I think the beginning of a new year might be a good time to remind members about the availability of this chat room for real-time coordination of QSOs. I see quite a few instances on our 070 Club Grou

Stan, Jerry: Thank you for all the work you do for the club on endorsements! I’m a bit confused, though, at the recent posting which reads: ‘Here is a most recent list of those who have submitted logb

Jerry, you missed the point of my post. Nobody was violating any rules. SSB on 7.070 is legal (in fact, encouraged during contests) in IARU Region 1 but not in IARU Region 2. The problem is the disagr

I think this weekend was an excellent demonstration that the IARU Regions need to do better coordination on band plans for digital operation in the HF bands. I was very frustrated in trying to maintai

QSO completed last night! Thanks, Jay! (And thank you, Stan and Jim, for suggesting the connection) Mike W4BZM

Do we have any PODXS members in North Dakota? I'm almost to my WAS 40 meter digital endorsement, and I'd rather get ND as a PSK-31 contact than an FT8 entry -- but I never seem to hear a ND station. M

Yes, can we please ease off on the FT8 bashing? I can’t help but wonder how many of the critics of FT8 have actually operated in that mode on a busy day. Finding an open transmit frequency and monitor

Has anyone else experienced continuous, unmodulated tones at night on 40 meters? I always get lines on the waterfall at 7071.28 and 7071.64, no modulation, unkeyed, just a true CW transmission with pr

If you have an Android phone with GPS, there is a simple app called Grid Square Locator that will provide you with your current grid square (all six characters), the names of adjacent squares, and you

Stan, You periodically post my status, so I'll offer this summary update: The request for LONP has been submitted :) I wasn't a serioius competitor in TDW. I had neither the multi-band antenna nor the

With all the recent grousing about FT8 "incursions", it's worth noting that the folks running DigiFest 2020 are going out of their way to avoid QRMing PSK-31 operations. (https://rigexpert.com/digifes

(This is probably a stupid question, but I'll bet someone in the club has the answer. I'm not proud, so...) Question: Is there a good way to flag 070 members during the upcoming TDW event? I'm runing

I often try 40 meters at 2300 CDT (0400 UTC) in an effort to support our members who say the eastern US goes to bed too early. :) PSKreporter indicates my CQs are are reaching Georgia, West Virginia,

This is just a “heads up because I haven’t seen it mentioned elsewhere on the reflector. The 7th Area QSO Party is underway today, and this year they are allowing DIGITAL ops. See http://ws7n.net/7QP/

For 31 Flavors, there are lots of good suggestions embedded in the contest rules. One statement that " It may be useful to call CQ in BPSK 31, indicating which mode variant will follow..." might be am

So how is a contest QSO on PSK-31 which minimizes information transferred any different from an FT8 interchange, which so many 070 members seem to detest? Yes, we can be very efficient in exchanging o

if you’re planning on logging that PSK-31 contact on 29 Feb for the 366 day award, you might want to get on the air early to do so. The North American QSO Party for RTTY kicks off at 1800 UTC on 29 Fe

Stan, Had nine QSOs in the space of an hour and 20 minutes on 40m earlier this evening, then either the band died about 0300 UTC or everybody went to 80 or 160. Mike W4BZM

Last night at midnight, there were NONE. W4BZM

Jerry, I copied you 599 and responded three times, but apparently you didn't receive any of my transmissions. Mike W4BZM