Ahhhhh. So it isn’t just me. I was looking up some other blog entries today and I came across a comment about this topic. Here’s what happens to me (and it’s very disruptive). It is almost impossible to send at more than 25wpm with the keyer in standalone or connected operation. A few characters come […]
In these days of zero sunspots (it has been a while hasn’t it?), who on Earth would want to make their life more dismal by loading up a wet noodle with less than 100W? Yes, I’ve done QRP, but only on rigs that were built completely from scratch (not even a kit). Oh, I confess, […]
I had to learn to send CW on a straight key - it was like that in 1972. However, especially at 12wpm or more, I was never very good at it no matter how hard I tried. Believe me, I’ve tried. It’s not the quality of the key that’s to blame, it’s just that I […]
In November 2008 QST, page 45, there is a truly horrifying picture. It shows an add-in CW keying board attached to a meter housing using “a nylon sticky standoff”. One problem. This board is right over the high voltage board inside an amplifier. With normal heat and/or transportation, there is a very good chance […]
Two weeks or so to go to VP9, so it’s time to start the check list for packing my radio bags. Yes, it always takes me ages to pack to go and then about 5 minutes to pack coming back. There are so many gadgets and cables to carry, but luckily not a rig as […]
Yesterday was the FOC’s BWQP. It was fun to have a bit of a rise in conditions, if only for a short while. 21MHz was open to EU for a while and was better than predictions, although the peak of signals did agree timewise with VOACAP, it’s just that the MUF was never supposed to […]
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