Monthly Archives: November 2012

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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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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