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Saturday, February 08, 2003
FISTS Winter SprintI had fun participating in the FISTS Winter Sprint today, as always. I operated at my usual leisurely pace but still managed to rack up some new numbers and made some new friends as well. The bands were in ok shape from 40 M to 10M I had no problem hearing and being heard. I could have done better I suppose, I was hoping for a few DX FISTS, but not this time ... For the most part, I had fun and enjoyed the event. Here is an excerpt of the log: START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's FISTS Contest Log 1.0 CONTEST: Winter Sprint STATE-PROVINCE-COUNTRY: NY CALLSIGN: N2IJ FISTS-NUMBER: 6596 CATEGORY: QRO QSO-POINTS: 150 TOTAL-MULTIPLIERS: 21 CLAIMED-SCORE: 3,150 STATE-MULTIPLIERS: NY NJ MD AL NC FL MS NM TX CA MT MI OH IL CO IA MN MO NS ON SK STATE-MULTIPLIER-TOTAL: 21 COUNTRY-MULTIPLIER-TOTAL: 0 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1706 559 WB0B 559 IA LARRY 2916 QSO: 14000 2003-02-07 1715 599 WD9EMF 559 IL VIC 8574 QSO: 14000 2003-02-07 1723 559 KB6NU 599 MI DAN 9342 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1738 559 KB4BAI 599 MI JOHN 2158 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1740 559 NOUR 599 MN JIM 2561 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 1751 599 WA5ZJK 599 TX GLENN 4978 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1815 599 W4GAC 599 FL JOHN 7875 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1825 559 N2ED 599 NJ ED 2454 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 1832 599 K6TTX 599 CA ALLAN 4600 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 1838 559 VE5DX 599 SK JERRY 4554 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1844 559 WB0PYF 599 MO RAY 7986 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1846 559 K5PTC 599 TX BOB 9725 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1852 599 K7ZYV 599 MS CARL 3426 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1856 599 N5XZ 599 TX AL 2635 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 1905 559 KC7EQW 599 CA DENNIS 8675 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 1910 599 W0CGV 599 CO JOHN 9366 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1920 599 W2KFQ 599 NM HARRY 9322 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 1930 559 K4UE 599 AL DON 8116 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 1934 559 KF3DC 599 MD KEN 6521 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 1940 559 K8CI 599 OH DICK 5270 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 1946 559 VA3EWP 599 ON VINCE 8070 QSO: 14000 2003-02-07 2005 579 N9BOR 559 IL MIKE 4594 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 2023 599 W4FFF 599 NC RICK 9700 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 2028 559 WB2FXK 599 NY JACK 918 QSO: 7000 2003-02-07 2032 559 N2ED 559 NJ ED 2454 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 2035 599 KN9X 559 IL DAN 8671 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 2037 599 KG5U 599 TX DALE 5881 QSO: 28000 2003-02-07 2044 599 K5TCC 599 TX DOC 7400 QSO: 14000 2003-02-07 2055 599 VE1ZAC 599 NS JEFF 22048 QSO: 21000 2003-02-07 2059 559 N7YY 599 MT BERNIE 4595 END-OF-LOG:
Monday, February 03, 2003
Final FarewellThe Amateur Radio Community Joins in Mourning Loss of Columbia Astronauts The flags of the United States, the ARRL and the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) fly at half staff today at ARRL Headquarters as the Amateur Radio community has joined the rest of the world in mourning the loss of the seven shuttle Columbia astronauts. Through the Space Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) and--more recently--the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) programs, amateurs have enjoyed a special relationship with the astronaut corps, many of whom are licensees. The ARISS program is a joint effort of AMSAT, ARRL and NASA. Via the ARRL
Sunday, February 02, 2003
Seven HeroesLost while serving mankind. The american Radio Relay league reports that three of the crew members on the scientific mission were also Amateur Radio operators. The seven STS-107 crew members during training: Seated in front are astronauts Rick D. Husband (left), mission commander; Kalpana Chawla, KD5ESI, mission specialist; and William C. McCool, pilot. Standing are (from the left) astronauts David M. Brown,KC5ZTC; Laurel B. Clark, KC5ZSU; and Michael P. Anderson--all mission specialists--and Ilan Ramon, a payload specialist representing the Israeli Space Agency. [NASA Photo] Full story via the ARRL . |
Welcome to the newly revised N2IJ Amateur Radio website. I've redesigned the site (Feb. 2003) to include a weblog. This format allows me to keep the site updated frequently with Amateur radio related news, info, activities as well as my personal adventures in the hobby. New visitors that are not familiar with the Amateur Radio service can get the details here. First licensed in 1994, I earned my extra class license in 1995. My current callsign is N2IJ (previously WX2DX). I'm a casual DXer and occasional contester. I operate CW (morse code) almost exclusively on the HF bands. I also experiment with and enjoy using the digital modes, including APRS and PSK-31. I will be updating the site as time allows. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions, otherwise, Peruse at your leisure.
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