Finished up a Rockmite][-80 conversion to 60 meters. Initial test using 13.8 Vdc supply and with dummy load produced about 930mW. RM output reduced to 400 mW (at 11 Vdc) and connected to a Topper

The Rocky Mountain Regional and Continental cw practice net will be called today, at 2200z and 2230 z.. on 7.0625 and the second callin on 14.0625, this should allow checkings from the widest area

Folks: We seem to have another conflict this year. The Big Brutus weekend falls on the 2nd weekend of September, which means there will be a conflict with the Second Sunday Sprint. If I move it to

Hey all! Just a friendly reminder to get your articles in for this month's Banner! I just checked and I only have one article submission so far! I will *not* be doing the Sept Banner until after my

I hope so. Will pick up the tent from storage Friday, and WA6CML will order the brats from the meat market this week too. I'm bringing about 30 hand-made brats in 3 diff flavors - original, apple,

I am and will have field tried my MTR set up some more t be sure. I will be on fron the square in the morning... Give a listen de Paul N0NBD

I wish I were :-( Terry, if you recall, when I sold the scamp my reason was that it seemed no matter what I wanted to do ham-wise, something jumped onto my schedule that had to take

You bet ya! 73 Johnny AC0BQ -- QRP....."More smiles per Watt" 72 JOHNNY AC0BQ ..

Only 18 days until Brutus, Is everybody ready? ? -- 72 WAØITP I love this radio stuff. www.wa0itp.com wa0itp@...

For complete details: http://www.ksqsoparty.org/ I will be operating as N0N along with 44 other 1x1 calls for out of state participants to spell the words KANSAS, SUNFLOWER, and QSO PARTY. It will

Hey All, The Kansas QSO Party runs part of Saturday and Part of Sunday, Aug 29 and 30. It features both CW and SSB. Looks like fun. I think I'll do a little of both. Just made my first 4 SSB contacts

There are just two more weeks, left to catch a handful of pelts, are you up for it? great time to see how you are set up to run this winter in the 40 and 80 acre woods too. Join in the fun and have a

It was raining when I got there not like it did later but I endedgetting soaked, so I looked for a spot high up but some on the Southside had their cars flooded. I ended buying something (now don't

Wow Phil Quite a flash flood! Thanks for sharing the pics -- QRP....."More smiles per Watt" 72 JOHNNY AC0BQ ..

Hey All, Joplin Hamfest was pretty good Friday and Saturday, more attendance on Saturday - today. Storm came through about 10 AM, dropping > 2 inches on the parking lot and overflowing the creek next

Hi Cecil, There is a Radio Shack store about a half hour down the freeway from me. The will slow me down a little but won't stop me. I have solder from them, too. My daughter was 'expelled' from

In my area the Radio Shacks are going strong, I also like their thinsilver solder so sometime back I stocked up on it just in case. -- Cecil - k5nwahttp://thepartsplace.k5nwa.com/

With the demise of Radio Shack, you might want to look at alternative solders. I have found Kester 285 with its mildly reactive flux in the 37/63 (eutectic) alloy mix to be an excellent

Chuck, Your new allergy is because you spend so much time soldering while the rest of us benefit from all your efforts. Is there such a thing as "hobby workers compensation"? Or at least disability

Gangue, As I become increasingly more mature, I find that I'm acquiring new sensitivities. Significantly, solder smoke and burning the insulation on magnet wire. I do use the method Don described