Author Archives: Bob Beatty

Moving on to DX Suite

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Bob Beatty

I’ve been a loyal paid supporter of HRD for a decade (back when contributions were voluntary, and continuing through all the paid subscriptions.  Like many others, I suffered through the exploits of one of the owners, who was quite toxic, … Continue reading →

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Stymied with ID-5100 Programming

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Bob Beatty

My struggles continue to get a useful programming set for Ryan’s ID-5100.  I’ve been at this for many hours over the past few days.  Every time I think I’ve worked out something that might be useful, some quirk shows up … Continue reading →

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Who says HF is dead during the solar minimum?

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Bob Beatty

A friend of mine, Bob W1YRC, has often said that some of his best DX happens during sunspot minimums.  He certainly is right.  While it is true that we lack effective sunspots, so our Solar Flux readings are very low, … Continue reading →

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Too easy? D68CCC

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bob Beatty

The Mediterraneo DX Club is on an adventure again, this time to Comoros Island, off the northeast coast of Mozambique Africa.  Signals are booming in on 30-meters today, which is not surprising. But their website is absolutely AMAZING.  Everything is … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Pitcairn VP6R Clean Sweep

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I managed to finish up some other tasks last week right before the CQ WW SSB Contest.  So I started listening for VP6R and found them on 17-meter CW.  I wasn’t sure if it was an All Time New One … Continue reading →

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11K QSOs in LotW

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I hit 11,000 QSOs entered into LotW today after spending the time to update to the latest versions of HRD, WSJT-X, and JTAlert. HRD still doesn’t deal with the way the ARRL chose to acknowledge FT4 QSOs (using a submode … Continue reading →

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Now running PHP 7.3.5

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Bob Beatty

Only tangentially related to ham radio, but it did have an impact on this blog, so I thought I would document things. I had changed from Godaddy over to HostGator a year ago when it appeared the only options offered … Continue reading →

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Application in for Volunteer Monitor Program

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Bob Beatty

The ARRL and FCC have been wrangling over the Official Observer (OO) program for a bit, and the OO program was shut down.  In its place, a Volunteer Monitor program is in the process of being established.  Details here. After … Continue reading →

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First FT4 QSO

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Bob Beatty

I finally bit the bullet and installed WSJT-X version 2.1.0-rc5  I figured why let everyone else have all the fun!  (I can admit that debugging new software can be a huge time investment). Anyway, installation went fine, but you must … Continue reading →

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April 2019 FMT Results: Green Bar!

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Bob Beatty

Well the results are in, with 112 people submitting measurements, 74 of 112 (including me) made the Green Band (< 1 Hz error).  Five of those had errors less than 0.1 Hz error. My results were 0.26 Hz high on … Continue reading →

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