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Comment on Perfect for Shortwave Listeners by n6xn

n6xn — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:56 +0000

It turned out to be an interesting test. They were a couple of minutes late getting started on 30 meters but the signal was fairly good, about S5 on the wire antenna. There were periods of noise and some QSB but overall not a bad signal. But for 100 kilowatts coming out of Nashville you would expect it to be strong.

They switched to 60 meters at 4PM and were inaudible here until nearly 5PM when they started to come in a bit. As the sun sank behind the hills the audio was almost Q5 but not always. It never did move the meter on the K3 more than an S3. The signal reports from other countries in QST should be interesting – J

Comment on BUILDING KITS by n6xn

n6xn — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:02 +0000

Kits have really changed too. I built a little single band SDR radio a couple of years ago to get my feet wet with surface mount components (SMDs) It was a lot of soldering with a real fine tip soldering iron and a really strong magnifying glass. But it worked just like it was supposed to.

The Elecraft I’m working on now has zero soldering! Everything plugs together like building a computer. It’s a lot of work but an extremely nice kit!

Comment on Congratulations to Brittany Connell (Evans) KG6SNO by n6xn

n6xn — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:52:46 +0000

Way to go Brittany. I got a kick out of reading the comments after the you tube video. “Don’t go into this MOS, you won’t get promoted!” But it was written by a spec-4. I heard exactly the same comments when I was there fifty years ago. It was BS then and it’s BS now. Congratulations!

Comment on Training and Testing – tentative only! by KI6NGX

KI6NGX — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:19:03 +0000

Thanks John, I will let him know.

Comment on Christmas Party by KE6O

KE6O — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:36:24 +0000

Do we need to RSVP or just show up?

Comment on Training and Testing – tentative only! by n6xn

n6xn — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:52:11 +0000

Bill, renewals are done on line. Piece of cake. No need to wait.
John

Comment on Training and Testing – tentative only! by KI6NGX

KI6NGX — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:15:45 +0000

My boss needs to renew his Tech License, can any one tell me when the next testing will be so I can give him the information, thank you, Bill, KI6NGX

Comment on Day in the life of St. Helena’s Chris Morisoli by n6xn

n6xn — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:20:01 +0000

Thanks David. For those that have not met Chris, his callsign is KE6RYN. He is a member and past VP of SARS.

Comment on W6CO Audio Online by n6xn

n6xn — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:01:34 +0000

Pretty cool Mark! Now with a dial-in to one of the voter links the smart-phone becomes a remote base. Should be a piece of cake with the echolink interface.

Thanks for doing that.
John

Comment on Early Field Day results by KE6O

KE6O — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:52:06 +0000

10 meter Phone: 19
80 meter Phone: 132