Toroid transformers and 630M

Lightbulb QSO Party Results

04/05/2019

In spite of high winds, ice storms, and generally poor weather conditions that plagued much of North America in early March, 12 brave individuals and teams took on the elements to compete in the 2019 Lightbulb QSO party. Over 600 contacts were made using a variety of lightbulb antenna designs, and in the end two TOP BULBS emerged from the contest. Ted Rachwal - K8AQM of Adrian, MI is now TOP BULB in the Freestyle class with 251 QSOs for a total of 1025 points. His antenna was a very unique

This is Major Tom to Ground Control

03/17/2019

Are you looking for something different in your Ham radio experience? If you have ever done satellite communications with AO-92, SO-50 and others, or traded packet info via the international space station, then you know how rewarding that can be. But it can be frustrating too because you get a few minutes to contact a low earth orbit spacecraft and compete with many others for the frequency and then its over until the next satellite passes overhead. During those down times, there is a lot of

2M SSTV Net

03/04/2019

For the past week, KC4SIT and I have been experimenting with slow scan TV over our club's 2M repeater. You can read a previous post to learn a quick and simple setup to allow SSTV transmissions on just about any 2M radio. Last night after our routine weekly net hosted by net Legend W4IOE, six of us SSTV hams did our first ever 2M net combining voice and digital image transmissions. To avoid doubling of signals, the net was called by me, and as people checked in, they were requested to let the

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Thoughts,observations,experiments, and ramblings in Amateur Radio by N1DAY and KC4SIT.

Toroid transformers and 630M

David Day

Lightbulb QSO Party Results

This is Major Tom to Ground Control

2M SSTV Net