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I was operating in the CQ WW CW contest the other weekend and all was going well. I left my operating  post for a short time and came back...

Good afternoon from VE3WDM, it's a Sunday afternoon and the weather is sunny with a high of +10C. It was a nice day for a walk which m...

Win4kSuite up and running I have decided to change up my rig control software to Win4K3 suite I downloaded the trial version and was v...

The QRP setup I had a great part time effort in the CQ WW CW contest, I was not concerned with score or putting in a major amount to tim...

So where have I been..........really nowhere actually I can't believe my last post on the blog was June 10 but at least I am still in ...

I had some down time over the weekend and felt it was time to spin the K3's VFO and see what was out there. I started on 15m it really d...

Oliver is asking……"Ahhhh dinner!!! I took part in the ARRL CW contest this weekend in a part time way, I was not able to go full t...

It's like the Borg connected to the collective! As my readers may have clued in already I am a big Elecraft fan and the two radios I...

My drive to get our snows on....just in time! Relaxing at the radio with some tea Have to go into work on Sunday so I wanted to spen...

I spent some time on 20m in the CW portion of the band and as always I wanted to make contacts with the lowest power possible. I came acro...

MX0CCE Bob  Not much going on I was able to get some time on the radio Sunday afternoon, there were some contests going on but did n...

What turning the loop can do As times goes on and I use the Alexloop more and more I am coming to realize that this antenna may not be...

Most of the time during these full weekend contests I don't get on Friday evening as I find it to be a ZOO with lots of stations sendi...

Throughout the day yesterday I was getting propagation updates on my Iphone, things were not looking to good. The decision was made to wor...

CT8/PA4N I finally had a chance to fire up the K3 on Monday afternoon, it has been a very busy weekend besides I have been reading on mo...

Things don't seem to work  when you really need them I have been reading on many blogs of fellow hams who have had an increase in QR...

Signals on 10m this afternoon Sunday afternoon has seemed to pass just a little faster with setting our clocks ahead last evening an hou...

RFI Friday night My last post dealt with my PC monitors causing me some grief in the form of RFI to my K3. On Saturday I spent most of...

RFI from new monitor This evening I was on the radio and had the Elecraft P3 up and running as always. I just happend to be looking at t...

Julie was out and about snapping shots!! For me the ARRL  DX CW contest is over, I have some blog, email and cleaning to do for the r...