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CW and QRP, Featured, General, Newsletter, On The Air

6M Propagation to Europe on JT65.

Wow, six meters was wide open this morning to Europe. I started playing on CW, but the signals were so steady that I decided to go to JT65 so I could see where I was being heard. I have included a pskreporter.info map filtered for my station for the previous 6 hours. The snapshot was taken at 2016-06-13 at 18:05 UTC. Beam was between 45 and 60 degrees. The USA stations were all off the back of a 3 element Yagi. Running 70 watts. The rig was my Flex-5000.

The ARRL VHF contest this weekend also had great openings, primarily state side, although I did work an EA8.

This is the time of year to get on 6 meters.

73,
Bill
NJ1H

Activities, Education and Training, Featured, General, Newsletter

Our First Extra License Class

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We held our first Extra License Class the weekend of May 13-15, 2016.   This was a 3-day class due to the larger amount of material that the Extra License Exam draws from.

We had 15 students and every student passed the Exam at the end and received their Amateur Extra class license upgrade!

Wayne Wagner Teaching the Extra License Class
Wayne Wagner Teaching the Extra License Class

Congratulations to all the new Extras!

  • Bob Bell, KC1FAE
  • Bernie Biron, K1BFB
  • Dale Chayes, KB1ZKD
  • John D’Errico, N1ERF
  • Bob Fiero, K1WKG
  • Jamey Finchum, KC1ENX
  • Greg Fuller, KC1FFQ
  • Ron Gonzalez, K1LCS
  • Joe Gordon, KB1RLC
  • Niece Hayes, KA1ULN
  • Charlie Pentedemos, KC1EIQ
  • Brian Quick, W1XMM
  • Don Risley, KC1CRK
  • Brian Smigielski, AB1ZO
  • Bill Warrington, W1TWO

A special thank you to our great instructor and VE team – Wayne Wagner, AG1A, Aron Insinga, W1AKI, Anthony Rizzolo, KC1DXL, Dave Michaels, N1RF, Skip Youngberg, K1NKR, Wayne Grant, KB1HYL, and Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC.  Also, an extra special thanks to Merle Insinga, W1MSI, for managing all the logistics and meals on Friday and Saturday!!

Anita, AB1QB

Featured, General, Newsletter, On The Air

The 13 Colonies Special Event Is Coming!!

The 13 Colonies Special Event is coming soon. It is the largest on-air special event in the world and it will take place from July 1 (9 AM EST) to July 6th (Midnight EST). The idea of the event is to work each state which grew from the original 13 Colonies.  If you work one or more of the 13, you will receive a certificate like the one above. There will also be two bonus stations WM3PEN at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA and GB13COL in the United Kingdom. If you work all 13 Colonies plus these, it will be noted on your certificate.

K2K New Hampshire 13 Colonies Special Event QSL Card
K2K New Hampshire QSL Card

 

Each Colony station has a K2x Special Event call and will provide a QSL card to confirm your contact. The Event logged over 126,000 contacts in 2015 with K2K New Hampshire contributing over 10,000 of these. You can see a recap of the 2015 K2K New Hampshire operation here.

13 Colonies Special Event 2016 - K2K NH Top Club
13 Colonies Special Event 2016 – K2K NH Top Club

 

I am the Thirteen Colonies State Manager for New Hampshire and we have assembled a team of operators from our club to work the event. Fred, AB1OC and Anita, AB1QB will provide training for the New Hampshire operator team and will make their station available for use during the event.

Fred, K2K New Hampshire

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