Playing radio this afternoon, lots of pileups and long winded QSO's.
So far I have not heard the special events station N6R. I'm scanning for it though.
So as I am listening and trying to work in some stations the mind begins to work.
In others words my attention span grows short.
Rearranging letters,
THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS
A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE
THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S !
ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
and with that,
GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE
Good luck on your weekend DXing.
I hope to hear ya.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Re-Post; Special Event Station N6R
This is a re-post from Jan.18,2011
This looks like a fun one to work.
This looks like a fun one to work.
N6R
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library And Museum, ARRL Field Day By The Ventura County Amateur Radio Society, With Conejo
Valley Amateur Radio Club, Simi Settlers Amateur Radio Club, &
Ventura County Amateur Radio Club, CA
USA
To celebrate what would have been former President Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday, the Ventura County Amateur Radio Society will activate Special Event Station 'N6R' from Thousand Oaks, California. This, from Saturday, February 5th through Monday, February 7th.
According to Peter Heins, N6ZE, who is the club's Public Information Officer, operation is planned continuously from 0800 through 1800 PST on Sunday, February 06, 2011 and intermittently at other times on Saturday through Monday.
Operation will use CW and SSB on 80 through 10 meters for world-wide c contacts as well as FM on both simplex and repeaters for local area contacts. Requests for schedules may be sent to n6rn6r at aol dot com.
QSL with a self addressed stamped envelope to N6ZE at his Call book or QRZ.com address. Sorry but no electronic QSL’s will be accepted for this operation.
More is on-line at www.qrz.com/db/n6r.
And for those not aware, the special N6R call sign has been used for many years in a multi-club Field Day operation from the grounds of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum which is located in Simi Valley, California.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
When I can’t Sleep
I’m a lucky man when it comes to sleepless nights.
When I am unable to sleep I pray, play on my computer, read, tie flies, play amateur radio, play my guitars or listen to talk radio or music. I also like to work on my stamp & sports memorabilia collection, blog-twitter or watch a movie. If none of that works out then I wake my wife and we watch videos on the television or You Tube.
I also enjoy sitting on the front porch, the back patio or next to a camp fire.
This is a reply to a QRZ Forum.
When I am unable to sleep I pray, play on my computer, read, tie flies, play amateur radio, play my guitars or listen to talk radio or music. I also like to work on my stamp & sports memorabilia collection, blog-twitter or watch a movie. If none of that works out then I wake my wife and we watch videos on the television or You Tube.
I also enjoy sitting on the front porch, the back patio or next to a camp fire.
This is a reply to a QRZ Forum.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
W.Michigan Hit with Monster Storm
UPDATE.....3:40am/ 8:40UTC
Here we are 4 hours later. The storm has let up considerably.
Still lots of snow.
I am in the midst of the 2011 snow storm.
Here is what the radar looked like at 11:40 eastern time/ 4:40 UTC
Local weather and media, WXMI Fox 17
Here we are 4 hours later. The storm has let up considerably.
Still lots of snow.
I am in the midst of the 2011 snow storm.
Here is what the radar looked like at 11:40 eastern time/ 4:40 UTC
Local weather and media, WXMI Fox 17
Friday, January 28, 2011
KD8BIG: My Week
This week has been a rough one for me. I have been under the weather. I am hoping things settle down soon.
I have not had the opportunity to investigate new equipment or even think about the many Hamfest we have coming up over the next several months leading up to Dayton.
This year I am hoping to make the trip to the Dayton Hamfest. I have received e-mails from several asking me if I plan on attending. I guess the best answer is as long as I am feeling healthy enough to travel.
I did get me a new toy; I got me a new iPod. This time it is the classic, replacing my SanDisk.
iPod classic gives you 160GB of storage capacity, good for up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination. And you get up to 36 hours of battery life, so you can keep on rocking for a long, long time.
I wanted to get the iPod Touch but really did not have the need for the money it cost. 200 dollars is easier to part with compared to 400+ dollars.
Other than that, I am behind the eight ball on my Stamp Collection and have to order some fly tying materials to keep me busy. I also plan on cleaning out some of my sports cards I have collected since I was a kid.
Remember;
A Hobby a Day Keeps the Doldrums Away.
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I recieved an e-mail asking me what is a Doldrum.
Doldrums definition is;
dol·drums: (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
I have not had the opportunity to investigate new equipment or even think about the many Hamfest we have coming up over the next several months leading up to Dayton.
This year I am hoping to make the trip to the Dayton Hamfest. I have received e-mails from several asking me if I plan on attending. I guess the best answer is as long as I am feeling healthy enough to travel.
I did get me a new toy; I got me a new iPod. This time it is the classic, replacing my SanDisk.
iPod classic gives you 160GB of storage capacity, good for up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination. And you get up to 36 hours of battery life, so you can keep on rocking for a long, long time.
I wanted to get the iPod Touch but really did not have the need for the money it cost. 200 dollars is easier to part with compared to 400+ dollars.
Other than that, I am behind the eight ball on my Stamp Collection and have to order some fly tying materials to keep me busy. I also plan on cleaning out some of my sports cards I have collected since I was a kid.
Remember;
A Hobby a Day Keeps the Doldrums Away.
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I recieved an e-mail asking me what is a Doldrum.
Doldrums definition is;
dol·drums: (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1.
a. A period of stagnation or slump.
b. A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
This Weekends Contest and News
| QRP Fox Hunt | Jan 28 |
| NCCC Sprint Ladder | Jan 28 |
| CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW | Jan 28-30 |
| REF Contest, CW | Jan 29-30 |
| UBA DX Contest, SSB | Jan 29-30 |
| SPAR Winter Field Day | Jan 29-30 |
| WAB 1.8 MHz Phone | Jan 29 |
| Classic Exchange, CW | Jan 30-31 |
| ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint | Jan 30 |
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Articles of Interest
The chill is definitely in the air this weekend.
Yesterday our high was somewhere around 15º I believe, I never got a chance to look at the weather gauges. Today is expected to be about the same. Our local airport reported a record snowfall total of 10.7 inches for Saturday January 22, 2011. I measured 13.2 here at my QTH. The lake effect bands make it difficult to say where and who got the most snow. It could be a +- 1-4 inches with in a few hundred feet to a mile.
Did not get around to the radios yet this weekend, I might not have the opportunity today either. A busy morning is planned followed by some afternoon football.
Go Packers!!!!
I am also cheering for the Jets.
Here are some articles of interest;
NASA solar sail is finally flying free above Earth
IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee Withdraws as Cosponsor of IEEE BPL EMC Standard
NASA nano-satellite belatedly ejects from orbiting mothership
ARRL Files Petition for Partial Reconsideration with FCC Regarding Vanity, Club Call Signs
Hamming Around at Sea
Amateur Radio World Castles Award
Yesterday our high was somewhere around 15º I believe, I never got a chance to look at the weather gauges. Today is expected to be about the same. Our local airport reported a record snowfall total of 10.7 inches for Saturday January 22, 2011. I measured 13.2 here at my QTH. The lake effect bands make it difficult to say where and who got the most snow. It could be a +- 1-4 inches with in a few hundred feet to a mile.
Did not get around to the radios yet this weekend, I might not have the opportunity today either. A busy morning is planned followed by some afternoon football.
Go Packers!!!!
I am also cheering for the Jets.
Here are some articles of interest;
NASA solar sail is finally flying free above Earth
IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee Withdraws as Cosponsor of IEEE BPL EMC Standard
NASA nano-satellite belatedly ejects from orbiting mothership
ARRL Files Petition for Partial Reconsideration with FCC Regarding Vanity, Club Call Signs
Hamming Around at Sea
Amateur Radio World Castles Award
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Wrong E-Mail Address
A lesson to be learned from one typing the wrong email address:
A Michigan couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Michigan and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email, expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen, which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: January 21, 2011
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here!
A Michigan couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Michigan and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email, expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen, which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date: January 21, 2011
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here!
Friday, January 21, 2011
This Weekends Contest
This weekends contesting opportunities
NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint Jan 20
Locust QSO Party Jan 20
RSGB 80m Club Championship Jan 20
QRP Fox Hunt Jan 21
NCCC Sprint Ladder Jan 21
YL-ISSB QSO Party, SSB Jan 22-23
BARTG RTTY Sprint Jan 22-23
ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Jan 22-24
NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint Jan 20
Locust QSO Party Jan 20
RSGB 80m Club Championship Jan 20
QRP Fox Hunt Jan 21
NCCC Sprint Ladder Jan 21
YL-ISSB QSO Party, SSB Jan 22-23
BARTG RTTY Sprint Jan 22-23
ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes Jan 22-24
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
NASA needs Amateur Radio Operators
NASA is asking for help from the Amateur Radio Community.
I think this is really cool.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite, FASTSAT. The ejection event occurred spontaneously and was identified this morning when engineers at the center analyzed on board FASTSAT telemetry. The ejection of NanoSail-D also has been confirmed by ground-based satellite tracking assets.
Amateur ham operators are asked to listen for the signal to verify NanoSail-D is operating. This information should be sent to the NanoSail-D dashboard at: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm. The NanoSail-D beacon signal can be found at 437.270 MHz.
Further Reading; click here
Follow the NanoSail-D mission operation on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/nanosaild
For additional information on the time line of the NanoSail-D deployment visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/501204main_NSD2_timeline_sequence.pdf
To learn more about FASTSAT and the NanoSail-D missions visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats
I think this is really cool.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite, FASTSAT. The ejection event occurred spontaneously and was identified this morning when engineers at the center analyzed on board FASTSAT telemetry. The ejection of NanoSail-D also has been confirmed by ground-based satellite tracking assets.
Amateur ham operators are asked to listen for the signal to verify NanoSail-D is operating. This information should be sent to the NanoSail-D dashboard at: http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm. The NanoSail-D beacon signal can be found at 437.270 MHz.
Further Reading; click here
Follow the NanoSail-D mission operation on Twitter at:
For additional information on the time line of the NanoSail-D deployment visit:
To learn more about FASTSAT and the NanoSail-D missions visit:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Special Event Station N6R
This looks like a fun one to work.
N6R
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library And Museum, ARRL Field Day By The Ventura County Amateur Radio Society, With Conejo
Valley Amateur Radio Club, Simi Settlers Amateur Radio Club, &
Ventura County Amateur Radio Club, CA
USA
To celebrate what would have been former President Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday, the Ventura County Amateur Radio Society will activate Special Event Station 'N6R' from Thousand Oaks, California. This, from Saturday, February 5th through Monday, February 7th.
According to Peter Heins, N6ZE, who is the club's Public Information Officer, operation is planned continuously from 0800 through 1800 PST on Sunday, February 06, 2011 and intermittently at other times on Saturday through Monday.
Operation will use CW and SSB on 80 through 10 meters for world-wide c contacts as well as FM on both simplex and repeaters for local area contacts. Requests for schedules may be sent to n6rn6r at aol dot com.
QSL with a self addressed stamped envelope to N6ZE at his Call book or QRZ.com address. Sorry but no electronic QSL’s will be accepted for this operation.
More is on-line at www.qrz.com/db/n6r.
And for those not aware, the special N6R call sign has been used for many years in a multi-club Field Day operation from the grounds of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum which is located in Simi Valley, California.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Ice Fishing in Style
The other day we went for a ride to the lake and see what the fishing conditions were. While watching the fisherman on the ice we notice a truck w/ trailer and a machine I have never seen. As we walked up to the trailer I realized this is the toy I need.
It is a Wilcraft, an Amphibious Ice Fishing & Hunting Vehicle. This vehicle comes with many options and the proud owner I talked to claimed that his was about 12 grand, a price well worth the money.
For more on this machine; click here
It is a Wilcraft, an Amphibious Ice Fishing & Hunting Vehicle. This vehicle comes with many options and the proud owner I talked to claimed that his was about 12 grand, a price well worth the money.
For more on this machine; click here
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Articals of Interest
Lots to do today. DX is in the top 5 list. I may only have an hour or two better than nothing.
Stay tuned to my Twitter Account for more info.
http://twitter.com/#!/KD8BIG
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*Radio communication still kicking (New Zealand)
*Being blind doesn't slow down Marshalltown man (Iowa)
*Valley ham radio group raising funds to replace trailer (Alaska)
*FCC Sends License Renewal for K1MAN to Administrative Law Judge
*SA AMSAT Cubesat project needs programmers
*Solar Report 0950 16 Jan 2011
*Forecast Space Weather 0950 16 Jan 2011
Stay tuned to my Twitter Account for more info.
http://twitter.com/#!/KD8BIG
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*Radio communication still kicking (New Zealand)
*Being blind doesn't slow down Marshalltown man (Iowa)
*Valley ham radio group raising funds to replace trailer (Alaska)
*FCC Sends License Renewal for K1MAN to Administrative Law Judge
*SA AMSAT Cubesat project needs programmers
*Solar Report 0950 16 Jan 2011
*Forecast Space Weather 0950 16 Jan 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
New Amateur Radio Bill Introduced in Congress
The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act, which died at the end of the 111th Congress, has been reintroduced in the 112th Congress as HR 81 http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c112:2:./temp/%7Ec1129bpLP1::. The sponsor is Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18). The new bill -- which was introduced on January 5 -- has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. "We are hopeful that this early start will lead to success in the new Congress," commented ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ.
Rep Jackson Lee first introduced the bill -- HR 2160 http://www.arrl.org/hr2160 -- in the 111th Congress in April 2009 http://www.arrl.org/news/houston-representative-introduces-amateur-radio-bill-in-congress. It gained an additional 41 cosponsors but did not progress out of the committee of jurisdiction. A similar bill introduced in the Senate -- S 1755 http://www.arrl.org/news/senate-introduces-companion-bill-to-hr-2160 -- made it all the way through that body in December 2009, but likewise was not taken up by the House. The objective of the bill -- which is supported by the ARRL -- is for the Secretary of Homeland Security to study the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief and to identify and make recommendations regarding impediments to Amateur Radio communications, such as the effects of private land use regulations on residential antenna installations.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
DXØDX POSTPONEMENT
I saw this on Twitter; DXØDX POSTPONEMENT
I know of several hams who was looking forward to this.
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To the DX Community at large – It’s with regret that as Team Leader, I have to announce the postponement of the DXØDX Spratly Islands DXpedition 2011, due to circumstances beyond the control of the DXØDX Team.
To read more; click here
I know of several hams who was looking forward to this.
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To the DX Community at large – It’s with regret that as Team Leader, I have to announce the postponement of the DXØDX Spratly Islands DXpedition 2011, due to circumstances beyond the control of the DXØDX Team.
To read more; click here
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