I almost can’t believe our good fortune with the weather. This morning is yet another one with blue skies and low temperatures. 55F when I awoke so of course I opened the house up which had the wife running to grab a sweater. We can’t seem to agree on the perfect temperature, but this recent spate of unseasonably cool air makes me happy. I know, it’s a short-lived pleasure and the brutal heat must surely...
I’ve been reading about openings on six meters these last few days so this afternoon I thought I’d get in on it. 30 contacts were added to the log. Nothing too exciting, but there were a handful of unconfirmed grid squares among those. Of course it was all FT8. It’s been that way on 50MHz since the new digital mode was introduced. The last CW contact I made on the Magic Band was in June...
The power went off during a big thunderstorm Thursday night and we were without power for twenty-five hours. The only bit of good news was the storms that brought down the power lines also brought down the temperatures and yesterday was rather pleasant — windows all open since no air conditioning was available. Had the power gone off 24 hours earlier when it was a muggy 90F outside we would have been gnashing our teeth....
August 27, 2029 A full house was expected for tonight’s meeting of the Logan Lake DX Club. The main presentation was going to be a live video session with the owner and chief promoter of the rapidly growing FacilisQSO amateur radio service. Since its launch a few months earlier interest had been running high and word on the street was that tens of thousands of hams had already subscribed. Once the meeting got underway all...
SKCC WES: “Old Timers and Summer Bands” “Old Timers and Summer Bands” theme - If you held an amateur radio license 25 years ago or longer you are an “Old Timer”! It is not necessary for you to have been continuously licensed for twenty-five years. “Old Timer” stations will send their name/XX (XX is number of years licensed). Total up all those years licensed and that will be your bonus points. ...