From my Twitter feed: old book, HAMcurmudgeon, mountain topper radio

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ke9v Really? Everything? I somehow doubt it.http://t.co/3CKO04H3pO What Jeff is referring to is the book above, All About RADIO and Television. I love books like this and tweeted Jeff about that. Being the great guy that he is, he actually … [Continue reading]

DX QSLs spell words, too

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These are for WA2HOM, but I had to post them here because the QSLs are so cool. The VE7TUB QSL is especially cool because it's from a special event station set up for a bathtub race. … [Continue reading]

Sometimes the ARRL just doesn’t get it

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When I renewed my ARRL membership, I must have submitted the order twice because there were two charges for $76 on my credit card bill. At first, I was going to ask for a refund from the ARRL, but then thought, what the heck, I'll just let it go and … [Continue reading]

IS it TEA for me?

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More QSLs from stations whose calls spell words: I worked N6TEA during our W8P End Polio Now special event. I worked Steve, K9IS, during the WI QSO Party a couple of weeks ago. … [Continue reading]

On the air this weekend at WA2HOM

WA2HOM is our club station at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. I go down there nearly every weekend and operate for anywhere from two to eight hours. This weekend, I had a lot of fun down there. Late last week, I was contacted by a woman who was … [Continue reading]

Ads of note from the April 2013 QST

I couldn't sleep this morning, so rather than just lie in bed, looking at the ceiling, I got up and made myself a (very) early breakfast. Whilst eating my eggs and cantaloupe, I scanned the ads from the latest QST. Here's what caught my … [Continue reading]

From my Twitter feed: Sports Illustrated, free shipping, daughter helping with QSLs

w0sun Ham Radio in 1958 Sports Illustrated #Hamr#Hamradio - The Article -http://t.co/h7hCkdzeJx kQ2RP Need parts? Jameco is offering free ground shipping in continental US with Code OLP05951Y until April 12. oh3ggq My daughter helping me … [Continue reading]

U-M ARC needs antenna ideas

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The University of Michigan Amateur Radio Club is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. To celebrate, they're planning to operate a special event station from the Diag, an open space in the heart of the campus. The problem they're having … [Continue reading]

Operating notes: DX, OKQP, U-M net, LOTW

DX, DX, DX. I've been working a lot of DX lately. It's almost as if I can't avoid working DX. About half my recent contacts have been DX contacts, when you subtract the 50 Qs I made in the WI QSO party last weekend. A lot of these have been made … [Continue reading]

How well is your amateur radio club’s website working?

When I stepped down as our club's president a couple of years ago, I also gave up responsibility for the club website. At that time, it was decided to move the website from the web hosting company I was using to a server connected to the network at a … [Continue reading]