I'm loving the Elecraft K3 !!!

I just finished building the Elecraft K3 and it really is a great rig. The audio sounds smooth like a tube rig but with all the advantages of DSP.

CQWW comes and goes....

So did anyone try their hand at CQWW?

What kind of experience did you have?

Local Ham to be part of TO5DX - Saint Barthelemy

From QRZ DX Newsletter

TO5DX - ST BARTHELEMY
Joe, W8GEX announces a crew of six operators are ready for
their 10 day operation from St. Barthelemy for the CQWW SSB
Contest as a M/S entry.. They are: Joe, AA4NN; Dave, K4SV;
Joe, W8GEX; Phil, W9IXX; Jim, KØRH and Janet, W8CAA.
Before the contest they plan to be on CW/SSB/SSTV/PSK/RTTY
starting October 17th.

You'll notice KØRH is among the operators. The group plans to be very active and work the CQWW SSB contest. But will be active up to the contest as well. They were scheduled to be QRV Oct. 17th but now it looks more like the 18th. For more info go to
Good Luck Jim !!
73,

Willis Island - Coral Sea is Active !!!

Better check it out it's number 12 on the 2007 100 Most Needed Countries List.
They are going to be active until around 10-27-08.

TX5C Clipperton DXpedition has ended...

But there is more to the story than meets the eye.
There was more complaining and down right hostility on their website than I have ever seen. A lot of it seemed to center around the way they worked the US verses Europe and I'll have to admit it did get a little annoying.
Right in the middle of a run they would stop working the US and call for only "non US stations". Well this did seem to rub a lot of people the wrong way.

I followed this expedition pretty closely because I have an interest in the history of Clipperton. There has been a lot happen on this very small chunk of land. Everything from murder and madness to cannibalism. Several countries have laid claim to it over the years and now it seems the controversy continues.
One of the main problems I believe was the lack of communication on their website. The updates were few and far between and pretty vague. The ones that were done seemed to mostly talk about what a rough time they were having with the weather and the sun and heat. Had they not read what others who have been there have said about the place.
It's a very harsh environment.
Since returning the website has been updated quite a bit. A lot of pictures have been added and it's a pretty interesting site.

People are getting to where they expect to see pictures or video almost in realtime. Sat phones are available and the service is being donated by the companies most of the time (I think) so why not use it. I know they are not there to entertain us with multimedia presentations but a little would go a long way to keeping people informed and yes entertained.

There were some great operators there! They worked the pileups very well and most of the time came back with the whole call and had it right! They did a great job in much less than ideal conditions. This in no way is a slam to them they did a very very good job.
I do think the website could have been handled a little better.

TX5C - Thanks for putting another far off place in my log!

73, Jeff

OK I heard .82

But it's still pretty weak!

3Y0E on the air for a few more days...

Well have you worked him yet? No?
Don't feel bad Petrus, ZS6GCM is the medical officer of the team and newly licensed ham.
He's been using an Icom IC-735 and an Hustler 4-BTV vertical antenna which was made available to him just before the trip by the NCDFX, OKDXA and Bernie ZS4TX.
A pretty slim station and not much experience he seems to be doing very well.

For all the info check out the 3Y0E website/blog.

New Year post

Well it seems I can only post here once or twice a year so I guess this is it.

Why is that I still have a hard time hearing .82??

I know it's not me because I hear everything else I want to, this seems have been going on for a few years now...

O' well there's a bunch of other repeaters around.

Well I'll stop now before I really piss someone off...see ya.