06Sep
AUSTRALIAN HAM RADIO STORE
06Sep
The living legend
This morning, my CQ was answered by N7RO. Dick is a legend. He started offering a QSL service to dx stations in 1957 and to this day, he still serves the ham community with the same gusto. Last year he mailed out his one millionth...
06Sep
Promoting relentlessly
Early morning starts with a visit to 10m band, FT8. Putting out a CQ call, with antenna pointing to north America results in a steady wave of callers. Seeing a sea of callers flooding the decoding window is mesmerising. Yet what really impressed me is...
05Sep
Imagine
"Dear John,It's been a while... I know you are busy so I will keep it short. For a while I have been receiving daily emails from a guy who sells radios. A migrant of some kind, definitely not the sharpest tool in shed, and definitely...
05Sep
Is two Watts enough?
This is just funny. Rarotonga is around 3500km from Norfolk, with the path entirely over salt water.I bumped into E51WLG on 28 MHz - Thomas, N2WLG holidaying on South Cook Island, running an IC-7300 into a beach vertical.Loud like a bell. A couple of clicks...
04Sep
You’ve gotta love 6m band!
Literally, as I type this, I am enjoying numerous decodes of XE2YWH from Mexico. He is the only signal on the band, calling CQ while beaming in our direction.What we call a pipeline opening. Jose is a 6m fanatic, also active on GreenCube satellite. I...
02Sep
Your footsteps are everywhere!
Humans cheat. Research tells us that on average, around 20% of men are unfaithful to their spouse, as compared to 13% of women. And if we can justify cheating and lying to those who are closest to us, there is really no moral or social...
30Aug
SuperFox is not a magic bullet
On day one of Jarvis island activation, observing the rate and operating technique, it has become apparent that SuperFox mode is not in any way superior to Fox/Hound or the MSHV version of FT8.The logging rate was rather average, and with decoding, there was no...
28Aug
VK0DS
Yesterday I reached out to Dave, VK0DS on Antarctica. Dave is super active making thousands of chasers happy. Regardless of band and mode, VK0 is a great catch. Would it be possible to snatch him on 6m? Here is his reply:"Hi Nick, no luck on...
28Aug