Bouvet Island is one of the most remote uninhabited islands in the world. It is 2700 miles east of South America, 1000 miles North of Antarctica and 1800 miles west of Africa. It is also the 2nd most wanted DX Entity just below P5, North Korea.
Map of Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island DXpedition
A team of 20 Ham Radio Operators from all over the world is currently on a boat headed to Bouvet. They are headed there to operate for 2 weeks as 3Y0Z, so that the rest of us can get Bouvet Island in our logs. Their ship sailed for Punta Arenas, Chile on January 19th for the 10-12 day trip to Bouvet. You can watch their progress here,
Visit their website at http://www.bouvetdx.org/to see the latest news of their voyage and operation and learn more about Bouvet, where they plan to operate, who the team is, how to work them, check if you are in their log, and get a QSL. You can also follow them on Facebook by joining this group.
We have started a new activity, monthly breakfasts. The breakfasts are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month, and we choose a different restaurant each month so that over time there is one close to each member’s QTH.
Temple Street Diner
Dave, K1DLM, at the Temple Street Diner
Our most recent breakfast was held at the Temple Street Diner in Nashua. Members John, W1SMN, Patrick, KC1HDN, Mike, K1WVO, Ari, WB1ABC, Dave, K1DLM, Fred, AB1OC, Anita, AB1QB along with spouses and roommates. We had some great conversation about Station upgrades, winter in New England, classic radios and computers, NEAR-fest and many other topics and the food was great!
Temple Street Diner (W1SMN, KC1HDN and friends)Mike, K1WVO at the Temple Street Diner
Parker’s Maple Barn
Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH
We held the December Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH. We all had great pancakes and enjoyed some holiday shopping in their gift shop.
Joey’s Diner
Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (WB1ABC and his XYL, K1WVO, AB1NS, and AB1OC)Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (AB1BY, AG1A, AB1QB, and KC1ENX)
We held the first breakfast on November 18th at Joey’s Diner in Amherst, NH.
Do you have a favorite breakfast spot? Email me at [email protected] and we’ll plan a future breakfast there. Hope to see you at our next Breakfast on February 17th. Stay tuned to the forums for the location!
Every January Meeting we hold Project Night, where members bring in and share recent homebrew projects that they have built. This year’s Project Night was full of interesting projects built by our members.
Member Projects
Scott NE1RD Kits
Our Programs Chairperson, Scott, NE1RD led it off by showing us some kits he had built, including the K1EL PaddleStick Keyer that we will be building for the February Tech Night.
Bob KB1TEK – QRP Kits
Bob, KB1TEK brought some QRP kits that he had built.
Dave K1DHP – VLF Detector
Dave, K1DHP showed us the VLF Detector that he built.
Hamilton, K1HMS – Antenna Switches
Hamilton, K1HMS brought Antenna Switches that he had built.
Dave K1DLM – Heakthkit
Dave, K1DLM showed us a Heathkit that he plans to build.
Dennis, K1LGQ had another explosive presentation when he showed us a KX2 stand that he built.
Dennis hows plans for his KX2 Stand
Fred AB1OC – Low-Band Match
Fred, AB1OC brought an 80m band matching system that he will install in order to make our 80m delta loop be resonant across the band. He has programmed our MicroHam system to automatically have the box switch the matching system as we tune through the 80m band. I’m looking forward to using this to get the last 20 80m contacts for my 5 Band DXCC!
Anita AB1QB – CW Pi
I (AB1QB) demonstrated a Raspberry Pi project that I built over the holidays. It is called a Morse Code Virtual Radio. When you hook up a monitor and a straight key to the Raspberry Pi, it will decode what you key in. This was a big hit with the kids who visited us for ARRL Kids Day.
Mike, AB1YK – Panadapter
Finally, Mike, AB1YK brought in a number of projects that he has done including a Panadapter and a CW Generator.
Anita AB1QB - CW Pi
Scott NE1RD Kits
Mike AB1YK - Panadapter
Mike AB1YK - CW Generator
Hamilton K1HMS - Ant Switches 2
Hamilton K1HMS - Ant Switches 1
Fred AB1OC - Low-Band Match
Fred Ab1OC - Low-Band Match 1
Dennis K1LGQ - KX2 Stand 2
Dennis K1LGQ - KX2 Stand 1
Dave K1DLM - Heakthkit 2
Dave K1DLM - Heakthkit 1
Dave K1DHP - VLF Detector
Bob KB1TEK - QRP Kits 2
Bob KB1TEK - QRP Kits 1
Overall it was great to see all of the projects that our members have been working on. The gallery above contains more pictures from Project Night.
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