Satellites!
3⁄12 is when it happened…my first satellite QSO. Thanks KX9X, you broke me Sean…
Station Log
Station Log
(Even) New(er) version of WSJT‑X is available!
A newer version of WSJT‑X is available from Joe Taylor K1JT’s site. The current version available is ‘wsjtx‑1.5.0‑rc1-win32.exe”. I have installed it and it seems less quirky – more stable – than the previous version (RC4). WSJT‑X includes the JT9 mode, and I am quite a fan. It is a bit more efficient weak signal-wise than JT65A for terrestrial HF, and much more efficient spectrum-wise. I made …
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50mW on JT9 on 60M
To a poorly tuned G5RV…who knows what the actual ERP would be (10-ish mW?) Ignore the RANVerter Pi experiment…my desk is a mess. I completed this Q with W8DM and N8DEA. 60M is fascinating!
Maybe life ISN’T too short for QRP…
I was tuning around my dilapidated and totally neglected station (more on that later) and came across a bunch of slowish, hand-sent, continuous wave signals on 20M sending “CQ NA”. What? A quick look over at the WA7BNM’s website (THE authority on contests happening regardless of country of origin or sponsoring entity) confirmed I was hearing the monthly …
2011 WPX CW a Bust!
I was soaring with excitement after spending time at Contest University and Dayton Hamvention. I have since landed with a thud.