Still getting faster
Tonight, I had a couple of 27 wpm QSOs—one with Joe, K7JOE, and the other with Mitch, WB0GKH. These were nice contacts. Both of these operators have a nice fist, which made copying so fast easier. And, at 25+ wpm, a CW contact is almost as fast as a phone contact.
It’s nice to know that I can continue to get faster as I’m getting older. The key—as I always say—is getting on the air and making CW contacts.
Working DX
This last week was fruitful as far as working DX goes, in particular Africa. The new country is the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). As I often do, I avoided the pileups when they first got on the air, but managed to work them just fine a couple of weeks into the DXpedition.
I also managed to work 5T1GM in Mauritania, but I already had several 5T contacts in the log. The one I missed is the S9OK DXpedition, but I also have a couple of S9 contacts already.
3DA0RU makes 165 DXCC entities confirmed in LOTW. At this rate, I doubt I’m going to make the DXCC Honor Roll anytime soon, but perhaps I’ll get up to 200 during the upcoming sunspot cycle.
WWRB QRMing the 30-meter band
A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a broadcaster on 10.100 MHz (see above). It was kind of weak, but I could tell that it was a religious broadcaster. I tried to find this broadcaster by doing an internet search, but when the search didn’t come up with anything useful, I asked on Twitter. Someone mentioned that it was probably the second harmonic of WWRB, whose assigned frequency is 5.050 MHz.
Since then, I’ve noticed the harmonic several times. I’ve reported this interference to the ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program, but I’m not sure there’s much that they can do about this. Anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps if several of us reported this interference it would make more of an impression.
Ned Rubin W4NED says
The FCC needs to be notified of the harmonic interference. It is illegal and they can enforce and fine WWRB’s owners.
Good Luck!
73
W4NED