Category Archives: From the OM

Lessons Learned From Installing the K3 12VDC Out Current Modification

Posted on September 9, 2012 by robert

This weekend I decided to tear my K3 apart.  It had been working flawlessly since January, and no good deed goes unpunished, so it was time mess up a good thing.  I wanted to install the second receiver (KRX3) and … Continue reading →

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The March Toward DXCC 200

Posted on September 2, 2012 by robert

I set goals to work 200 countries before the end of 2012, to have 150 confirmed in LotW, and 150 in the Diamond DXCC Challenge.  As of this afternoon, after working A92IO, Dave in Bahrain, my country count is up … Continue reading →

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Linking your CQ WPX Award Record with LotW

Posted on August 31, 2012 by robert

I was very excited when the ARRL decided to add support for CQ WPX Awards to the Logbook of the World.  I had previously applied for a mixed award through eQSL when I had reached 400+ different prefix confirmations using … Continue reading →

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eDX100 Finally!!!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by robert

I began to seriously consider DXing at the end of 2011 when a friend of mine pointed out that I had a number of eQSLs waiting for me at eQSL.cc.  So I joined on December 22, 2011.  Two months later … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget the Boxborough MA Hamfest this weekend

Posted on August 23, 2012 by robert

This weekend, August 24/25/26, is the Boxboro Hamfest and ARRL New England Convention (which is only held every other year). See the website for details:  www.boxboro.org  

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DXCC CW #13,267

Posted on August 14, 2012 by robert

I can remember back in the day when getting a DXCC certificate involved shipping QSL cards to ARRL Headquarters, waiting many weeks to have them checked, then waiting many more weeks to get the certificate.  I received my DXCC CW … Continue reading →

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Please Consider Supporting SolarHam.com

Posted on August 11, 2012 by robert

There is a fantastic website that contains pretty much everything you could possibly want to know about solar activity and it is put together with the needs of ham radio operators in mind.  The site is SolarHam.com Solarham is the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to WB4SON.COM

Posted on August 10, 2012 by robert

After a year+ of free hosting at wordpress.com, I decided to setup a dedicated domain and server for the WB4SON Blog.  I have redirected the wb4son.wordpress.com blog to here. Welcome to WB4SON.COM

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DXCC CW

Posted on August 7, 2012 by robert

I had enough confirmed entries in LotW on March 19, 2012, to apply for DXCC Mixed.  Today, with the addition of a LotW confirmation for CY9M (Saint Paul Island), I had enough CW confirmations for a new DXCC CW certificate … Continue reading →

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Using solar power for Field Day

Posted on August 7, 2012 by robert

The ARRL Field Day includes a 100 point bonus if at least 5 contacts are made using “Alternative Power”.  For the QRP folks, this is an easy bonus, and in fact those folks often times run the entire event off … Continue reading →

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