Due to the recent ice storm in central Iowa, I think I may have one of the only Butternut HF6V inverted Vs in existence. I’m not sure how (if) the Butternut will recover from the 1″ radial ice - but I am glad the 4 element SteppIR and Cushcraft XM-240 were still in boxes in [...]
Yesterday I was driving to work and heard a Norwegian ham pop on to 14.178 and call CQ. It was just prior to the HiFi SSB network starting. Once the hifi guys got on, chaos ensued.
LA2: “You guys should have listened. I had the frequency first.”
HiFi Guys: “No we had the frequency first. Besides, [...]
The DXPedition World Map feature is once again on-line and being updated. It’s now automated - so I should now be able to keep it in-sync with the NG3K.com DX website. As before, you can:
zoom in on a DXpedition,
slide the horizontal scrollbar to move through time and see upcoming DXPeditions appear
hover your mouse over [...]
Well it took a bit of creativity, but I was able to resolve the issue with Propstats. The scripts that run in the background should now require much less CPU by my webhost. I learned a few php tricks along the way that may be of use in the future.
PropagationStats should again be fully functional [...]
My ISP (icdsoft) has disabled the php script that drove Propstats. So, for the time being, the propagation statistics are not going to be displayed via Propstats. Apparently, so many folks were using it that the php was consuming a lot of CPU behind the scenes (every time a page was loaded that displayed propstats [...]
My High Sierra Sidekick seems to be doing a decent job, but there is one hassle. Having to fold it over to go in and out of my garage. The whip portion of the antenna is just a bit too long to clear the garage door (3 ft whip). By adding a cap hat, I [...]