Hi Jerry, I will be in EM43 on Friday, April 27th around 1200 CDT or 1800 GMT. I will start calling before I hit the grid so I can be located. Probably around 14.072. So anyone who wants this grid,

If you are using MixW for 31 Flavors, check your adif file before submitting to the checker.  I first submitted mine, and the checker only gave me credit for the first PSK31 contact with each member,

Two items of important news this Monday morning: First, the deadline for submitting your logs for 31 Flavors will be Saturday, May 5. Second, we need volunteers to be Bonus Stations for the

Mike, My comment about the CW band was sort of tongue in cheek. Since 1963, I've made thousands of CW QSOs. Almost all with a straight key at 20 WPM or less. I used to spend a lot of time in the

Thank you so much David. Now we can see how we all fared. John KE4JB

Rick, You make some good points. I think it is going to get worse. Like I've said before, if the ARRL gets its way, and probably will, there will be 380,000 Techs getting on HF and

Steve- I think you should do it! I also think there are several points that might be emphasized. 1) We are not "anti" FT-8, or any other form of amateur radio communications and believe there is

Bill, N4GBK, Bill, I agree with much of what you say, but let me begin by proudly stating that I'm an anachronism. I can be no other based on my experience in ham radio since 1965. I employ the "CW

Hi Steve, I think you should go on the show and explain the problems encountered by users of other digital modes with the FT8 group selection of default frequencies. I have expressed my view to my

About the repeaters on 2m ..... was there in the 80's up to now. Living in far Northern suburbs of Chicago just about every repeater was busy almost 24 hours. All the repeater pairs were assigned

Steve, I think that would be a great idea. The clutter in the digital bands is only going to get worse unless there is a concerted effort to get it better organized world-wide. The Digital Modes

You guys might remember a while back that I mentioned I had written to the hosts of Ham Radio Now, Gary Pearce and David Goldenberg. From Davis's emaill to me today, it appears that Joe Taylor has not

Not yet, just watch that space! John KE4JB

I don' t see it on the webpage yet. Am I missing it? 73 Rich, K0PIR

Barry: No, not a peep out of the repair place, yet. Figure they'll get around to by end of April as they said 6-8 week turn around. Liked my HF-9V, but wasn't thrilled with performance on

Jerry OK. No pics reqd. I have 2 B'nuts in use, HF-2V & HF-6VX, and 3 spares in the garage. I reread ur msg and this time it sounds fine. Something odd was in the way my mind was seeing the words. I

Barry: It's a Butternut HF-6V and I have assembly instructions to prove it. It has coils and not traps like the Hustler. Picked up the Butternut at a hamfest for $100 and everything was there.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:46 pm, Jerry N9AVY wrote: Temp got around 50ish and the winds are no longerr trying to carry me away. Thought I'd take another crack at getting HF-6V repaired. The way

Temp got around 50ish and the winds are no longerr trying to carry me away. Thought I'd take another crack at getting HF-6V repaired. The way it's assembled according to instruction sheet (Read it

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