I've bought several radios from Gigaparts over the years. My one time dealing with customer service was met with a courteous and professional ham who took care of a small problem.

They come highly recommended in my book.

73,
Korey-W3TUA

Check out www.remotehams.com . You can remote your rig with minimal effort and access it from anywhere via the Remote Hams client software or via the website. It's very slick.

I'm not sure why you are unable to mute your outgoing audio. Your beacon contents look fine if you are sending compressed position packets.

73,

Korey--W3TUA

Welcome to the fraternity! 73 de Korey--W3TUA

I understand exactly what you mean in this post. Back when I got my Novice license, I was thrilled to just be able to talk to someone across town or across the country using CW. When the Novice/Technician expansion came around, I was thrilled to have SSB priveleges on 10-meters. My upgrade to General class didn't happen for 11 more years.

That's the best part of this hobby in my opinion--the many modes and niches the hobby provides. I've tried all sorts of different communication techniques at my own learning pace. Do what you enjoy for as long as you enjoy it. More power to you!

Oh, as a side note, I finally upgraded to Extra class this past weekend. It only took an additional 17 years. ;-)

73 de Korey--W3TUA

LOL!

No, this is the Realistic version of the HR-2510 and doesn't come with any noise toys. I opened the case and see that there's been no modifications done either.

Hi, folks.

I just acquired an HTX-100 a few days ago and have been running it through its paces for checkout. Years ago, I had one on the air but can't recall much about it.

My problem is with the transmit to receive turnaround time. It takes nearly half a second when switching from transmit to recieve and causes me to miss parts of calls. Is this normal? If not, how do I reduce the switching time?

I've searched all over the internet and found nothing so far. I would really like to utilize this rig as my QRP radio for 10m CW but the hangtime is killing me.'

Thanks and 73,

Korey-W3TUA
Fort Drum, NY

I used an inexpensive handgun case to house my QRP station. There's padding underneath the equipment and on top when the case is closed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/w3tua/6291804941/in/photostream

72,

Korey--W3TUA
Fort Drum, NY

This might help steer you in the right direction.

http://www.wikihow.com/Add-Variable-Voltage-to-Your-ATX-Based-Bench-Power-Supply

73,

Korey--W3TUA
Ft. Drum, NY
QRP and lovin' it!

001 A W3TUA 84 WNY

There's a few of us 80's kids out here still doing CW. I started out as a Novice back then when all we had was CW until the 10-meter expansion came about.

73 Korey W3TUA/2

Are you connecting directly to the battery?

I agree somewhat with AB7E.

During this year's Field Day, I was unhappy with the performance of the vehicle-mounted vertical antenna I had been using for several hours. So, I pulled some speaker wire out of my kit bag along with a cobra head antenna mount. After measuring out a 40m dipole I assembled it and strung it in the trees.

The hams assembled were amazed. The fact that I built an antenna out of 'simple pieces of wire' was unbelievable. The fact that it worked and outperformed the 'store bought' vertical was equally impressive.

I hope I taught some practical antenna building techniques to new hams. Conversely, the lack of knowledge had me a little worried in the event a real disaster might happen in this area.

73,

Korey--W3TUA
Dryden, NY

Most A-1 contest operators will take a 'not in the contest' person and step them through the exchange. It takes a little time but both sides come out happy in the 'exchange'.

It's not 'horse hockey'. When head-to-head, running will beat the rate of S&P 99% of the time. Of course, if you use packet spots and click up and down the bandmap then you can pick your rate up considerably.

In 1984, I used ARRL code tapes, ARRL qualifying runs, sending and receiving with my elmer using a code oscillator.

After receiving my Novice license, over the air QSO's with a local ham became my sustainment training.