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Thursday, December 19, 2024

2,700 Challenge Points Reached

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With a QSL received from JD1BMH yesterday for 20-M and 17-M contacts, I have now reached the 2,700 point level on the DXCC Challenge.  This...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Clipperton Island Confirmed on 6-M

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  What a THRILL to get this entity confirmed on 6-M.  I spent a fair amount of my time on Clipperton (FOØXX) in 1985 trying to make ...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

QSL'ing Tips & Tricks - Hint #4 - Bypassing Postal Thieves

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  A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail. If you need to acquire a QSL from a DX station via the...
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Monday, October 23, 2023

QSL'ing Tips & Tricks - Hint #3 - QSL Cards

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  A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail. Why would anyone even go to the trouble of getting a Q...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

QSL'ing Tips & Tricks - Hint #2 - Using Email

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A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail. Often you "think" you had a good QSO but it ne...

Update WSJT-X to the Latest CTY.dat File

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 The following quote is from:  https://norfolkcoastamateurs.co.uk/cty-dat-country-files/ Have you ever wondered how all of the various t...
Monday, October 16, 2023

QSL'ing Tips & Tricks - Hint #1 - Blank QSL

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A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail.     Recently a friend told me he was trying to obtain a ...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Configure JTAlert to Send Text Msg or Email User Alerts

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JTAlert has the ability to alert the user (you) by playing an audible message for Wanted States, New DXCC, New Zone, New Grid, or several o...
Monday, June 5, 2023

Messi & Paoloni Coax Presentation

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Samples of Messi & Paoloni Coax At the June 3, 2023, meeting of the West Virginia DX Association ( WVDXA ) I made a presentation about M...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

ZC4RH - British Military Bases, Cyprus - 2-M EME

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Today I received a QSL for my QSO with ZC4RH on 2-M EME!  This is my 63rd Country confirmed on 2-M EME with one more worked but not confirme...
Monday, January 23, 2023

DX Spots that "Only YOU Need" on Your Phone

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Chasing DX on 6-M is always challenging.  The propagation is not very predictable and stations can appear only for moments before disappeari...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Z66X, Rep. of Kosovo, Confirmed on 6-M

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Between June 28 and July 4, 2022, Adrian, KO8SCA, Martti, OH2BH, Ville, OH2MM, Driton, Z61DX Enver, Z61EK, and Naim, Z62NS, carried out an a...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Another Cable Order from Messi & Paoloni

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As I am getting close to completing my new antenna array (a pair of 14-element InnovAntenna XPOL yagis) I wanted to make sure I had the best...
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Custom-Made Driven Element Measuring Tool

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In tuning my InnovAntenna LFA 2-M yagis (and later my XPOL antennas) I needed a simple way to measure the Driven Element (DE) dimensions.  T...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

FINALLY the 8-L 6-M InnovAntenna is UP!

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8-L at 95'AGL Through the Trees on Rohn 45 This project has been a long time coming.  In July 2015 the 8-L 6-M InnovAntenna yagi arrived...