GO FIGURE

This retirement thing has given me more morning time to operate and I just added ZL3DW/QRP to the list, thanks Andrew!, but it has me puzzled. Each time I have worked this kind of dx, VK, 3D es ZL, stateside, in fact most of NA, has been dead to me and the PSKReporter shows few if any spots in NA. By 1200-1300Z NA warms up and the waterfall is full. Maybe this is the window in the 6-land Great Wall? I am still amazed what I can do with 5 watts and a wire stuck out my window!   73 de Rob

HOT DIGGITY DAMN DAMN!

First day of my retirement I work a VK qrp, then the second day its 3D2MP Fiji! There must be something to this retirement thing. 73 Rob

HOT DIGGITY DAMN!

Made the antipodes! Tnx Mick-VK4NGW, ya made this QRPers day. About 1800 miles to the watt short path.   73 Rob

QRPp or 5400 Miles to the Watt.

Was calling CQ QRPp on 20M for a while tonight with no joy, then heard HC6EP calling CQ. A 3X3 callback and we connected for a 599/579 QSO. After the QSO I realized I hadn't upped the power back to 5W but completed with 0.5W. Must be something to this Brimstone and Treacle of a Brit wire vertical

Gracias Ernesto

73 de Rob

Citizen Drones... Citizen Anti-Aircraft Gunners

http://thetandd.com/animal-rights-group-says-drone-shot-down/article_017a720a-56ce-11e1-afc4-001871e3ce6c.html?mode=video Yeah set your private UAV to snoop on private property of a bunch of wingshooters-and you are suprised?
Nutten to do with ham radio, except maybe a PSK 31 signal on the control frequency-but that would be aginst the law...
73 de Rob

Go Ahead, Ask a Question

I hesitate to call Wolfram Alpha a search engine, it's a knowledge base. Thanks to Roberta X. See below.

73 de Rob

Aurora

Worked VE4TTH, Peter in Manitoba, his signal would smear across the waterfall and fade S-9 to  S-2 in a matter of seconds some times with sidebands 400hz wide. Then he tells me he has the Northern Lights at his qth bright enough to light up the ground.

 I've heard auroral buzz and fade on fone on transpolar and 6 meter aurora propagation but its the first time I've seen it. Eyeballed it a couple of times in the North Pacific in my sailor days-damn that was a long time ago.

73 de Rob