New kit assembled
Today I assembled a fun little kit, this straight key from American Morse Equipment. I’ve never used a straight key before, so this should be fun.
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I built a kit..
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Ohio ARES D10 2021 Messaging Exercise
District 10 will be running some lightweight, easy-to-follow activities throughout 2021 to help you s keep those messaging and digital muscles that they needed for SET in-shape. As any potential …
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2020 ARRL RTTY Roundup
This past weekend was the ARRL RTTY Roundup. Check out the write-up over at the Black River Radio Ops site. The first weekend of the year always starts off with …
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Happy New DX Marathon Year
Earlier this evening, UTC time it became 2021. Still waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square, but I reset my log for the 2021 DX Marathon. The Marathon …
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Images from Space
The International Space Station and ARISS are transmitting SSTV images from the ISS to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARISS. Here are a few received at KM8V. The gain vertical …
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2020 OK DX RTTY Contest
Spent a little time with the deedles today for the OK DX RTTY contest. Not a ton of stations to work, but it was fun anyway. I didn’t put up …
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Power Supplies
Another question I see asked a lot, in addition to “What HF radio should I buy?” is “What power supply should I buy?”. I’ve used Astron linear power supplies, but …
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2020 FT Roundup
This past weekend was the 2020 FT Roundup FT4/FT8 contest. I was busy and couldn’t work the whole thing, but I’m pretty pleased with my score, beating last year by …
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