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Another Sweepstakes “Clean Sweep”

Posted on November 18, 2012 by robert

With just a tad more than 6 hours to go, N8WSM from West Virginia completed my 2012 Phone Sweepstakes “Clean Sweep”.  He was my QSO #87 at 20:46:47 UTC. It only took a few minutes to add a few more … Continue reading →

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And then there was one…

Posted on November 18, 2012 by robert

With 8 hours to go in the Phone Sweepstakes contest, I am now down to a single missing section, West Virginia (WV).  I heard NW8U several times on 80 and 15 meters, but very faintly.  Hopefully he will change to … Continue reading →

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Phone Sweepstakes

Posted on November 18, 2012 by robert

With under 9 hours left in the Phone Sweepstakes contest, I am down to three remaining sections:  NLI (Northern Long Island), WV (West Virginia), and AK (Alaska).  I have heard a single station from West Virginia and three from Alaska … Continue reading →

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Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, PT0S

Posted on November 18, 2012 by robert

In the hour before this weekend’s Sweepstakes, I was able to work PT0S (Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago) on 30 meter CW.  I suspect that many avid DXers had already worked PT0S on all bands, and it probably helped … Continue reading →

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WPX Digital Award #87 Arrives

Posted on November 5, 2012 by robert

I’ve applied for a few WPX awards.  This is the first certificate to actually show up.  My first application was for 400 Mixed Mode.  That hasn’t arrived yet.  Today’s certificate was for 300 Digital Prefixes.  And I applied for Mixed … Continue reading →

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Clean Sweep on CW!! THANKS VE3ZI!

Posted on November 4, 2012 by robert

So my journey ended with ONN (Ontario North) at 1:27:25 UTC when I answered a CQ from VE3ZI on 3.541 MHz.  That made a “Clean Sweep” with all 83 sections for the 2012 CW Sweepstakes.  I worked a total of … Continue reading →

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Oh Really Canada?!?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by robert

Had to go and break Ontario up into FOUR sections:  Ontario-East, Ontario-South, Greater Toronto Area, and the killer:  Ontario-North. As I type this, that is the LAST section I need for a clean sweep in the November CW Sweepstakes (and … Continue reading →

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Happy November!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by robert

Lots of good things going on this month besides a chance to enter a turkey-coma on Thanksgiving.  CW Sweepstakes is this weekend,  and SSB in two weeks.  CQ’s WW CW DX contest is just three weekends away, and the ARRL’s … Continue reading →

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World’s Cheapest Dual-band HT?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robert

While searching for MURS Radios, I ran across the Baofeng UV-5R+, a 5 watt, dual band, FM HT.  This unit was sold by Amazon and was under $59 including postage.  It included the radio, a LiPo battery pack, desktop charger, … Continue reading →

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195 and Counting…

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robert

With the addition of TT8TT and 3B9SP DXpeditions, my country count has reached 195.  LotW is still at 141 with one QSL in hand.  And Diamond DXCC is at 136. The goal was to have 200 countries worked, with 150 … Continue reading →

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