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	<title>Ham Radio - A contact sport</title>
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	<description>Ham radio towers, software, coax, DXing, contesting, and life in general</description>
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		<title>Propfire upgrade to Firefox 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve upgraded Propfire to version 1.73.18 making it compatible with Firefox version 4. What&#8217;s Propfire? Why it&#8217;s the solar / radio propagation add-on plug-in thing for Firefox of course. Over 50,000 downloads to-date! Thanks to those who requested an upgrade.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2011/03/26/propfire-upgrade-to-firefox-4/</link>
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		<title>Icom&#8217;s IP Remote Control Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing Icom&#8217;s remote control software in action. I hope the price is right and it will work well with my setup. Based on their diagrams it looks like a simple connection (USB) to a Icom IC-7600, IC-7200 or IC-9100 . I could certainly see using my IC-7600 remotely from my couch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/12/21/icoms-ip-remote-control-software/</link>
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		<title>CQ WW CW &#8211; 48 hrs of&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well another CQ WW CW has come and gone&#8230; Now it&#8217;s time to post scores, upload logs to CQWW and LoTW, make a to-do list for the next one and catch up on some sleep.  Was anyone else a bit groggy at work today? I&#8217;ll post some more updates in the days ahead on my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/11/30/cq-ww-cw-48-hrs-of/</link>
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		<title>CQ WW SSB 2010 results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally getting around to writing a wrap-up post for CQWW SSB. I managed to get on the air for 30 hours or so in this 48 hr major contest. This was my first entry in this one with the IC-7600 and I was on the air for about 6 more hours than usual attempts.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/11/18/cq-ww-ssb-2010-results/</link>
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		<title>FLOOD 2010: Time to rebuild the ham shack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our community was on the national news several times over the past few weeks due to the weather.  Central Iowa was hit with record-breaking rainfall this summer (after one of the snowiest winters on record). The result was severe flooding and millions of dollars in damages impacting Ames &#38; Des Moines. My QTH is just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/09/06/flood-2010-time-to-rebuild-the-ham-shack/</link>
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		<title>Treasures from your local hamfest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I drove to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to a hamfest. Some of my earliest ham radio memories are going with my dad to the hamfest in Cedar Rapids in the 1970s.  In those days, the hamfest was a huge event&#8230; I vaguely recall table after table of boat anchors and Art Collins sightings. Art, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/08/06/treasures-from-your-local-hamfest/</link>
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		<title>QST meet John Atanasoff, inventor of the digital computer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While flipping through the July 2010 issue of QST I stumbled on the Vintage Radio column titles &#8220;From Dits to Bits&#8221;.  In this article, John (K2TQN) describes his long held fascination with computers and connections to some some early computer magazines, clubs and kits. I would imagine many hams would have a similar long time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/07/08/qst-meet-john-atanasoff-inventor-of-the-digital-computer/</link>
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		<title>Solar Powered Field Day &#8211; Part 2: 190W Rollable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Story County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) held field day at the 4H building on the Iowa State University campus again this year. This building is considered an EOC for the campus which allows us to &#8220;compete&#8221; in &#8220;F&#8221; category. We have been using two transmitters plus a &#8220;Get on the air&#8221; station to put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/07/04/solar-powered-field-day-part-2-190w-rollable/</link>
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		<title>Solar Powered Field Day &#8211; Part 1: 1kW PowerShade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Field Day 2010 is in the books. The antennas have been plucked from the trees, the BBQ has been finished and the generators have been unplugged. Field Day is always entertaining and it&#8217;s a great way to try a new aspect of the hobby. This year, I spent time with two clubs: the Des Moines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/07/02/solar-powered-field-day-part-1-1kw-powershade/</link>
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		<title>Solar Panels at Dayton Hamvention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PowerFilm Solar will have it&#8217;s first booth at Dayton Hamvention 2010. This will mark an entry into the ham radio market for the thin-film solar panel company. Last fall, I joined PowerFilm Solar. At PowerFilm Solar we make thin film solar panel products for a wide variety of products. PowerFilm products include: Ruggedized/weatherproof rollable solar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2010/04/13/solar-panels-at-dayton-hamvention/</link>
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