DWC) on several bands (10/15/17 CW, and 15 Phone) at 100 watts. I finally heard him calling CQ on ...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

March 2017 and into April... plus some thoughts on QSLing.

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So March was pretty good to me. Getting the antenna outside was a big help, naturally. Working 47 countries with an indoor wire was somethin...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

The road to DXCC on 80m is long and slow...

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...but I'm trying. Ten new ones confirmed since last month, all from the two ARRL contests. That makes it a total of 26 now confirm...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

DXCC #226: TU7C Cote d'Ivoire (and a new band slot: 9G5X Ghana on 17m)

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Two more from Africa on 17m... TU7C Cote d'Ivoire  finally came back to me with the correct call after several exchanges of "WA2...
Friday, March 10, 2017

DXCC #225: 5U5R Niger

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Second ATNO of the day -- 5U5R in Niger ! Another case of 17m QSB and the EU wall made this a tough one. I knew from the cluster that it was...

DXCC #224: J5UAP Guinea-Bissau

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I've been chasing J5UAP Guinea-Bissau  for a couple of days (along with 5U5R and 9G5X), pulling what's left of my hair out. Then tod...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

2017 ARRL International DX Contest (SSB)

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Total DXCC: 28 New DXCC: 0 New Band Slots: 11 (?) Category: SOAB-L Unlimited No surprises or big moments, and frankly I was...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

DXCC #223: VP6EU Pitcairn Island

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I've been watching the VP6EU DXpedition since it began operations a couple of weeks ago, but I could barely hear them with the indoor wi...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

PJ2ND 40m CW QRP

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Spent about 30 minutes chasing PJ2ND on 40m just to see if I could work him at 5 watts with my end-fed indoor wet noodle. Finally got h...
Monday, February 20, 2017

2017 ARRL International DX Contest (CW)

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Total DXCC: 44 New DXCC: 0 New Band Slots: 3 Category: SOAB-L Unlimited No outdoor antenna at the Paroda Ave. QTH, but I had the Ul...
Monday, February 13, 2017

No. 200!

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...and that, my friends, is #200 confirmed! 
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