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The Daves at Henry Coe Park's Backcountry Weekend

w6dlf
 

Dave Crocker, W6VYC, and Dave Flack, W6DLF, went to the annual
Backcountry Weekend at Henry Coe Park last week and worked some great
DX, including Borneo and Ukraine. Also worked JA3USA on 40 meters
around 6:00 am. one morning. We heard him speaking Spanish with a
Japanese accent to a South American station. Called him with 40 watts
to the vertical and he gave us a 579. He was running a KW to a 4
element 40 meter beam at 100 feet. That helped! It was a nice relaxed
rag chew along the grey line. Also worked 20 meters until 10:00 pm one
night. I'll try to post some pix to the Photos files.

73,

The Daves
From your roving reporter

 

I went to the Electronic Flea market at MIT this morning with my seven year old grandson. This was my second time there, the first being last may. I came back with two door knob capacitors (2.5 kv 600 pf) and a used plier.

Over all this monthly market (April thru Oct) is a pretty miserable affair; they had neither much good old stuff, nor new cheap stuff. A lot of computer junk and stuff unrelated to electronics. But the worst thing about it was that they have a chutzpah to charge you $5 for entry.
We often complain how much our DeAnza market has deteriorated, but still it is a class act in comparison.We are lucky.

I hope all is well with you.

73,
Hiroki AH6CY/W1

Sent from my iPhone
Another good day

 

I hate to make you envy, but I spent another evening on the rooftop garden today as the WX was fantastic. All the bands from 40 to 10 were open.

With 2.5 watts SSB, I worked a DK3 near Berlin and PD5 in Netherland on 20, KD0 in Denver on 15 and W8 in Lansing, MI on 40, all of whom were surprised I was a QRP. The PD5 guy kept asking me if I was really 2.5 watts. I finally showed him the difference by switching it to 30 watts and back to 2.5 watts. I started after 18:30 EDT.

I may have really lucked out on my QTH, not just that I have access to the rooftop garden on a 21-story building, but also close to the Hudson river, which is salt water at this Manhattan location.?

I am really convinced that the good sunspot cycle has returned. I hope you guys can find time to do some ops.

I am off to Boston tomorrow for about a week. No ops for a while.

73,
Hiroki

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Re: 10 meter opening

Tim Dolan
 

Glad to see you are having such a good time Hiro. Your reports certainly confirm that the East Coast is the place to be for DX. Your watts/mile to Japan will hold the Ops record for a very long time.

Tim K6OM

--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Hiroki Kato wrote:

From: Hiroki Kato
Subject: [QRPops] 10 meter opening
To: QRPops@...
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 6:29 AM

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You may have noticed a few postings on HFPack group site re 10 meter opening yesterday. Judging from what Bonnie and Alex report, there was indeed a great opening all the way up to 10 ( and even 6) and I happened to be lucky to be there. We can expect great things to come.

QRP rocks!

Hiroki AH6CY

Sent from my iPad
10 meter opening

 

You may have noticed a few postings on HFPack group site re 10 meter opening yesterday. Judging from what Bonnie and Alex report, there was indeed a great opening all the way up to 10 ( and even 6) and I happened to be lucky to be there. We can expect great things to come.

QRP rocks!

Hiroki AH6CY

Sent from my iPad
Third consecutive day of ops

 

You'd think I have gone mad.

The WX suddenly turned out to be the best of spring day, the temp reaching mid-70s, sunny and no wind. After an early dinner I couldn't resist going up to the roof. All the bands were hopping. After working a bunch of Europeans, including northern types like SM and G on 17 I QSYed to 15. I worked LU and P43 (Aruba) and a bunch of stateside w 2.5 watts then suddenly at 17:30 JA7DXX called me and we had a long QSO. It was an incredible experience on two accounts: he was in Miyagi Prefecture quite close to the epicenter of that 9.0 magnitude earthquake; this was my QRP distance record. It's about 7500 miles between Manhattan and his QTH, i.e., 3000 miles per watt! My previous record was between Bodega Headland and Spain, about 6500 miles on 2.5 watts. Although I didn't work 10 meters a guy in Florida I worked on 15 told me 10 was open and he worked JAs this evening.

Well, the weather man says the WX will get bad again starting tomorrow, so it will be a while before I can operate next time.

Hope all is well with all of you.

73,

Hiroki AH6CY


Sent from my iPhone
Another ops frm NYC

 

I went up to the rooftop garden again this afternoon about 5pm, my time. Colder than yesterday but band codx was great despite ubiquitous high noise on all bands. I managed Qs on 40, 20, 17 and 15. On 15 I worked IW (Italy). On 17, I worked EA and CT (Portugal). These were all sustained conversations. I did not hear any Northern Europeans today, though. I heard Montana but no west coast or TX, but hearing Montana raised my hope that I will soon be able to hear California.
What is amazing is that all these stations were coming in 58, 59 and 59 plus, rising well above the high noise floor here. Imagine what other stations I am missing buried under the noise level. As soon as possible I am going to take my rig close to the Hudson river somewhat away from all these high rise buildings.

The band condx definitely has improved tremendously of late.

73,
Hiroki AH6CY


Sent from my iPhone
NYC ops

 

Dear Folks back home,

I finally got a chance to operate from the top of my 21-story apartment building this afternoon. The QTH is in TriBeCa, not too far from the 9/11 ground zero, overlooking Brooklyn bridge. WX sunny but cold. Operated for abt an hour 4-5 pm NY time.
Not surprisingly there was high noise all over (s8 on 20 and 15, s6 on 17). But 20, 17 and 15 were all open. With 30 wtts amp turned on I bagged EA and ON (Belgium) on 20 and IZ4 (Italy) on 17, all on SSB. Heard many other Europeans. The Italian guy told me that he could read me when I turned off my amp and ran 2.5 watts. He was 59 plus even though he was barefoot.
Georgia QSO party was going on so
I talked w a number of them. No west coast was heard, however.Thought it was unusual at that hour.
Well, needless to say, I was quite happy that my backpack portable did its job on the first try from NYC.

Hope you guys are having lots of good spring day outings.

73,

Hiroki AH6CY

Sent from my iPhone
Re: Snowshoe Portable

 

Thanks, Tim.? Given the difficulty of throwing?a wire?up in a tree, I think I will try a portable magnetic loop for my next venture into the snow.?
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At least it beat my 15-mile "death ski" last year where I carried?10 lbs of radio gear all day and never took it out of my pack...
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73,
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Eric? WD6DBM?

From: Tim Dolan
To: QRPops@...
Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 7:18:20 PM
Subject: Re: [QRPops] Snowshoe Portable

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Now that is ambitious Eric. I don't even think the GoatHiker in Colorado ventures out into snow that deep. Good post!

Tim, K6OM

--- On Tue, 4/5/11, eric norris wrote:

From: eric norris
Subject: [QRPops] Snowshoe Portable
To: qrpops@...
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 2:19 AM

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Dear Gang:

Yesterday I went for a hike on snowshoes for the first time.? I had always
thought that snowshoes were for chickens afraid to do a face plant while X-C
skiing like the rest of us.? I was wrong.? It takes quite a bit of effort, and
is a lot of fun.? I, for one, kept my snowshoe tracks out of the X-C ski tracks.

I went to Yosemite, and there is so much snow there I literally could not find
the trailhead!? So I?took an alternate route.?

After plodding for probably two hours, I set up.? I was as not well-prepared as
I had hoped.? My original desitination had a place to sit down, but I had to
just stop beside the trail on a slope.? Nothing to sit on, not even the ensolite
pad I left in my garage.? I just plopped my butt into the snow.?

I didn't have long to operate, what with my butt freezing and my snowshoeing
partner getting rapidly impatient.? But I did hear a number of stations who were
unfortunately engaged in a CW contest.? No?one answered my calls or eventual CQs
on 20 and 30 meters.? Sometimes you just get skunked.

My antenna was a simple wire thrown in a tree, hooked up to my KX1 and station
power was a Buddipole 4S1P A123 battery.? Key was my favorite for portable work,
a PortaPaddle.? I'm attaching a picture of my station.

73,

Eric WD6DBM?

Re: Snowshoe Portable

Tim Dolan
 

Now that is ambitious Eric. I don't even think the GoatHiker in Colorado ventures out into snow that deep. Good post!

Tim, K6OM


--- On Tue, 4/5/11, eric norris <gliderboy1955@...> wrote:

From: eric norris
Subject: [QRPops] Snowshoe Portable
To: qrpops@...
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 2:19 AM

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Dear Gang:

Yesterday I went for a hike on snowshoes for the first time.? I had always
thought that snowshoes were for chickens afraid to do a face plant while X-C
skiing like the rest of us.? I was wrong.? It takes quite a bit of effort, and
is a lot of fun.? I, for one, kept my snowshoe tracks out of the X-C ski tracks.

I went to Yosemite, and there is so much snow there I literally could not find
the trailhead!? So I?took an alternate route.?

After plodding for probably two hours, I set up.? I was as not well-prepared as
I had hoped.? My original desitination had a place to sit down, but I had to
just stop beside the trail on a slope.? Nothing to sit on, not even the ensolite
pad I left in my garage.? I just plopped my butt into the snow.?

I didn't have long to operate, what with my butt freezing and my snowshoeing
partner getting rapidly impatient.? But I did hear a number of stations who were
unfortunately engaged in a CW contest.? No?one answered my calls or eventual CQs
on 20 and 30 meters.? Sometimes you just get skunked.

My antenna was a simple wire thrown in a tree, hooked up to my KX1 and station
power was a Buddipole 4S1P A123 battery.? Key was my favorite for portable work,
a PortaPaddle.? I'm attaching a picture of my station.

73,

Eric WD6DBM?

Snowshoe Portable

 

Dear Gang:

Yesterday I went for a hike on snowshoes for the first time.? I had always
thought that snowshoes were for chickens afraid to do a face plant while X-C
skiing like the rest of us.? I was wrong.? It takes quite a bit of effort, and
is a lot of fun.? I, for one, kept my snowshoe tracks out of the X-C ski tracks.

I went to Yosemite, and there is so much snow there I literally could not find
the trailhead!? So I?took an alternate route.?


After plodding for probably two hours, I set up.? I was as not well-prepared as
I had hoped.? My original desitination had a place to sit down, but I had to
just stop beside the trail on a slope.? Nothing to sit on, not even the ensolite
pad I left in my garage.? I just plopped my butt into the snow.?


I didn't have long to operate, what with my butt freezing and my snowshoeing
partner getting rapidly impatient.? But I did hear a number of stations who were
unfortunately engaged in a CW contest.? No?one answered my calls or eventual CQs
on 20 and 30 meters.? Sometimes you just get skunked.

My antenna was a simple wire thrown in a tree, hooked up to my KX1 and station
power was a Buddipole 4S1P A123 battery.? Key was my favorite for portable work,
a PortaPaddle.? I'm attaching a picture of my station.

73,

Eric WD6DBM
Re: New member, Ned, AC6YY

 

I've worked Ned a number of times on 40 cw when there was no one else on--we live about a mile apart! ?I've also been lucky enough to hear Ned's compelling and moving personal story that involves ham radio. He's a great addition to this group! ?Welcome, Ned.?

73

Eric WD6DBM

Sent from my &$@!? iPhone

On Mar 28, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Hiroki Kato <hiroki@...> wrote:

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QRPopsters,

I am glad Ned joined the group. I have met him a few times in person and on the air. Hearty welcome. We will have fun together.

I arrived in NYC yesterday after driving some 3500 miles over 8 days including 2 days of R & R in Chicago.

As soon as we have settled down I will operate QRP from the rooftop garden of the apartment building. My temporary QTH is inTribeca, southeastern part of Manhattan. When WX gets better I might even try to get on air from the ?Central Park. That will prbBly freak out the New Yorkers. Any suggestion re what I should tell those who might ask what I am doing?
73,
Hiroki AH6CY
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Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Nick Garner <nwgarner@...> wrote:

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Ned was one of the first hams I met when I moved to the bay area back in 2007. He's an active member of SCCARA.? It's amazing how much he able to accomplish with QRP from his apartment in Santa Clara.? There's over near his home where he goes on some weekends and sets up a 40' tall mast with a big loop.? He's got some great stories of using ham radio (he's somewhere around 30-40 wpm) to contact his family when he was separated from them for about two years due to eastern European turmoil.

Nick

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, w6dlf <daveflack@...> wrote:
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I just finished a qso with Ned, AC6YY, working qrp from Santa Clara on
15 meters, PSK31. Turns out he works qrp portable, likes working near
the Bay, experiments with wire antennas, uses Jackite poles, SSB, cw,
digital, etc. etc. So I invited him to join our merry band and join us
on our outings.

72,
Southern Dave
W6DLF
Re: New member, Ned, AC6YY

 

QRPopsters,

I am glad Ned joined the group. I have met him a few times in person and on the air. Hearty welcome. We will have fun together.

I arrived in NYC yesterday after driving some 3500 miles over 8 days including 2 days of R & R in Chicago.

As soon as we have settled down I will operate QRP from the rooftop garden of the apartment building. My temporary QTH is inTribeca, southeastern part of Manhattan. When WX gets better I might even try to get on air from the ?Central Park. That will prbBly freak out the New Yorkers. Any suggestion re what I should tell those who might ask what I am doing?
73,
Hiroki AH6CY
?

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Nick Garner <nwgarner@...> wrote:

?

Ned was one of the first hams I met when I moved to the bay area back in 2007. He's an active member of SCCARA.? It's amazing how much he able to accomplish with QRP from his apartment in Santa Clara.? There's over near his home where he goes on some weekends and sets up a 40' tall mast with a big loop.? He's got some great stories of using ham radio (he's somewhere around 30-40 wpm) to contact his family when he was separated from them for about two years due to eastern European turmoil.

Nick

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, w6dlf <daveflack@...> wrote:
?

I just finished a qso with Ned, AC6YY, working qrp from Santa Clara on
15 meters, PSK31. Turns out he works qrp portable, likes working near
the Bay, experiments with wire antennas, uses Jackite poles, SSB, cw,
digital, etc. etc. So I invited him to join our merry band and join us
on our outings.

72,
Southern Dave
W6DLF
Re: New member, Ned, AC6YY

 

Ned was one of the first hams I met when I moved to the bay area back in 2007. He's an active member of SCCARA.? It's amazing how much he able to accomplish with QRP from his apartment in Santa Clara.? There's over near his home where he goes on some weekends and sets up a 40' tall mast with a big loop.? He's got some great stories of using ham radio (he's somewhere around 30-40 wpm) to contact his family when he was separated from them for about two years due to eastern European turmoil.

Nick


On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:46 PM, w6dlf <daveflack@...> wrote:
?

I just finished a qso with Ned, AC6YY, working qrp from Santa Clara on
15 meters, PSK31. Turns out he works qrp portable, likes working near
the Bay, experiments with wire antennas, uses Jackite poles, SSB, cw,
digital, etc. etc. So I invited him to join our merry band and join us
on our outings.

72,
Southern Dave
W6DLF
New member, Ned, AC6YY

w6dlf
 

I just finished a qso with Ned, AC6YY, working qrp from Santa Clara on
15 meters, PSK31. Turns out he works qrp portable, likes working near
the Bay, experiments with wire antennas, uses Jackite poles, SSB, cw,
digital, etc. etc. So I invited him to join our merry band and join us
on our outings.

72,
Southern Dave
W6DLF
Re: Portable Magnetic Loop Presentation

 

Yes please! ?Maybe u cud talk abt vacuum variables and your experiences?

Eric

Sent from my &$@!? iPhone

On Mar 25, 2011, at 8:37 AM, "Dave Flack" <daveflack@...> wrote:

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Nicely done!?
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I?can bring my Mark V? (V for vacuum capacitor) to display if it's ok?
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Dave
W6DLF

From: QRPops@... [mailto:QRPops@...] On Behalf Of eric norris
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:02 PM
To: qrpops@...
Subject: [QRPops] Portable Magnetic Loop Presentation

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Dear Opsters:

Tomorrow night at the FARS I am doing a talk on magnetic loops.? I'm also
scheduled to do the same talk at Pacificon this October (as well as "Moonbounce
for the Masses").? I know several of you are fans of the loop, so I'm attaching
my draft presentation for your amusement and comments.

72...73

Eric WD6DBM?

Re: Portable Magnetic Loop Presentation

Dave Flack
 

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Nicely done!?
?
I?can bring my Mark V? (V for vacuum capacitor) to display if it's ok?
?
Dave
W6DLF

From: QRPops@... [mailto:QRPops@...] On Behalf Of eric norris
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:02 PM
To: qrpops@...
Subject: [QRPops] Portable Magnetic Loop Presentation

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Dear Opsters:

Tomorrow night at the FARS I am doing a talk on magnetic loops.? I'm also
scheduled to do the same talk at Pacificon this October (as well as "Moonbounce
for the Masses").? I know several of you are fans of the loop, so I'm attaching
my draft presentation for your amusement and comments.

72...73

Eric WD6DBM?

Portable Magnetic Loop Presentation

 

Dear Opsters:

Tomorrow night at the FARS I am doing a talk on magnetic loops.? I'm also
scheduled to do the same talk at Pacificon this October (as well as "Moonbounce
for the Masses").? I know several of you are fans of the loop, so I'm attaching
my draft presentation for your amusement and comments.

72...73

Eric WD6DBM
QSY to NYC

 

Guys,

I am driving to the east coast starting on Saturday, 3/19 and will be arriving in NYC on 3/28. I will be based in NYC for a few months, though I will be back briefly from time to time.

I am taking my backpack QRP rig with 30 wattsHFPacker amp and modified MP-1 vertical. Once settled in NYC I plan to be on air from the top of my apartment building. There is a roof garden. So let me know in advance when you plan to be on air. There is a slight chance that I may get on air from Chicago on the way to NYC.

I will be in touch with the group.

73,

Hiroki AH6CY
Re: Fw: [FARS-Announce] Am - Tech Day, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Dave Flack
 

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Would like to hear this presentation but am tied up in meetings that day.
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Southern Dave, W6DLF

From: QRPops@... [mailto:QRPops@...] On Behalf Of David W Crocker
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:13 PM
To: QRPops
Subject: [QRPops] Fw: [FARS-Announce] Am - Tech Day, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Anybody interested in meeting at Amtech for this presentation?

72, Northern Dave? W6VYC


--- On Tue, 2/15/11, unhurt1@... wrote:

From: unhurt1@...
Subject: [FARS-Announce] Am - Tech Day, Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
To: fars-announce@..., fars-announce-request@...
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 11:11 PM

Amateur Radio - Technology Day (Am-Tech Day) #74??? Saturday, February 19th, 2011
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park,?California
Directions & more information are found at?

FEATURE PRESENTATION
Panofski Auditorium???????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ? ?? ??? 1:30 PM -2:30 PM ?????????? 1 Hour
PSK-31 on an iPad: A Personal Journey

By KRISTIN MCINTYRE, K6WX ??????????
Technical Coordinator, East Bay Section, Pacific Division, ARRL

"Sometimes frustration, not necessity, is the mother of invention. ?In this case, it motivated me to create a PSK-31 implementation for the Apple iPad. ?In many ways, iPad is an ideal platform for digital modes. ?While the code is still incomplete, it was a fascinating journey through the PSK-31 specification and protocol, signal processing theory,?other people's code, and sleepless, coding-impassioned airplane flights through Asia. ?This culminated in the first six QSOs that we know of using iPad being done in late January 2011 at Amateur Radio Technology Day. ?Join me as I take a look back at why I did this, some of the inner workings of PSK and other signal processing pieces, and where it might lead in the future."

Some additional features during? this Am - Tech Day
  • Starting at 8:00 AM and continuing through 6:00 PM, a full day (Ten Hours) of Amateur Radio fun and excitement for all of those who attend.
  • Celebrating the start of our SEVENTH Year at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory!
  • Special Event Station N6T will be in operation instead of our usual HF "GOTA" Station.
  • Come and enjoy some tasty celebratory cake and join in the festivities and fun.
  • An activity enjoyed for years; it's our 74th month since we started,? the fourth month of our 7th Year - tell your friends!
  • Donation-financed morning snacks (coffee, donuts, bagels, etc.) are provided along with the LUNCH of hot dogs, hamburgers, "veggie burgers", chips, potato salad, soft drinks & all the tasty usual items plus some delightful cake, too!
  • Setup your Amateur Radio and/or computer equipment with the available a.c. power in our prepared areas; right outside is our excellent antenna field for your antenna experimentation & operation.? Our HF Station will be used for Special Event Station N6T from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
  • Directions & more information are found at?
Volunteers!? Assistance to setup and recover the activity equipment is always appreciated and really needed; meet at the site at 7:15 AM (Cafeteria side access road parking area) and/or at 6:00 PM (at the sign-in table area) for assistance.
We move materials from a storage location (in bldg. 3) into vehicles, transport about 800 meters to the activity site (bldg. 42), unload and setup the site. The evening activity is the same, in reverse.
Volunteers can send me (Dave, K6WA) an e-mail (k6wa@...) or contact me via the N6NFI Repeater, 145.230 MHz, PL 100 Hz with your volunteer pledge to help and the Volunteer Team that you will assist: Team 74 (Morning) 7:15 AM start and/or Team 74 (Evening) 6:00 PM start.?? Ahead of time, we need to have the names of volunteers to preclude activity cancellation.

NEW Information for your calendar; 2 changed & approved Am - Tech Day DATES this year: April 2, 2011 & December 3, 2011.

Dave, K6WA

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