SEPT.02.09 - My 2 meter beacon is OFF.

AUG.22.09 - I am running a beacon on 144.311 MHz cw. 30 watts into a 4 element yagi at 32 feet with 136.1°az and 11°el. You may hear airplane flutter from time to time. This is a meteor scatter experiment pointing toward Bermuda, FM72pi, which is ~766 miles away. This is not a 24/7 beacon and it will only be active for a short time. The beacon will be on at 0800 to 1400 GMT.

Please leave a report at DxWorld or email me.

The beacon will be turned off during thunderstorms. My local RADAR

SSB meteor scatter skeds with Bermuda are welcome!!

18 AUG09 0113z, KA1ZE/3 FN01xt, rst 519, tropo, 232.9 miles, beacon was at 2 watts

22 AUG09 1136z, KA1ZE/3 FN01xt, reports beacon peaking 24dB above noise, tropo, beacon was at 30 watts

AUG.06.09 - During the last few days of July there were some great E-skip openings on the 2 meter band. I worked quite a few stations west of NYC. One station, N0IRS, sent me a refrigerator magnet along with his QSL card. You can also watch his audio recording of me.

JUL.05.09 1935 zulu - A super sunspot has appeared on the sun, #1024, with B- and C-class solar flares.

The N2OTObservatory

The Asian tiger mosquito is a real problem at the observatory even at noon.

I hope you are having a great summer!

JUN.26.09 8:33pm - Mammatus over Manhattan

JUN.25.09 - This was Farrah Fawcett's foxy vette. 88 Farrah! Eighty-eight means 'love and kisses' in ham speak.

MAY.30.09 - In my mailbox today.

APR.27.09 - Happy birthday Samuel F.B. Morse. It's swine flu panic in my neighborhood. If you're feeling too lazy to text and start thinking, speaking or tap dancing dah dit dah dit dah dah dit dah, you have caught the HAM radio bug not swine flu. Tell your boss you'll be out for a week. Turn on your transceiver, get as little sleep as possible and work the world. Repeat when necessary since there is no cure .-.-.-

NOV.27.08 - When you are a HAM RADIO OPERATOR, you are never alone!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

NOV.23.08 - 3sk129(r) went POP again. I did a quick fix today with some twisted wire to move the signal forward.

A preamp is now needed.

JUL.11.08 - I'm currently on 20 meters with an inverted V.

MAY.05.08 - Today I received a QSL from HAARP's January moon bounce experiment.

Below is the QSL I sent to HAARP.

APR.22.08 - I'm ready for the uhf spring sprint.

APR.08.08 - Built a mount for my K40 antenna cut to 29.550 MHz for FM.

Any ideas on how I can explain what happened to the watering can?

First K40 on Mars. (On top of my 12'x16.5' aluminum canopy.)

APR.07.08 - Worked the 2 meter spring sprint QRP @ only 2 watts and a battery.

JAN.17.08 - Below is a new encoder for my KENWOOD TR-751A.

Here, I'm getting ready to use desoldering braid to remove the bad encoder.

After most of the solder is removed, I'll cut some leads for easier removal.

Below is the bad encoder.

A couple of images of the inside of the old encoder.

With the new encoder in place, all that's needed is to put the puzzle back together.

OCT.08.07 - I've been adopted by Port Side Patch, my drinking and sailing buddy!

OCT.03.06 - Replaced Q201 (3SK129-R) and VR5 (Push On/Vol/Sql POT) in TR-751A

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