Jack VA4JP

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VE4GV/6Y from Jamaica until 23 February 2025. QRV on 80-10m, including activity in ARRL DX CW Contest QSL via LoTW.

Oh, the irony. 🤨 I do wish we were still on the air. Maybe, in the Spring, if new meds delivery technology which I have just started becomes as effective as we hope we can acquire a rig that will allow at least RTTY/CW operation. Time will tell.

Join the crowd, Harm! Shelley (K0MKL, HC2UB, P40S, etc) loves RTTY contests, especially with rare(r) prefixes. VE4 is becoming too common. 😉

Fellow Radio Amateurs, do you live in an HOA or have no possibility of decent antennas for HF?

You should try internet remote! I've just revamped my website which shows you how to do this for free. Using off-the-shelf free software.

Check it out at remote.radio.

Former QST Columnist, Dr. Emil Pocock, W3EP, Silent Key The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

We lose another individual who made significant contributions to Amateur Radio. He and I shared a common interest in VHF/UHF/Microwave operation and propagation. Our paths often crossed at places like the Central States VHF Conference. RIP, Emil.

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A great QTH for contest operation. My XYL and I used the P40L/P40Y station in 2012 where she ran the SARTG WW RTTY Contest and placed 3rd in the world (as P40S) in the single operator, all band, low power category. It is a wonderful place to experience amazing world-wide propagation!

A true fish-eye lens system. 😜

It's good to get confirmation of a 20 year old QSO!

Alpha Lyrae is also known as Vega, whose visitors to Earth are known a Vegans. :)

Alpha Lyrae is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). It is one of the three stars comprising the Summer Triangle.

And here I thought you were from α Lyrae! :D

Yes, I have serious issues with the ARRL but, for all the troubles it's had, LoTW still provides some wonderful surprises. Like when folks are dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st Century. Mike, VE9AA: Yes, I am just kidding. 😁 Jack, VA4JP/K0JP/VE3RUA/W6NF and more...

Above 49°N latitude, The RAC Winter Contest start saw 10 gone and only two stations workable on 15 CW (AJ6 and VE7). It's tough, running 50 watts and a mobile antenna with a couple of radials on our deck. I expect 15, which will be my SOSB entry, to be good tomorrow. 73, Jack, VA4JP

RAC Winter Contest Contest: RAC Winter ContestDate: Dec 28, 0000Z - 2359ZRules: https://wp.rac.ca/contesting-results/

RAC Winter Contest

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As I commented elsewhere:

"K5UR, kissing the ring before January 20th?! 🤬 I am an ARRL Life Member and have been unhappy with the way things have been run in Newington for a long time. I don't know who Rick and the rest of them are representing but it certainly isn't me!"

Incoming FCC Head proposes new Radio License Class New incoming FCC Chairman designate Brendan Carr has told the American communication industry that his organization will soon embrace the new Trump Administration promise to move towards...

Very disturbing. A $100+ annual fee for being permitted to receive international radio signals? If it is not clever Borowitz satire I would suggest everyone consider which nation(s) commonly required such radio receiver licenses in the Cold War era.

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The ARRL 10-meter contest is history. I had limited time to operate but it was fun with a VERY limited antenna setup.

And it's companion SX-115 receiver!

Just wait until you have the thrill of seeing that angry red turn to molten yellow. Then either the plate structure starts to sag or a hole appears. :D

BTW, that photo is of the MRAC 1923 Christmas Dinner. It's how the older members continued to dress in 1959. Also, you can barely make it out but the Schlitz Brewing ad is from 1952.

In 1958 I joined the Milwaukee Radio Amateurs' Club which met in a fancy Pabst Brewing meeting hall. Older members, a few of whom were founders of the club (1917), always wore a suit and tie to all club functions. It lent an air of dignity, especially when compared to my scruffy 12-year-old self.

Speaking of 1922, this was the cover of QST for January, 1922, announcing the results of the 1921 Transatlantic Tests. I formerly owned the whole year of QST for 1922 and scanned this historical cover before sending them off for someone else to enjoy.

Welcome! I just created this page after I found too many people were posting non-amateur radio junk on my first effort. I will be more cautious as to whom I follow on this incarnation.

Didn't get my sad little 6-meter vertical up until after you went QRT. At 49°N latitude I have few expectations without some serious aluminum in the air but thanks for trying!