While working on antennas some people have a bad experience with the antena analyzer dropping from the tower etc. An useful solution would be to attach some kind of lanyard (cord, line) and then have the loop end over your head. That way, if this unit were to slip out of a pocket it would just hang at the end of the lanyard. I was also afraid of dropping the unit, or putting strain on the antenna connector of my SARK-110. Here is the solution.
a reprint of the revolutionary article by Thomas H. Schiller, N6BT (QST July, 2000)
"N6 Bravo Tango, this is N0 Papa Golf. Tony, Iowa, number 69591." I made it with one call: February 5th, 2000, my first contact with "The Illuminator." KB9TQI, Indiana; N0IJ, Minnesota; K4CIH, Alabama; WA9TPQ, Illinois; N5MT, Texas; KB0MZG, Kansas; and, KX9DX, Illinois were other contacts made in the 10/10 Contest, slipping into the radio room from time to time while working in the yard. The path to Indiana was the farthest on record for me with the 150-W light bulb perched on a fence post. What a pleasant surprise, and there was more to come.
A common modern practice is to use THX or THNX abbreviations as an expression of thanks. These two „new form“ abbreviations came from internet but our new radio brethren transferred them onto radio waves. It is unchangeable sign that the user of such junky abbreviations is a NO-CODER. A thinking […]
Officially licensed amateur radio operators may now use their call sign as their alternate name, or nickname, on their individual Facebook profiles. This thanks to Richard Bobbitt, NW7OR, who recently organized a petition drive on the social media site in the hope of achieving this goal. It turned out that […]
It was only a matter of time before fake FTDI RS232-USB adapter chips began to appear. http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal This fascinating page shows how some anonymous Chinese company has created a fake FT232RL chip using a mask-programmable microcontroller, and printed it with the “FTDI” name and logo. Like Prolific (the real Prolific […]
About Snakes and Ladders
This activity is being introduced into the EuCW calendar for 2014. It will begin on 1. April 2014 and run through until 31. March 2015. The goal of this activity is to promote the use of CW on the CW-portions of the amateur radio bands, and above all to stimulate operators to establish contacts with counterparts equally divided over Europe. Points may be earned by participants based on locator squares, reflecting their efforts to spread their CW activity over Europe.
Assemble the red and black plastic housings together correctly on the first try, they fit snugly and can be difficult to get apart. See the picture below for ARES /RACES standard orientation. Note that you can assemble the red and black insulated housings in other ways for special applications. Put […]
Here is a list of TO & TX Stations operating from French extraterritorial areas since 1987 till Oct. 2013..
Vlad Bykov, UA4WHX activated this entity as T10VB. There is no DXCC credit, also the authority issued the call T10VB is still unknown as well as chances to become a new DXCC country. Some info from http://www.transnistria.info/ Over 1000 people died in a fight for independent freedom in 1992, which […]
The First Class CW Operators Club, with its roots, history and management in the UK, promotes good CW operating, activity, friendship and socialising via its worldwide membership of 500. The aim of the Club is to foster and encourage a high standard of CW operating ability and behaviour on the amateur radio bands.The FOC QSO Party is held twice a year and is open to all radio amateurs world-wide. It's not a contest but, rather, an activity day in memory of Bill Windle, G8VG (SK), a past Chairman of FOC who was very keen that we should all be as active as possible on the bands. Stations participating in the BWQP should call "CQBW," in memory of Bill.