At our last club meeting, Hal, W8HT, presented an excellent program about the NCDXF-funded Radio In A Box (RIB) initiative. As Hal explained, RIB embodies the idea of placing a complete station enclosed in an environmentally-protected box ashore in a DX entity, and allowing that station to be controlled from a remote operating point such as aboard a… Read More »
A nice job aid to keep in your notebook.
From Space Weather Services
Here are our individual scores that were submitted toward the Club’s overall 2020 DX Marathon score. Starting January 1 of each year, the DX Marathon is the perfect answer for the DX-er who needs that extra incentive to get on the air every day! Simply work as many countries and CQ Zones as you can in each calendar… Read More »
They’re back! Originally printed in the 90’s and edited by Ward Silver (N0AX), the WWDXC Top Band Anthology is an excellent source of information about the most challenging of the traditional HF bands. Whether you are a seasoned veteran of the Gentleman’s Band or a newcomer, we hope you will enjoy reading about the mysteries of the low… Read More »
It is with deep sadness that the Nielsen family announces the passing of Bob Nielsen. Bob died peacefully of natural causes on Friday, October 9th, sitting in his favorite chair, at the age of 81. His family is planning a memorial service for sometime in August 2021. Bob lived an amazing life and was married to the love… Read More »
The ARRL Foundation notified us and we are proud to announce the selection of the winner of the 2020 Bill Bennett/W7PHO Memorial Scholarship. Adrianne V Morrill, N7HYD, ex-KD7HYD of Spokane is this year’s selectee. She has been licensed since 2014, and is from a ham family that includes David/AE7DM and Mark/NA7AM. Adrianne has already been on a DXpedition!… Read More »
One of the joys of DX’ing, is feeling that rush we get after working a new one, getting a new LOTW confirmation, or finding an envelope from afar in our mail box. The result of our efforts is a collection of certificates, plaques and cards that we proudly display on our shack walls confirming our success. But it’s… Read More »
If you recently keyed the club’s 147.00 machine, you may have noticed the signal’s different. Hopefully, you’ve seen an improved RF signal. You may have also noticed the audio quality’s improved. So what’s changed? After many months of polls, debates, and plans, we’ve taken action. The old Kenwood repeater was running at 25w from a site at Maple… Read More »