Condx went downhill quickly after early copy of WX and AR...no doubt due to big Tstorms over Texas. Dex...you need to move away from the equator ;~) And trade a sunny 70F for a wet 40F on the first d
I recently purchased a Yeasu FT-897. This is my first new HF radio since buying a FT-101ZD about 30 years ago which still operates great. Although I hate the thought of owning a radio I can not repai
This is a first for me. April TA in NC! Not good copy buy consistent sighting of DRP from 2345 to 0400 with another similar peak between 0530 to 0700. Dex JPEG image
Dex Looks like you had significantly less fading than at this location. Brian's signal received here seems to always have less QSB than those originating from higher latitudes. A few years back I ha
Jay Rusgrove wrote: TA enthusiasts Only signal visible last night was DRP...don't think anyone else was transmitting. Brian's signal started showing here just before sunset but didn't last long. QRN
I recently acquired a Wandel Goltermann AT-611 SLM. It appears to work fine but the center two segments of the six digit frequency display don't illuminate. I guess this is a gas type display that re
WE0H Mike wrote: Do you know of a supplier of those fibre glass telescopic poles in the North America? I sure would like to buy one. They sound very useful. http://www.quiltershusband.com/hamhtm/kang
I have noticed some nasty keying spikes while keying the G0MRF 300 watt amp with the ZL1BPU exciter. I know this is probably to be expected by keying the input signal to the amp instead of the amp's
I've recently modified the XKO antenna with an idea I got from ON7YD's antenna page: http://www.qsl.net/on7yd/136ant.htm#Tower Rik's page has a link to a patent number on this design but the link doe
I don't think I have ever seen such a fast rise of DCF-39 at Steve's location so early in the evening. http://www.w3eee.com/ Dex ________________________________________ Attachments are NOT scanned f
A web page with info on WD2XKO is now available at: http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xko.htm Please advise of any correction, additions or improvements that should be made. 73, Dex
Hi All, XKO and NA signals still visible here in NW UK at 0900z using qrss60. Thanks for the daylight report Gary. That's more than an hour after your sunrise isn't it? Dex
XKO still going strong at 09.30.Visible until 10.00. Thanks for the report Laurie! I turned XKO off at 1010 utc for about half an hour to look for signals from my west. I've added your report to the
Beginning about 1045Z hr in Maryland here is the Argo capture of what is probably ZM2E QSO activity. www.geocities.com/lacwman/zm2e.jpg Lloyd, That's good copy considering the QRN I'm sure your were
Mike, ZL4OL, copied enough of XKO for positive identification at 0930 UTC last night. The full WD2XKO was being sent. More info on the XKO reception reports page: http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xko_receptio
Hartmut, Nice copy of the full call! That takes about one hour of good copy. Report added to the XKO reports page: http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xko_reception_reports.htm Thanks, Dex http://www.w4dex.com/w
Im hoping to erect a reasonably large but lightweight temp 60m vertical here in the near future but need to keep the insulator weight down to the minimum - I see toothbrushes have been used in the pa
What is the proper procedure for adjusting the controls of the GØMRF 300 watts LF amplifier VSWR protection circuit? I recently had a FET to fail due to the antenna going off resonance when the loadi
WD2XKO will be running 1 watt FSK 0.2 Hz shift CW on 137.7775 KHz for a few days. The power amp failed about 4 a.m. local time due to icing of the coil and antenna. The ice is now gone but the amp di
Hi Dex, peaking 12dB above noise level. see attachment pse. Thanks for the report Uwe. XKO was back to 400 watts last night. Your report has been added to the XKO reception reports page: http://www.
