Archive for January, 2007

WX IS HR WISH U WERE BEAUTIFUL

I was driving home from work tonight and, although the propagation conditions were terrible (SF:87 A:22 K:3), I thought I’d turn on the Icom IC-706 MKIIG and check out 20 meters. Stumbled upon PJ2/K8ND working from Curaçao Netherlands Antilles. 171 sq miles of island parked just North of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea (12.10° N [...]

QSL Buro accuracy and LOTW

The Zero QSL buro sent an envelope of cards this week. I’ll start off by saying how appreciative I am of the volunteers who donate their time and resources to making the DX QSL buro systems work. They have undoubtedly saved me many dollars and hassles over the years by streamlining the whole QSL process. [...]

NAQP SSB /m…

I was driving home on Saturday afternoon and turned on the IC-706 MKIIG. I had known that the NAQP SSB contest was running so I thought I’d listen in. As it turned out, the ham band conditions were not too bad - so I made a few QSOs and logged them in MobileLog2.  The High-Sierra [...]

MobileLog 2 release, Propfire updates, and the tower…

After a long time without updates, I have finally found time to post. I had decided to not post to the blog until MobileLog 2 was released.
Well, in the past month, I have spent many hours updating MobileLog 2, Propfire and the website. In December I had made a week long trip to Manila. 11 [...]