Author Archives: Michael

Yaesu VX2R Belt Clip Mod

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Michael

Does your Yaesu VX-series HT look like this? The plastic belt clips are notorious for breaking. There is a solution. Buy a cellphone clip for Nokia phones. I found mine at Amazon: Nokia Belt Clip for Nokia 5100, 6100, and … Continue reading →

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Back in Action

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Michael

The IC-7000 is back from the radio doctor and is all better. 1st contact after repair was E51M on 12, followed by SP2YY on 15, E51M again but on 15 CW, Z36T on 15, S52WW on 17, and R3K on … Continue reading →

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Time Out

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Michael

I have been idled by a blown final in the IC-7000, possibly caused by lightning. The radio is repaired and on the way back, and I’ll be disconnecting the antenna (and maybe the power) from now on when storms are … Continue reading →

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ARRL DX Contest (10 not so dead after all)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Michael

After saying that 10 had gone dead, the ARRL DX Contest shows it has some life left in it yet. I managed 64 contacts with 28 countries on 10, so it still has its moments. I worked 3 new countries … Continue reading →

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Ham Salad

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Michael

Is anyone else shocked at the collapse of 10 meters? 10 went from wide open to the world, work anything you can hear, to sporadic openings and (mostly) band wide silence in the space of a few weeks. Of course … Continue reading →

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Done

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Michael

After 48 years and 4 months as a ham, I have completed my WAS.

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Postage paid

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Michael

Just sent out a batch of cards, direct QSLs. Two were from stations I worked a while back whose cards arrived through the incoming bureau, quite unexpectedly, who asked for a return QSL. I had forgotten I had sent some … Continue reading →

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Just say NO to GoDaddy and SOPA

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Michael

I have joined the tens of thousands of sites that have switched their domain registration away from GoDaddy this week. If you have a private domain registered with them, I encourage you to do the same. GoDaddy, probably seeking to … Continue reading →

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Almost there …

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Michael
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This and that

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Michael

87 confirmed countries in LOTW now. T32C did a log dump and I got 7 of 8 QSLs. I also got a QSL from E51Z, which was a total surprise. QRZ.com indicated they didn’t use LOTW. Would the person or … Continue reading →

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