The subject reminds me of an old joke among guitarists: A guitarist has a nightmare. In his nightmare he dies and his wife sells his guitars for what he told her he paid for them. :) Might work for so

Jerry, 48 contacts on SSB here in New Mexico running 10 watts. Mostly on 15m. No digital station here. A few bolts of lightning. 73 Eric KG6MZ

Except Art was talking about FT8 where continuous key down would be impossible given that the mode is only 15 seconds on, 15 seconds off. Considering the nature of sporadic E propagation on 6m, callin

Thanks Jerry, Us Southern Californians don't worry about lightning too much. My "system" at home is to just disconnect the K3 and the AT2K completely. I did not stop to smell the flowers on the way do

Jerry & Crew, My story from yesterday isn't as dramatic: Yesterday I hiked up the 10,441' Pajarito Mountain in New Mexico. I was having a lot of fun working 24 stations all over the US and Canada when

Geezerdom has struck: that seems like an oxymoron. ;-) 73 Eric KG6MMZS

Really? I took my General in 2004 and still had to pass the code requirement. Perhaps not for Extra. Admittedly I was one of the last Code Generals. 73 Eric KG6MZS

Rick, Thanks for that. Nice to see how well my station falls into compliance if nothing else. 73 Eric, KG6MZS

Dick, Thanks again for activating EL59. I am thrilled to have added it to my grid list. The QSB on 20m had been pretty bad all weekend, but when you were in, you were 100% print with good looking rail

That's funny Rick - I've got nothing on 40m here in California. 73 Eric KG6MZS

Keep watching, Milt. He comes and goes with the QSB. I was calling him a couple hundred KHz off his calling frequency because he was calling others. Dick was kind enough to jump over and answer my cal

Just got Dick on 20m from EL59 - he was an honest 459 with QSB here in California. Big thank you KC6EF! 73 Eric, KG6MZS PS He is calling N7RI and N7WE now.

PS; There is a strong push in Southern California to use 146.580 MHz, or the newly dubbed "National Adventure Frequency" because the National Calling Frequency is so tied up on the weekends from the m

Milt, Yeah, I got the SOTA bug bad last year and have hiked up 56 mountains since August 2020. I've yet to find a way to make an ultralightweight digital station. My pack currently runs about 25 pound

That (CQ station calls the shots) seems like common sense to me, but I know what Tom means about the awkward dance. I usually have Search & Pounce macros and Running macros all up at the same time, so

I had to look that one up Marcus. ...and they call psychology a "soft" science. Psychometrics sounds like it's pretty hard science. I'm reminded of a movie nobody saw called "Max Dugan Returns" A long

Jim, When I started out, the whole field was photo/mechanical. I enjoyed algebra and geometry and the like, but I thought these fields had little to do with art. Then everything went digital and I'm g

Graphic artist in the movie business. Not your typical ham radio career. 73 Eric KG6MZS

Hey Dick, Yes, you were a champ to hang in there for me, thank you so much. Unfortunately KG6MZR and I are all iOS here. That sounds like a cool idea on the Android side of things. Thanks again, Eric

Karl, Great idea! I've been reluctant to try CW on a summit because of my poor CW skills. I didn't want to face a machine gun pileup. PSK via the paddles might be the best way to start. Thank you! Eri