Category Archives: From the OM

FEMA IS-802 ESF #2 Communications Completed

Posted on December 17, 2012 by robert

This was a VERY easy course, taking about 15 minutes to complete.  I was expecting procedure, but it was really Federal Alphabet Soup describing the responsibilities of all the various government agencies that would be involved in a national emergency … Continue reading →

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DXCC Phone #41,162

Posted on December 17, 2012 by robert

Phone DXCC #41,162 has joined his brothers, Mixed #46,128 and CW #13,267 as of December 7, 2012.  In addition the 150 country endorsement for Mixed came in, as well as DXCC on 15 and 20 meters. One of my goals … Continue reading →

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Happy “Accurate” 12/12/12 12:12:12

Posted on December 12, 2012 by robert

Today is one of those special once-in-a-lifetime events; it is December 12, 2012. Or as people would commonly refer to it: 12/12/12.  I’d like to commemorate this auspicious event and describe a small iPhone/iPad App that I find very useful. … Continue reading →

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A busy day for LotW and DXCC.

Posted on December 7, 2012 by robert

My LotW account had crept up to 149 confirmations over the past couple of weeks.  I also had a 3C0E QSL that was yet to be entered.  This had me toying with the possibility of making a trip to Newington … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Supprise

Posted on November 24, 2012 by robert

Last night, tired from trying to scratch out a new country in the CQ WW CW contest, I headed upstairs for bed somewhat dejected.  On my way up I noticed a large envelope from the ARRL.  I guess I thought … Continue reading →

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Lesotho Africa is country #200

Posted on November 23, 2012 by robert

It took about 35 minutes of trying to get through, but I was able to contact 7P8D during the CW CQ DX contest at 01:55 UTC.  According to my logbook (HRD), Lesotho, Africa is country #200 in the log.  It … Continue reading →

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Successful test of FLDIGI/FLMSG/FLWRAP

Posted on November 20, 2012 by robert

Mike Cullen, K1NPT, of NewportReady fame, and I ran a series of experiments over 2 meter simplex for a couple of hours tonight.  We wanted to get our equipment setup to use FLDIGI and various accessory modules (FLMSG, FLWRAP, FLRIG, … Continue reading →

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I love the smell of DX in the morning!!!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by robert

Ah, sweet vacation!!  It’s nice to have some time off during the day to hunt DX.  Yesterday that netted my first Madagascar contact.  Today it is my first Liberian station, EL2LF, on 15 meters.  That brings me to 199 in … Continue reading →

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NBEMS – Narrow Band Digital Comm for EMS

Posted on November 19, 2012 by robert

I installed the latest version of FLDIGI, FLRIG, FLAMP, and FLWRAP on my Asus Netbook today for use with my IC-9100 on VHF.  I had used FLDIGI about 18 months ago to handle my first digital contacts with the Icom … Continue reading →

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How Strange!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by robert

I had the pleasure of working Eric, 5R8IC, on 15 meter CW late this morning.  Having never worked a station in Madagascar, I wanted to find out a bit more about the world’s 4th largest island, so I Googled it, … Continue reading →

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