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ARRL CW DX Contest
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I operated the CW DX Contest again this year.? I wanted to beat my 175 contacts last year, and just barely did, with 178 and 103 multipliers.? Fortunately, the Daytona 500 was rain-delayed, or I wouldn't have been able to have enough time.
If I compared my logs from last year to this year, I'd guess most of my contacts?were with the same stations I worked last year.
Contesting in these big ones is a little weird, with many stations being essentially professional contesters and automating most everything.? With N1MM you really don't have to touch your key or paddle.? One button or click sends your callsign, another one
sends your exchange.? ?But it is still kind of fun, but I will probably just occasionally dabble in contests.
And I heard a weak K2OID, from GA?? Were you running QRP?
-- Brian
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ARRL DX CW Contest
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The contest starts at 7PM.? I had 175 contacts last year, let's see if I can beat it.? Who else is operating this weekend?
Work DX only and exchange signal rpt and state.? DX stations send signal rpt and power.? 160 - 80 - 40 - 20 -15 -10 meters only.? Ends Sunday night at 7PM.
73,
Brian K2AS
-- Brian
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 13, 2025
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On Feb 13, 2025, at 7:57?AM, Dale Pensgen <dpensgen@...> wrote:
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 13, 2025
I will be there.? Joe On Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 9:07?PM W2NED <W2NED@...> wrote:
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 13, 2025
开云体育Greetings:This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Feb 13,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 6, 2025
开云体育I’ll be there.? Joe?? AG2Y ? From: W2NED <W2NED@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 3:50 PM To: [email protected]; jay golden <jgolden577@...>; Bill Hopkins <whopkin4@...>; Lynn Bisha <lynnbisha@...>; ars.w2ned@...; Joe Rowe <ag2y66@...>; dpensgen@...; Larry Lavery <llavery41@...> Subject: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 6, 2025 Importance: High ? Greetings: This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any last minutes updates. Date:Feb 6, 2025 Address: 825 Fairport Rd. East Rochester, NY 14445 |
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Feb 6, 2025
开云体育Greetings:This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Feb 6,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 30, 2025
I probably won't make it.? Service for my broken oven coming. If they should come early (very unlikely) I will be with you all for lunch and will bring an interesting story.? Joe On Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 9:38?AM W2NED <W2NED@...> wrote:
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 30, 2025
开云体育Greetings:This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Jan 30,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 23, 2025
开云体育Ned,
I'll be there, but I have a doctor's appointment at 2:00, so I'll have to leave about 1:45.
Bob
On 1/22/2025 6:47 PM, W2NED via groups.io wrote:
Greetings:
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 23, 2025
开云体育Greetings:This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Jan 23,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 16, 2025
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 16, 2025
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On Jan 15, 2025, at 3:36?PM, Joe Rowe <ag2y66@...> wrote:
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 16, 2025
Joe will be there. On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 2:30?PM Dale <dpensgen@...> wrote:
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 16, 2025
开云体育Greetings:This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Jan 169,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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Re: RFI Videos
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Vince,
Hopefully RG&E gets here that quick, but I doubt it.? Air Force probably gets a bit more attention than me.? I have narrowed it down to two poles.? #354 and #352, and I think both of them have a problem.? #354 is worse.? They are just west of Parson Acres.?
Drive by with your AM radio on an empty frequency.
I've read that bad lightning arrestors are usually the main culprit, with bad insulators another possible cause.? Rarely it might be arcing to some other metal such as bolts and staples.
RG&E no longer has any info on reporting these issues on their website.? Even when you call the number that says "Talk to a Representative", you get to listen to a series of menu prompts about gas emergencies, power outages and paying your bill.? When I finally
got to a person after the fourth menu, they told me I picked the wrong one.? It apparently is in the queue of some mystery department that has no phone?number.
-- Brian
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of vburolla via groups.io <vburolla@...>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2025 9:22 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [xarc] RFI Videos ?
My Story:
During the mid sixties while I was stationed at Lockport Air Force Station, we had some serious noise problems at our GATR (ground to air transmitter receiver) site—I believe we had 20 channels of UHF equipment remoted to Fort Custer AFS in Michigan.? I think it took us a week to sort everything out and got Niagara Mohawk to replace an arcing lightning arrester on one of the power poles to our site.? Of course, at the time everyone was blaming us for not properly maintaining our equipment… LOL Vince |
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Re: RFI Videos
My Story:
During the mid sixties while I was stationed at Lockport Air Force Station, we had some serious noise problems at our GATR (ground to air transmitter receiver) site—I believe we had 20 channels of UHF equipment remoted to Fort Custer AFS in Michigan. I think it took us a week to sort everything out and got Niagara Mohawk to replace an arcing lightning arrester on one of the power poles to our site. Of course, at the time everyone was blaming us for not properly maintaining our equipment… LOL Vince |
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Re: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 9, 2025
开云体育I plan to attend.? Joe AG2Y ? From: W2NED <W2NED@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 3:09 PM To: [email protected]; jay golden <jgolden577@...>; Bill Hopkins <whopkin4@...>; Lynn Bisha <lynnbisha@...>; ars.w2ned@...; Joe Rowe <ag2y66@...>; dpensgen@...; Larry Lavery <llavery41@...> Subject: Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 9, 2025 Importance: High ? Greetings: Happy New Year!!! This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any last minutes updates. Date:Jan 9, 2025 Address: 825 Fairport Rd. East Rochester, NY 14445 |
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Radio Lunch at 12:45 PM -- Landmark Restaurant -- Thursday, Jan 9, 2025
开云体育Greetings: Happy New Year!!! This week, we will continue to meet at the Landmark Family Restaurant (near Wegman's) in the Country Club Plaza (Across from the Hoselton Auto Mall.) To avoid the crowd we will meet at 12:45 PM.? If possible, let me know if you plan to attend so I can grab an
appropriately sized table. I will check my email before heading
over (12:30 pm). Also, I will be listening to 145.290 FM for any
last minutes updates. Date:Jan 9,
2025 Phone:? 585 348-9177 Please contact me if you have any questions... Ned, W2NED@... 585 734-1984 |
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RFI Mapper Image
开云体育This is a map generated by the RFI Mapper program by W4DD.? I used my Yaesu FT-857, a cheap GPS unit, and a CAT cable connected to a laptop as I drove around my neighborhood.? This was my first attempt.? The FT-857 only has 10dB increments over S-9, so anywhere there is a black marker, it is at least 10dB over S-9, but not 20dB. I measured on 10 meters, AM mode, Fast AGC, no noise reduction
switched on.? The color legend on the left corresponds to S meter
readings.? The blue marker near the center is my QTH.? The other
blue marker slightly to left is my initial suspect power pole. ?
There were a few dropouts while I was driving which may be
responsible for a couple of anomalies.? I still need to do some
more work pinpointing the source.? Many private roads and
driveways in this area that I haven't looked at yet.? Most have
power poles. |