Just crossed 55,000 logged at QRZ.com: Confirmed at QRZ.com is 71.6% A new country, if evenly spaced out, would be one out of every 256 QSOs (every 233 QSOs if the 21 unconfirmed DX Countries were confirmed at QRZ.com) Domestic QSOs account for 75.6% (so DX contacts average just under one-fourth) 73 Steve K9ZW

Just crossed 55,000 logged at QRZ.com: Confirmed at QRZ.com is 71.6% A new country, if evenly spaced out, would be one out of every 256 QSOs (every 233 QSOs if the 21 unconfirmed DX Countries were confirmed at QRZ.com) Domestic QSOs account for 75.6% (so DX contacts average just under one-fourth) 73 Steve K9ZW

As mentioned a number of drafts didn’t make it past my efforts to finalize. Instead I dumped them. Hence the rather sudden breakdown in what had been a steady flow of posts. Will recreate some of the ideas in fresh writings, but it takes time. Have a lot going on at the moment, which makes […]

As mentioned a number of drafts didn’t make it past my efforts to finalize. Instead I dumped them. Hence the rather sudden breakdown in what had been a steady flow of posts. Will recreate some of the ideas in fresh writings, but it takes time. Have a lot going on at the moment, which makes… Continue reading Quietly Logging QSOs – Discarded Drafts and Lots going on

Being able to complete that last QSO with GB13COL, 20m FT4,  it is a Full Sweep for me as well! Link:  http://13colonies.us/ Just used their log tool to create a print ready log for submission. I’m not much of a certificate person, as most end up in a desk drawer. In this case it becomes the […]

Being able to complete that last QSO with GB13COL, 20m FT4,  it is a Full Sweep for me as well! Link:  http://13colonies.us/ Just used their log tool to create a print ready log for submission. I’m not much of a certificate person, as most end up in a desk drawer. In this case it becomes the… Continue reading Thirteen Colonies Week Outcome 2024 – Log Tool

Dale N6JSX reports he has a Full Sweep for 2024 (all thirteen colonies plus all three bonus stations) where as I started to write it looks like my natural Clean Sweep (all thirteen colonies) plus two of the three multipliers is my 2024 outcome. As I am writing I’ve been able to complete that last […]

Dale N6JSX reports he has a Full Sweep for 2024 (all thirteen colonies plus all three bonus stations) where as I started to write it looks like my natural Clean Sweep (all thirteen colonies) plus two of the three multipliers is my 2024 outcome. As I am writing I’ve been able to complete that last… Continue reading Thirteen Colonies Week Outcome 2024

The annual event is so well explained at their website that I will just send you there: http://13colonies.us/ Always a fun and festive event. I logged six of the colonies as I was preparing this post!  (Well one was WM3PEN which is a bonus contact.) Hoping I can do a full natural clean-sweep this year. […]

My dual rack-mount Astron power supply has been causing issues. I’d moved things over from the left-hand unit to the right-hand unit a year ago, after a series of unexplained “brown outs” that I never really was confident I had gotten to the bottom of. https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/diagnosing-reduced-power-flex-6700/ https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/diagnosing-reduced-power-flex-6700-part-ii/ Basically when things worked well enough again, I […]