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10/11 meters / ARRL 10M Contest on now!

« on: December 13, 2020, 2028 UTC »

A little late, but hearing "0", "6", "7", and "9", stations on 10M this afternoon.    https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=199

And,      http://www.arrl.org/10-meter

Anyway, a good propagation test, to say the least.

737

MW Loggings / Re: WGN 720 AM 0751 UTC 27 Nov 2020

« on: December 07, 2020, 1830 UTC »

I've listened to that older dude in the evenings on 720WGN. He gets a lot of calls from the Upper Michigan Penninsula. He'll even talk about radio stuff, classic jocks, kick-ass receivers of the 50's and 60's, and even other stations.

738

FM Free Radio / Tis the season for X-mas Display Part #15 stations!

« on: December 05, 2020, 0742 UTC »

Anyone hearing FM stations to go with monster whole yard displays? A dude here is back on 101.3FM stereo with X-mas tunage. True Part #15 range, MAX's out about 1/8th mile in both directions.

739

Propagation / Re: Solar cycle 25 . Very interesting? I have my doubts.

« on: December 05, 2020, 0726 UTC »

Well, tell ya what, propagation at night this week has just sucked on the amateur bands. Even down on MW. I usually have to drive pretty close to my QTH to hear my Part #15 AM1620 at night, due to Cuba and Pensacola, FL duking it out on 1620kHz, but not this week. And the HAM's that I do hear on the regular chit-chat FREQ's, (1880Khz, 3810Khz, 3919Khz, 3995Khz, etc.), are bitching up a storm that they have trouble hearing each other. I have to use the preamps on 40M to hear the normal decent 6, 7, upper 0, and Western 5, lands. I just hope for a nice "E" season for 12M, 11M, 10M, and 6M.

740

The RF Workbench / Re: 22 meter low pass filter design

« on: December 05, 2020, 0715 UTC »

Well, yeah!!!! Just copy the one that I made for this 13.560MHz milliwatt TX,     http://boomerthedog.net/13560.html   Scroll down to the bottom for the two page .PDF schematic, then check-out the Chebychev Filter that's at the end of Q3, and between TP3 and TP4, on the LPF Board. All built from salvaged parts as well. Good luck!!!

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Amateur Radio / FCC to Require E-mail Addresses for Amateur Radio Licensing?

« on: December 04, 2020, 2254 UTC »

Huh... Not everyone has an E-mail address out there. Especially, those that are off-grid.    http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLB038/2020

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Huh? / Re: Well, this sucks! NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory

« on: December 04, 2020, 2014 UTC »

And, what an F'n waste. I'd rather have my tax $$$$$ pay for that, than BS overseas wars. Hopefully, Greenbank will still keep rockin',   https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/300-foot-telescope/

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Amateur Radio / Re: After eight years of SWler'ing and DXing -- I'm now a ham!

« on: December 04, 2020, 2008 UTC »

CONGRAT's!!!!!!!! Well, the Winter Sporadic "E" season will be jammin' in a couple of weeks, albeit 10M maybe open up anytime in December. Also, if you have a decent scanner that can do 29MHz, punch in 29.600MHz FM Simplex, and the 10M repeater FREQ's, 29.620MHz, 29.640MHz, 29.660MHz, and 29.680MHz. Then, you might find local USB 10M chit-chatters around 28.400MHz. Tis the season.

744

MW Loggings / Re: CHLO 530 AM Brampton ON 2215 UTC 29 Nov 2020

« on: December 03, 2020, 2123 UTC »

Being that low in FREQ, they have an incredible footprint. In the daytime, you can hear them all the way past the Elmira / Corning / Ithaca area.

745

MW Loggings / Re: EDM on 1580kHz? This might explain.

« on: December 03, 2020, 2107 UTC »

Ah-ha!!! https://radioinsight.com/headlines/201628/cd-returns-in-columbus-on-92-9/
Laugh In German soldier says, "Very interesting."

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Much Information QRP Transmitters/Transceivers!

« on: December 03, 2020, 2011 UTC »

Surprised this dude didn't mention the Heathkit HW QRP transceiver series. I had a chance to check-out an HW-8 when a friend asked me to repair the TX side of it. Easy fix, and didn't really need a schematic, but still found the bad diode in it. Trying out myself, before giving it back, I thought that to be a neat kit, with a pretty decent receiver on it. I'd take one today.

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MW Loggings / EDM on 1580kHz?

« on: December 03, 2020, 2006 UTC »

Propagation just sucked on lower HF bands last night, so DX'ed MW. Surprised to hear a progressive EDM format on 1580AM, booming in at S+20/9. The only promo that I heard was, "CD 92-9". No doubt, (Minus Gwen Steffani.), a dump-off from an FM station. But, which one??? Heard this best at 07:30UTC, 12/3/2020. Any clues??? Neat to hear this format on the AM band, with a format not unlike the 'ol mystery pirate WMPR.

748

Huh? / WBCQ programs now using Archive.org.

« on: December 01, 2020, 2019 UTC »

COOL!!!! Kindda' sucked that I couldn't download Allan Weiner Wide-Wide and Radio Timtron as well. However, looks like they've moved over to Arichive.org,   https://archive.org/details/@splatterbox3200    Plenty of other WBCQ programs there as well. (YEA!!!!)

749

Propagation / Re: BIG SUNSPOT? How about a flare?

« on: November 30, 2020, 1805 UTC »

Here they come?    https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/largest-solar-flare-in-years-narrowly-misses-earth-but-risk-is-not-over-1.1120432

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Amateur Radio / Santa Nets are back. Tis the season.

« on: November 30, 2020, 1748 UTC »

They're back! The Santa Nets on 3916Khz,   https://www.cqsanta.com/  It's neat listening to them coordinate those.