Having spent about 24 operating days running HF mobile, I can say that it’s definitely something that I enjoy. In that short amount of time, I’ve worked nine different countries (Brazil, Cuba, France, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, and the US), and made 43 contacts. All on the FT-897D and 100w. After a failure […]
On the way back from Arizona, I made a stop at the NRAO – Very Large Array. The sheer size of this place is amazing. Built on an ancient lake bed. This was a self-guided tour around the administrative buildings and a short drive down to “the barn” where they perform routine maintenance on the […]
That I could have worked some HF from the Titan II Missile Silo. While on vacation near Phoenix, my buddy and I stopped in to visit. Of course he insisted on driving. Had I known this was available, I would’ve grabbed my FT-897 out of the car and brought it with. Next time. “Communications of […]
Since getting the ATAS120A installed earlier last week, I made my first mobile DX contact Easter weekend. While demonstrating ham radio to the family, I was able to have a nice QSO with CT7AEQ/Ted in Portugal. A nice 59 report from the FT-897D and ATAS120A combo running 100w from my parent’s driveway in Iowa. The […]
WOW! Six days after my upgrade test, its officially in the FCC database. Amazing! Thanks to Harry/WØHMS for making sure the paperwork went in efficiently.