With Steve WG0AT’s kind permission, a few appetite-whetting photos from Steve of his KX3 assembly. Thanks Steve!
Morning John …hard to tear my self away from this wonderful lil rig this morning! Went to bed at 1AM and up at 5AM with headphones and a cup of joe already worked several stns! Too much FUN! Going out later for goat/KX3 hike and operate portable maybe catch u on the bands! 73 – Steve
The photos step through the assembly process, at the end of which, you’re treated to a video of Steve’s first QSO with fellow blogger Dave AA7EE.
I’m really trying to not buy one of these things but you guys are making it tough!
At the moment, 7O6T is very strong on the higher HF bands well after their local midnight – hours when 15 meters would normally be dead. Funny how rare callsigns can open bands…
Same thing yesterday and the day before.
I regret not having recorded ST0R for comparison – in the future I think I’ll video my reception of distant DXpeditions, if only for my own record of how they, conditions and my dipole (don’t laugh!) performed.
The pile-ups are beginning to thin and the ops on the far end are just outstanding, not only in their ability to assert control over the pile-up, but to pick individual calls from the maelstrom quickly.
Unfortunately, I was only able to participate in QRPTTF 2012 for a short while – not enough time to justify an outdoor excursion.
The MO here was to operate from the home QTH with the rig at 5 watts, spot those I heard/worked to QRPSpots in order to drum up some business for them and then to record them as MP3 files. Over the years, I’ve periodically received emailed MP3′s of how I sounded at some distant location and like to provide the same every now and then. Continue reading 'QRP to the Field – 2012'»
A big tip o’ the hat to Chris N2YYZ for passing along a new-to-me technique for soldering tiny SMD parts.
I’ve heard of the hot air flow method and the heat-it-in-a-skillet method with solder paste as well as a few other techniques but drag soldering? That’s a new one on me and I must say, it looks impressive.
I’ve never heard this method mentioned in all the reading of various groups over the years so maybe it’ll be new to others as well. Continue reading 'Drag soldering'»
I wasn’t expecting much from this promotional video but I’ve got to hand it to the ARRL – they’re hitting all the key words and catch phrases that might offer appeal to the younger “maker” generation (which is how hams were perceived at one time). And a trendy young woman to do the intro certainly helps dispell the image most people have of the hobby, be it correct ot not!
Now, how to get the video seen beyond the ham community…?
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A big tip o’ the hat to Chris N2YYZ for passing along a new-to-me technique for soldering tiny SMD parts.
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