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After fantastic worldwide conditions last fall for the CQ WW DX Contests, the sun has not been cooperating so far for contesters in 2012; that was true in the ARRL DX CW test, limiting the best six-band DX propagation to those stations in the Carribean and it might well mean the same kind of contest in the ARRL DX SSB.

divpGood afternoon from the shackadelic near the beach after an intense RadioSport weekend inside the cans. My post event chores are completed with the log uploaded at LoTW, eQSL, and ClubLog to include posting initial results at 3830 Score Rumors and, finally, emailing my log for adjudication. Lastly, the bonus after 26 hours in the chair, is DXLab award progress report after importing N1MM Contest Logger adif file and the results are shackadelic. /p pI arrived at SL's shack somewhat late on Friday night after a long day turning wrenches, tromping around in steel toe boots, and getting grease on the work clothes. I decided not to sacrifice anymore time that is a shower could wait because I was burning precious day light. The radio frequency sails were fully deployed and all the wireless gear was hot and#160; ready for RadioSport action when I arrived./p pThe ever sweet sound of Morse code greeted my already fatigued ears and from deep within I found the required reserves to push into the west coast night. I was not disappointed as signals launched from Europe filled the metal sails at SL's antenna farm on the hill. I enjoyed a stellar Friday night beneath the shack lights logging Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean into N1MM Contest Logger./p pI woke early Saturday morning and pointed the 3L 40m on Asia as coastal fog silenced the coyotes.br My cans erupted with signals from Japan, China, Asiatic Russia, and Taiwan. If triple digit 10 minute rates were not enough then Saturday morning melted the coax because Europe was loud on 15m and 20m for most of the day. However I missed the late Saturday night polar path on 20m because of fatigue, in other words, I went home to catch a few winks of sleep./p pMy rest was somewhat short lived because I woke up at midnight knowing signals from Asia were filling the sails to include a few hours of 80m logging yet to be accomplished. I was not disappointed because both bands were red hot especially 40 meters. I logged JA-stations at the 5 watt level including one at 1 watt on 15 meters on Saturday afternoon./p pThere is more to follow from the shackadelic fun zone as the swarms went ballistic on Saturday, cut number conundroms, and learning how-to manage my time in the chair without turning into a zombie. /p pbStay thirsty for DX my friends./bbr /p /divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-7444739882791361112?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=xSz7TxYk1j0:qiF08m3IzWM:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/xSz7TxYk1j0" height="1" width="1"/

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Just as fast as sunspot numbers went up in the latter part of 2011, now they've gone down to lower levels in February, sparking questions about whether this solar cycle has peaked already. One thing is for sure - if the sun can perk back up, the ARRL DX CW Contest may bring a focus again on new records, as we saw last year.

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div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nISej10DIxg/TzaEqJIt6VI/AAAAAAAACeI/-R9_pA1AY_Y/s1600/2012_feb11_sfi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="117" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nISej10DIxg/TzaEqJIt6VI/AAAAAAAACeI/-R9_pA1AY_Y/s320/2012_feb11_sfi.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ey4nPdVovLk/TzaEuLOmAwI/AAAAAAAACeQ/OfCiAhDHEdI/s1600/2012_11feb_10m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="258" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ey4nPdVovLk/TzaEuLOmAwI/AAAAAAAACeQ/OfCiAhDHEdI/s320/2012_11feb_10m.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VaIe06Fqwn4/TzaEyOGaTwI/AAAAAAAACeY/L_0w4lpDGcM/s1600/2012_11feb_15m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VaIe06Fqwn4/TzaEyOGaTwI/AAAAAAAACeY/L_0w4lpDGcM/s320/2012_11feb_15m.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-abFfIrG1DV0/TzaE4-Fa4bI/AAAAAAAACeg/hSFay23RB2g/s1600/2012_11feb_20m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-abFfIrG1DV0/TzaE4-Fa4bI/AAAAAAAACeg/hSFay23RB2g/s320/2012_11feb_20m.JPG" width="320" //a/div Good morning from the shackadelic fun zone as Cycle 24 took a significant down turn depressing world wide high frequency communication at least for now. I'm curious if such a dramatic descent is a natural occurrence during a cycle? Have other cycles demonstrated the same phenomena, and, if so will sunspots return in greater numbers?br / br / The Five Cities buzz has all of us fretting as the count dipped into the thirties however it is once again beginning to climb. A few local operators are heavily invested in CQ WPX RTTY this weekend and taking advantage of 10m superior performance for low power-to-vapor power stations appears marginal at best.br / br / The looming question, one that is pertinent to Five Cities RadioSport as well, is there enough time between today and next weekend for a dramatic spike prior to the a href="http://www.wrtc2014.org/competitors/team-selection/qualifying-event-calendar/"bWRTC2014 qualifying ARRL International DX CW event/b/a?nbsp; br / br / In the meantime, the numbers may push 15m performance into the range of moderate given 10m is more than likely to perform at a lack luster threshold. Twenty meters is shaping up as the go-to band with the potential for grid locking on limited spectrum space. It maybe all about receiver performance this weekend.br / br / bSFI: 111 A-index: 4 K-index: 0/b as recorded from ba href="http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/"WM7D/a/b.br / br / bSunspot count: 51/bbr / br / bContest on!/b/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-7802301798332803045?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=pxv2-l5QTec:9h8w5tWFvQc:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/pxv2-l5QTec" height="1" width="1"/

div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div Where is the time? I share in a href="http://ve3wdm.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-it-just-me.html"bVE3WDM's latest posting/b/a where he speaks to working full time and maintaining a household during the week. Essentially, weekends are for ham radio and all the fun that follows, our hobby is relaxing only when Murphy doesn't involve himself in a project.nbsp; br / br / Also, I listen a lot during the weekend, logging stations needed for one award or another. It's my operating style while plowing most of my free time budget into RadioSport.br / br / Please note the following RadioSport events were subtracted from my long term 10,000 hour goal--br / ul style="text-align: left;" li 2011 Sweepstakes CW Multi-Single 9th Place Finish @W6TK's = 6 Hours/li li2011 CQ WW CW @W6SL Single Operator, Single Band (10m) = 18 Hours/li li2012 North American QSO Party @W6SL = 10 Hours/li li2012 North American Sprint CW @W6SL = 3 Hours/li /ul /div There are as many niches in our hobby as there are modes of operation. Certainly, time is of the essence, and for some like VE3WDM and myself, ham radio is a weekend activity away from the bustle of the work week.br / br / a href="http://73s.com/"b73s/b/a bfrom the shackadelic on the beach./bbr / br / P.S. Pulling for the New York Giants this afternoon./divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-7917063131739056252?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=UbUp1-neyDk:SEnzNtDF184:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/UbUp1-neyDk" height="1" width="1"/

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div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XiFi7t208bo/TyVaFY3cqZI/AAAAAAAACc4/HVgBreQjAVk/s1600/2012_VP6T_dxpedition.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="45" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XiFi7t208bo/TyVaFY3cqZI/AAAAAAAACc4/HVgBreQjAVk/s320/2012_VP6T_dxpedition.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hr6YDRp8F54/TyVaLrrSExI/AAAAAAAACdA/E_qN6p3YZ2A/s1600/2012_vp6t_10m_confirm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hr6YDRp8F54/TyVaLrrSExI/AAAAAAAACdA/E_qN6p3YZ2A/s320/2012_vp6t_10m_confirm.JPG" width="320" //a/div I woke up well before sunrise and fired up a href="http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/"bDxCoffee/b/a then caught up on a href="http://dx-world.net/"bDX World/b/a news report before downloading LoTW credits into DXLab Suite for processing.br / br / Our ham radio blogosphere captured exciting news coming out of Hicksville this week to include a phone call from a Beach Boys Amateur Radio Club participant. The collaboration between the ARRL and a href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/index.html"bCQ Magazine/b/a is a positive step forward for CQ's award program.br / br / I've read postings that many operators have accumulated far too many traditional QSL cards, and, in effect, these cards are ending up in the recycle bin. I'd like to challenge our community to begin using upload facilities to archive our visual history as seen on traditional cards. Additionally, the data on the reverse side is potentially valuable for those doing research on propagation, especially, given Cycle 24's anomalous behavior.br / br / Furthermore, what is everyone talking about lately, the weather because our pattern is certainly skewed from the normal with little rain or when it rains I'm reminded of the monsoons I experienced in the Philippines. Our coastal temperatures are running above the norm as well with the mercury striking into the low 70s in the afternoon.br / br / Certainly, I understand the time expenditure necessary to scan entire traditional QSL card collections then upload to one or another facility. However, our community may be eliminating critical scientific data for future generations who may want to study the effects of solar cycles, propagation, and weather.br / br / a href="http://73s.com/"b73s/b/a bfrom the shackadelic on the beach/b.nbsp; /divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-1894540407423405114?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=69sk2T7Ysj0:INVckfBqXoA:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/69sk2T7Ysj0" height="1" width="1"/

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divpGood afternoon from the comfort of my chair with Radio Dawg nestled at my side. She is about ready to take a nap while we watch the playoff games this afternoon. I'd like to see a New England and San Francisco match in the Super Bowl this year. The Steelers are healing after a good run and l'm all for a West coast team winning the championship especially the Niners after their long draught. /p pI'm writing this post with my Acer Iconia Tab A100 and its seven inch screen sure makes a difference. The reviews are correct that the Tab's battery life is disappointing averaging about four hours. We ordered a few accessories before taking the slates into public spaces. I'd like a protective case for good measure./p pI understand why slates are adding up as computing game changers. Essentially, my desk top, personal computer is now resting in my left hand while typing this post.#160;#160;#160;#160;#160; /p pAlso, most if not all the applications I need are bundled on the Tab with its Android Honeycomb operating system and the seven inch screen is far superior to my Android mobile device./p pI'm not a software engineer however if the crew at N1MM Contest Logger could write an application to operate in an Android operating system such as Honeycomb then imagine WRTC2014 participants using slates instead of laptops or net books? I'm hedging slates are going to be ubiquitous in two more years./p pWell, Radio Dawg is snoozing on her little cushion positioned toward Pitcairn Island and I'm ready for a little snack. Thanks for a great ham radio weekend./p pbTurn on, tune up, and operate./b/p /divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-9217057430131512596?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=Xy02fqYTO0U:DkNmhsZOrdM:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/Xy02fqYTO0U" height="1" width="1"/

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div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mow6EHBB11w/TxrI6m-tpsI/AAAAAAAACbA/05h-j0IvfU0/s1600/2012_jan_21_10m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="271" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mow6EHBB11w/TxrI6m-tpsI/AAAAAAAACbA/05h-j0IvfU0/s320/2012_jan_21_10m.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0K2bcCzfs4/TxrI-FpVOdI/AAAAAAAACbI/f9xeOhkPgmU/s1600/2012_jan_21_15m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0K2bcCzfs4/TxrI-FpVOdI/AAAAAAAACbI/f9xeOhkPgmU/s320/2012_jan_21_15m.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-riZdsUQjpJk/TxrJCriT5KI/AAAAAAAACbQ/tAgbH3e5ehM/s1600/2012_jan_21_20m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="199" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-riZdsUQjpJk/TxrJCriT5KI/AAAAAAAACbQ/tAgbH3e5ehM/s320/2012_jan_21_20m.JPG" width="320" //a/div Good morning from inside the shackadelic where imagination meets ham radio. My geek cave is a fire with three monitors illuminating the shack while I sip ba href="http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/"DxCoffee/a /bfrom the a href="http://www.dashtoons.com/"bDashtoon/b/a mug while catching up on a href="http://dx-world.net/"bDX World/b/a news. I'm currently monitoring two clusters in addition to typing away on the blog. One might think of work week worth of mouse production was enough however there's nothing like my personalized geek cave.br / br / bCycle 24 Screenshot Project /bbr / I want to introduce my Cycle 24 screenshot project. My motivation is to capture the ascent and inevitable decline of our current solar cycle. The best channel to present this project is visual. The goal is to catalog and archive our activity then present the project's completion as a video. I'll begin asking questions of the data and types of variables influencing our activity as the project gains momentum. Lastly, my screenshots will be taken on Saturday and Sunday.br / br / bHam Radio Weekend /bbr / The wireless is silent because I'm waiting on the sun to crest the eastern ridge line before connecting its coaxial umbilical to the ionosphere. Solar numbers are satisfactory nowhere near epic or classic however I can hunt entities through the weekend in pursuit of my Diamond DXCC challenge.br / br / a href="http://73s.com/"b73s/b/a bfrom the shackadelic on the beach./b/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-3920917897242863514?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=Pf4mzR7HoHA:WhcPMsYFnbM:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/Pf4mzR7HoHA" height="1" width="1"/

div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08LReFOQ6dg/TxRV2wCwHFI/AAAAAAAACas/sEdMSvUrNU8/s1600/2012_northerncaliforniadxfoundation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="43" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08LReFOQ6dg/TxRV2wCwHFI/AAAAAAAACas/sEdMSvUrNU8/s320/2012_northerncaliforniadxfoundation.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wS9qCTiM5EI/TxRWASAbMSI/AAAAAAAACa0/n3sFBnpe2no/s1600/2012_HK0NA_dxpedition.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="69" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wS9qCTiM5EI/TxRWASAbMSI/AAAAAAAACa0/n3sFBnpe2no/s320/2012_HK0NA_dxpedition.JPG" width="320" //a/div I want to send my thank you to the a href="http://www.ncdxf.org/beacons.html"bNorthern California DX Foundation/b/a (NCDXF) for their generous $15,000 contribution to a href="http://dxarc.org/how_you_can_help.htm"bDXpedition HK0NA/b/a as mentioned in the Ohio/Penn Special DX bulletin No. 1043.1.br / br / This DXpedition is a monumental effort for the benefit of all ham radio operators from heavy metal in the sky juiced by kilowatt amplifiers, to low power into verticals sandwiched between condominiums, to vapor power juicing attic dipoles. I'm keeping in mind that my operating technique has a two fold benefit.br / br / First, it minimizes stress inside the cans for operators at the other end of the coax therefore improving operator efficiency at the receive end. Stress diminishes productivity. Secondly, my technique ensures the next operator can log the signal launched from Malpelo Island as a gesture of goodwill ensuring ham radio remains enjoyable for all who endeavor.br / br / Thanks again NCDXF for helping HK0NA execute their mission.br / br / a href="http://dx-code.org/"bFollow the code/b/a!/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-1258927116379088963?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=EV_MkkClZMg:6iRk461RrzE:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/EV_MkkClZMg" height="1" width="1"/

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div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on" div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I5tsftX7w00/TxGNz-WDuMI/AAAAAAAACZ8/Fc1CIfvveAs/s1600/2012_wrtc_qualifier.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="68" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I5tsftX7w00/TxGNz-WDuMI/AAAAAAAACZ8/Fc1CIfvveAs/s320/2012_wrtc_qualifier.JPG" width="320" //a/div div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DSsZGXvBRIM/TxGN30gzfLI/AAAAAAAACaE/tPmu4ZMwGTo/s1600/2012_wrtc_naqp_ncj.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="104" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DSsZGXvBRIM/TxGN30gzfLI/AAAAAAAACaE/tPmu4ZMwGTo/s320/2012_wrtc_naqp_ncj.JPG" width="320" //a/div Good morning from inside the shackadelic zone with a cup of a href="http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/"bDxCoffee/b/a inside an authentic a href="http://www.dashtoons.com/"bDashtoons/b/a mug while a href="http://www.dashtoons.com/"bDX World/b/a supplies vital signal launching information for my a href="http://www.arrl.org/diamond-dxcc"bDiamond DXCC/b/a award pursuit.br / br / The North American QSO Party (NAQP) CW event will launch radio frequency signals into the ionosphere later this morning. It is a World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) qualifying event for those interested in improving their standings. Additionally, one can download a regional Excel formatted spreadsheet in order to determine where one stands in the current qualification matrix.br / br / I use OpenOffice and converted the .xls format to an .ods without any problem. The same can be said about the Diamond DXCC award tracking spreadsheet as well.nbsp; br / br / On the other hand, I'm looking forward to seeing if anyone changes leader board positions in 6-land after this evening. We repaired faulty wiring on the old tower at SL's QTH yesterday afternoon after the rotor failed during the ARRL 10m event. The 5L monobander froze in position beaming toward Asia.br / br / We were willing to operate NAQP CW with the East Coast off to the side of the 5L 10m and 3L 40m monobanders. I figured it would be in the spirit of RadioSport although our electrical fix made the difference.br / br / As a reminder, today's WRTC2014 qualifying event has a maximum power output of 100 watts and 10 out 12 hours of operating time allowed. It's a great opportunity for low and vapor power stations to have a lot of ham radio fun without sacrificing an entire weekend.br / br / ul style="text-align: left;" liba href="http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php"2012 NAQP CW Rules/a/b/li liba href="http://www.wrtc2014.org/competitors/team-selection/qualifying-event-calendar/"WRTC2014 Qualifying Events/a/b/li liba href="http://www.wrtc2014.org/sponsors/how-to-contribute/"WRTC2014 How To Contribute/a/b/li /ul /div bContest on!/bbr /div br //div /divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38853592-8971543982945643704?l=ka3drr.blogspot.com' alt='' //divdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?a=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:4cEx4HpKnUU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/Ofpl?i=iy5qRh6wfxs:hbCcGd8k_o0:4cEx4HpKnUU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/Ofpl/~4/iy5qRh6wfxs" height="1" width="1"/