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QRPops,
You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.?It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ?unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ?All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.?
Well, good days are here again (well, almost).
73,
Hiroki ps Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to
globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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Hiroki,
I'm in contact with the developers at RemoteHams.com and am working on an iPhone app frontend for their service.? That will make it truly universal.? If you haven't seen that service, take a look , it's pretty neat and easy to set up.? However, the app will only be receive until we figure out our own VoIP backend from the phone to the computer.
Nick
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Hiroki Kato <hiroki@...> wrote:
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QRPops,
You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.?It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ?unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ?All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.?
Well, good days are here again (well, almost).
73,
Hiroki ps Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to
globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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Indeed - The recent solar activity is really helping a lot!
There's so many interesting dx to pick from daily basis.
From my daily commute (abt 40)
mobile/hamstick log includes:
T32MI - QRP 20
ZK3YA - QRP 40&20
ZK3OU - QRP 40&20
VP2MCC - QRP 20
OH8X - 20W 20
VQ9LA - 40W 20
S79GM on 50W 20
DT8A - not so much QRP - but still - 60W / 30m
Hope you guys are also having fun with the nice propagation.
73 - deon
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--- In QRPops@..., Hiroki Kato <hiroki@...> wrote:
QRPops,
You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.?It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ?unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ?All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.?
Well, good days are here again (well, almost).
73,
Hirokips Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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Deon,
That's a pretty impressive list. Maybe I am going to have to rethink mobile operation. I managed to talk to a couple of Russians a few weeks ago on 15M. This was 10 watts operating by the bay here in Brisbane. You are right band conditions are improving.
Dave,? W6VYC
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--- On Thu, 3/25/10, capesafari wrote:
From: capesafari
Subject: [QRPops] Re: QRP Rocks!
To: QRPops@...
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:35 PM
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Indeed - The recent solar activity is really helping a lot!
There's so many interesting dx to pick from daily basis.
From my daily commute (abt 40)
mobile/hamstick log includes:
T32MI - QRP 20
ZK3YA - QRP 40&20
ZK3OU - QRP 40&20
VP2MCC - QRP 20
OH8X - 20W 20
VQ9LA - 40W 20
S79GM on 50W 20
DT8A - not so much QRP - but still - 60W / 30m
Hope you guys are also having fun with the nice propagation.
73 - deon
--- In QRPops@yahoogroups. com, Hiroki Kato wrote:
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> QRPops,
> You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.? It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ?unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ?All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.?
> Well, good days are here again (well, almost).
> 73,
> Hirokips Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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Nice to hear from you Dave - You in VK?
Interestingly, I have relatively high EMI @ home, but not a high noise though:)
When time is limited during the week - I just operate mobile/p ...cuts down on the antenna setup time - that way I can catch the dx, before they qsy.
WPX - Nice weekend to be testing field antenna setup...
Hope you guys enjoy the activity
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--- In QRPops@..., David W Crocker <dwcae@...> wrote:
Deon,
That's a pretty impressive list. Maybe I am going to have to rethink mobile operation. I managed to talk to a couple of Russians a few weeks ago on 15M. This was 10 watts operating by the bay here in Brisbane. You are right band conditions are improving.
Dave,?? W6VYC
--- On Thu, 3/25/10, capesafari <ft7800@...> wrote:
From: capesafari <ft7800@...>
Subject: [QRPops] Re: QRP Rocks!
To: QRPops@...
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:35 PM
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Indeed - The recent solar activity is really helping a lot!
There's so many interesting dx to pick from daily basis.
From my daily commute (abt 40)
mobile/hamstick log includes:
T32MI - QRP 20
ZK3YA - QRP 40&20
ZK3OU - QRP 40&20
VP2MCC - QRP 20
OH8X - 20W 20
VQ9LA - 40W 20
S79GM on 50W 20
DT8A - not so much QRP - but still - 60W / 30m
Hope you guys are also having fun with the nice propagation.
73 - deon
--- In QRPops@yahoogroups. com, Hiroki Kato <hiroki@> wrote:
QRPops, You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.?? It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ??unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ??All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.?? Well, good days are here again (well, almost). 73, Hirokips Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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Deon,
Not Brisbane Australia, Brisbane CA...
Maybe we can make a contact on Sunday afternoon if you are on the air. Give us a call on the my cell.? 415 308-3461 ? Big SSB contest this weekend so we will probably have to try on 17M.
Dave
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--- On Fri, 3/26/10, capesafari wrote:
From: capesafari
Subject: [QRPops] Re: QRP Rocks!
To: QRPops@...
Date: Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:28 PM
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Nice to hear from you Dave - You in VK?
Interestingly, I have relatively high EMI @ home, but not a high noise though:)
When time is limited during the week - I just operate mobile/p ...cuts down on the antenna setup time - that way I can catch the dx, before they qsy.
WPX - Nice weekend to be testing field antenna setup...
Hope you guys enjoy the activity
--- In QRPops@yahoogroups. com, David W Crocker wrote:
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> Deon,
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> That's a pretty impressive list. Maybe I am going to have to rethink mobile operation. I managed to talk to a couple of Russians a few weeks ago on 15M. This was 10 watts operating by the bay here in Brisbane. You are right band conditions are improving.
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> Dave,?? W6VYC
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> --- On Thu, 3/25/10, capesafari
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> From: capesafari
> Subject: [QRPops] Re: QRP Rocks!
> To: QRPops@yahoogroups. com
> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:35 PM
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> Indeed - The recent solar activity is really helping a lot!
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> There's so many interesting dx to pick from daily basis.
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> From my daily commute (abt 40)
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> mobile/hamstick log includes:
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> T32MI - QRP 20
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> ZK3YA - QRP 40&20
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> ZK3OU - QRP 40&20
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> VP2MCC - QRP 20
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> OH8X - 20W 20
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> VQ9LA - 40W 20
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> S79GM on 50W 20
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> DT8A - not so much QRP - but still - 60W / 30m
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> Hope you guys are also having fun with the nice propagation.
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> 73 - deon
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> --- In QRPops@yahoogroups. com, Hiroki Kato wrote:
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> > QRPops,
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> > You can't believe what's been happening here, totally beyond my wildest imagination.?? It's been three straight days of cold, miserable rainy WX in Cambridge, MA, winter returning with vengeance. I turned on the 817 at noon ED, ??unlikely thing for me to do at this hour except for the rain. ??All of 15, 17 and 20 were open and I bagged OG2A from Finland on 15 SSB and a bunch of stateside stations also on 15, including W5 from Texas who was running 5 watts CW into a dipole. The Finnish station didn't believe me when I told him I was running 2.5 watts from a short vertical.??
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> > Well, good days are here again (well, almost).
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> > 73,
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> > Hirokips Nick, I saw your awesome demo on YouTube of remote controlling the KX3 with iPhone. Are you going to globalize (i.e., useable on other X'vers) it?
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David W Crocker