Well, the "Jayhawker" (SS40 twins packaged similar to a Bayou Jumper and the VXO replaced with a cheap Chinese $35 DDS VFO) is finally operational and had it's first contact this morning with Don,

Darryl, I would be interested in learning a little more about your 205 ft center fed with the 9:1 balun. Would you mind sharing some information? Thank you, Dave, KD9VT

Well my day started out with good intentions BUT after checking the bands with http://dxcluster.ha8tks.hu/rbn/ All I saw was shoulder to shoulder OPs...looked like contesting to me...Which...ARRL says

I operated 1A portable, in the woods abt 1/4 mile from my home in Southside Va. I used kx1, kx2 and end fed, trapped multiband antenna. I operated only the last 4 hours on Sunday. I really wanted

I operated about three hours from home, 50 contacts and 33 sections, QRP CW 5 watts into my 205' center fed antenna and the new 9:1 balun, 40, 20 and 15 meters, CA, FL, NH, MAR, PA, NY, NM, WY, CO,

We had company all weekend and there wasn't time to get out, either to operate solo from the local park (6 blocks away) or with one of the clubs. I did listen for a while but just to 40 and

I was up in MN so I went to operate CW for a couple of hours with a local club. QRO only, no phones, no computer interface, so it was slow going. Wish I could have gotten out for some QRP operation.

The reflector seems is pretty quiet these days, especially with FD acitvity. Did anyone work FD this year with the club call? I didn't operate due to conflicts for my time, but I suspect that

I have a BitX20a I built years ago. It's a 10w 20M SSB transceiver. -- Tom Sevart N2UHC St. Paul, KS

The Second Sunday Sprints are NOT CW only, although that may be a surprise to many. I don't believe there have been any sideband QSOs made to date in that contest. Obviously, you can't use 7.122 or

John Fine on your QRP SSB project - it would have been better as a new topic. A decent sized community is using a different rig on SSB called a BIT-X. I remember using my 10 watt K2 for a lot of

Hi Wayne, Does anyone at 4sqrp. use Ssb qrp? I am building a KN-Q7A 40m. Finished the receiver section which works very well when there is propagation. 73 de John Vo1jcc.

Cricket people, Here is a further Cricket mod with KC9ON's 4 crystal switch. It works acceptable but with varied powers 1/4 to 1 watt. The one watt is the default tall 3579 crystal.

Hey All, If you are interested in ultrasound reception for hunting down power line noise and/or listening to BATS and BUGs of all kinds, I"ve stopped producing the kit - ran out of PCBs - so have

Yep the 4SQRP net is a CW net. I would have a tough time doing side band,,,,, I do not own a mic. hi hi cul de Paul N0NBD Sent from Outlook

Would be interested to know if you were all using CW. I wonder if anyone was on LSB? I was looking out for phone signals, all I could hear was an extremely loud foreign fishermen on LSB, probably

Hello Paul and the group. I missed the 7:30 roll call! I got on shortly after that and called Qrl And CQ. I ended up talking to DARRYL KK5IB AND W3NP. We enjoyed solid QSO exchanges! So 40 is still

I'm retired too! I use contest days to test my receivers. I find 40M best between 6PM and 10PM local time. 80M is no good here anytime. At least anytime I listen. It used to be good for local

I too am retired and usually can scare up a SKCC contact or two at 7-8 am CDT and again at 9-10 pm. I have to share the airtime with my son that is a digital operator. He turns in at 9 so I have an

I believe the band is fit to be used. Watch it explode on Field Day. The ops just are'nt getting on. But my rhythm is off too. I like to get on from 1 to 4 pm while others are working. I'm