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 61 
 on: Yesterday at 08:31:19 PM 
Started by VE3VEE - Last post by N4UFO
N4UFO   CY0S   2023-03-22 20:17:00   10M   FT8   SABLE ISLAND

OQRS answered same day.

And congrats to you both on 2500... CY0S puts me a 2076 plus about 4 QSL cards.

 62 
 on: Yesterday at 08:29:47 PM 
Started by N4NYY - Last post by W3WN
My cert for 5BDXCC still has not come yet as the awards desk has a several week backlog. But I just for 100 on 12M, for 6BDXCC endorsement. LOL

Vinnie N4NYY
Congrats!

 63 
 on: Yesterday at 08:00:17 PM 
Started by KM4SII - Last post by WO7R
Quote
You'd give up fishing after catching one of each species of fish from the same body of water?
What do you work on the radio?

In "The Complete DXer", W9KNI addressed this very dilemma.  In my early edition, I think unsatisfactorily.  He must have agreed that what he wrote there wasn't enough, because he later was the driving force behind the creation of the DX Marathon, an annualized DXCC plus WAZ competition.  That idea seems to have worked for him (he won in several categories) and lots of DXers who turn in logs seem to agree with him.

But even he didn't think about trying to re-work a couple of thousand band slots every year.

 64 
 on: Yesterday at 07:51:03 PM 
Started by K6RQR - Last post by K6RQR
 continued -
If I operated the rig at medium power I assume that there would be no problem. However one website stated that the voltage from the lighter jack might be as low as 10.2 vdc which would be too low. Any comments appreciated. Thanks

73,
Bruce  K6RQR

 65 
 on: Yesterday at 07:47:33 PM 
Started by K6RQR - Last post by K6RQR
Hello All -
 I am curious as to how many amps I could expect to get from a cigarette lighter plu powering an typical 2/440 transceiver running at 30-40 watts output? I have a 2006 Ford Focus.  If I ope

 66 
 on: Yesterday at 06:42:03 PM 
Started by N2JFA - Last post by KB1NO
I agree with the Dacron suggestion.     I have plenty of squirrels and they don't bother it at all- maybe it tastes bad.   
The Mastrant  4 mm from DX Engineering is guying my push up mast with hexbeam--it is very strong.   
Another option is Quality Nylon Rope company who sells Dacron rope on Amazon. 
The 3/16" is about $45 for a 500 foot roll.
Davis Rope company is yet another option.  Check Davis Rope website.   I'm sure there are other sources as well.   
No affiliation with any of them,  just had success with them over the years.
GL,
John, KB1NO

 67 
 on: Yesterday at 06:36:45 PM 
Started by N2JFA - Last post by N5CM
Otherwise, you
may need to use stranded steel cables.

This may be the best choice to defeat the tree rats.

 68 
 on: Yesterday at 06:35:12 PM 
Started by KM4SII - Last post by K1VSK
You'd give up fishing after catching one of each species of fish from the same body of water? 
What do you work on the radio?
As there are very few of us who have “caught all the fish”, you are talking about a very small set of hams which aren’t the guys trying to work a station multiple times or multiple bands and multiple modes. We aren’t the problem here.

As for me, I work my friends, participate on a net, listen a lot and occasionally call someone calling CQ who is someplace which interests me. Everyone is different but we are talking about a wider issue here.

 69 
 on: Yesterday at 06:29:31 PM 
Started by VE3VEE - Last post by W1VT
Congratulations Larry on the DXCC Challenge 2500.

CY0S puts me at 2503 with LoTW QSLs.  Add in another 2 paper QSLs to bring my total up to 2505.

 70 
 on: Yesterday at 06:18:51 PM 
Started by VE3VEE - Last post by WO7R
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-22 17:10:07   12M   CW   24.89500   SABLE ISLAND
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-22 16:37:42   10M   FT8   28.09294   SABLE ISLAND
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-22 07:00:40   80M   CW   3.52300   SABLE ISLAND
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-21 23:31:37   15M   CW   21.00500   SABLE ISLAND
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-21 02:35:54   17M   CW   18.07481   SABLE ISLAND
Details   WO7R   CY0S   2023-03-20 23:20:54   30M   CW   10.10772   SABLE ISLAND

Less than 24 hours turnaround from an after-the-fact donation.  Put in only minutes after they opened up OQRS.

Impressive!



This puts me over the top for DXCC Challenge 2500.  (I still need my pending paper application to clear and then one more LOTW application, but that will do the trick).

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