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I can't believe I did it!!
The hills are alive with the sound of music....well you get the idea. This past weekend, as most of you may have known or seen, the bands were alive with a CW contest, all except the WARC bands. The...
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Feel the heat of a cluster
A member from a club I belong to the Maritime Contest Club posted on our groups i.o. site his choice for a DX Cluster. Oh, before I get too far along, the link above to the Maritime Contest Club...
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A keyboard is a keyboard..........but is it?
As frequent readers of my blog, you know my interest in contesting, and specifically CW contesting. Just a few weeks ago, for the first time, I called CQ in a contest and was running for the entire...
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Practice practice and more practice.
Moving along with my contest code...I call it contest code as it's really not conversation code as that takes a bit more skill. Not saying that contest code does not take skill but you kinda have an...
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RAC Winter contest.
The RAC Winter contest is in the books and my second contest where I was running and not S&P. The propagation numbers took a big leap in the right direction before and during the contest. I did...
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all my blog readers, and all the best to you and your families. Have a very happy and safe holiday.
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Looking back and looking ahead.
Well here we are again.......finishing off my second year in the Maritimes. It may sound a bit odd, but it seems it has taken just over a year and a half to get used to retirement. I am finally...
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For you CW buffs out there, a great group is the CWops. This is an international organization and their main goal is to promote continual improvement of CW proficiency across a broad range of...
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It's part of modern ham radio!
In today's modern radio shack, unlike in yesteryear, a PC is a connected part of the overall setup. It can simply be for sending and receiving QSL cards all the way to station automation and control....
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Yesterday afternoon I was listening to II3WRTC which is a special call sign to promote WRTC (world radio team championship) there are 12 stations taking part one from each Italian call area. II3WRTC is...
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How one click can change the day
We all have read about backing up your PC in the event your beloved hard drive will just stop spinning out the information you have become accustomed to. I am sure most of us have added a few gray...
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There was life on the CW portion of the bands from 19:00-20:00 UTC!
20m at 19:10 during the CWops 1 hour contest With the increase in sunspots and rising flux comes some solar flares and the Kp-index will have it's ups and downs. This afternoon the Kp index up was up...
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Ever have things go bonkers just at the wrong time?
As I have blogged in the past I have been taking part in the CWops mini weekly contests. It gives me some nice practice for an hour. Things have been going very well using N1MM+ contest software. Until...
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Snow and End-fed antenna don't mix well.
Some snow removed from side to have accessThis year we have been getting our share of the snow as it seems each week they are forecasting storms with up to 60cm or snow. As a result the snow has been...
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Amazing weekend on the radio!
A busy time on 40mThis past weekend was the running of the ARRL International DX CW contest. If you are not a CW buff then there is also an ARRL International DX SSB contest March 5-6. These contests...
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A pleasing Tuesday afternoon on the bands.
The bands seem to be improving and it's a nice thing to see. Today I flipped the switch on in the early afternoon. I also loaded DX Heat a site that is my go-to as it lets me know what's going on in...
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Its that time of year again.
I try to keep track of the last time I cleaned my desktop PC. I would imagine most of us out there depend on PCs for most of our tasks as well as entertainment. For me, it's very important once a...
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Lets get a healthy debate going shall we.....
Everyone is aware of what is going on in Ukraine with the Russian invasion. Each day we hear of new sanctions and boycotts regarding Russia. In Amateur radio circles I have heard opinions from both...
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2022 Q1 update
It's hard to believe that we are 3 months into 2022, winter should soon be on its way out and the warm summer breezes will soon be greeting us. I ended 2021 with a year in review post. In this post,...
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My birthday gift has arrived.
A belated birthday gift arrived the other day, when the order was placed the item just went on back order so I had to wait. I ordered this item from Radio world here in Canada and I have to say that...
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Some radio time this weekend.
This past weekend was the running of the UK/EI DX CW contest and most of the time I have a great receive/transmit into the UK and so I was looking forward to this contest. I have seen sunspot numbers...
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CQ WPX CW contest....well I started with great hopes!
Intentionally left upside down as this was how things turned out. Well here we are it's Monday and as I look back to Friday and the dreams of contest sugar cookies dancing in my head and how things...
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Listen with your eyes closed.
Way back in high school one of my classes was band class, now this was not brass band but strings and wood wind. I was a cello player and very much enjoyed it but when it was time to sign it out to...
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Hmm something is just not as it should be? For about a month now I have been on the low side with receiving comments on my blog posts. Don't get me wrong I am not full of myself thinking my blog...
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My blog is moving to a new location.
VE9KK blog has moved we are now located at.........https://ve9kk.blogspot.com/
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