The HF ham radio contest and DX communities have a new radio to ponder – the Icom IC-7600. Icom displayed the IC-7600 over the weekend at the Tokyo hamfest. The speculation is that this rig will go into production within a year or so and will be the successor to the Icom IC-756 Pro III. [...]
The ham radio contest community has been debating the impact of CW Skimmer since its inception. Alex, VE3NEA, really seems to have let a genie out of a bottle with this magic Morse Code decoder. The issue doesn’t seem to be that it merely decodes CW. There have been CW decoders on the market for [...]
Another evening of working on restoring my Prosistel PST 61D. After removing the MOVs from the potentiometer, I plugged the rotator into the control box on the bench. I could turn the rotator clockwise and counterclockwise, but the readings were not accurate. Time to plug the controller into my laptop and find out if there [...]
PPCMorse, the Morse Code trainer for PDAs, has been updated to version 1.2.73. Anyone with a PocketPC or modern WinCE based PDA can use PPCMorse to sharpen their CW skills prior to the fall ham radio contesting season (aka radiosport). Amateur radio contest regulars (and DX enthusiasts) know that Morse Code is alive and well. [...]
We spent all day on Saturday taking down the rotator, antennas and assessing the damage done by lightning to my amateur radio station. In short, Dave (KIØQ) spent much of the day on the tower and Rick (N0CFL), my father-in-law, XYL and I worked ground crew.
Weather was nearly perfect (no wind, ~82 degrees) and [...]
Tower survives high winds
One hot & muggy summer afternoon, I was driving home when a major storm hit central Iowa. My daughter’s school, a mere mile away from my house, recorded 80+ MPH winds before the weather station was blown off of the roof!
The good news is that my tower and antennas did not [...]
Last weekend, my dad (K0GVG) and I went to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Collins Collectors Association annual convention. This was a great opportunity to learn a bit more about the history of ham radio.
Dad has several pieces of vintage Collins amateur radio equipment including a sick 75A-4 receiver that had been given to [...]
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