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I was at HRO Salem today (10/30/2018) and very please to see plenty of N1FD QSLs with upcoming classes printed on the backside. GOOD JOB!
Layne AE1N
My first call was AB1YE and I changed it to K1HMS, HMS being my initials. I soon discovered H is silent in many languages and have spent a lot of time repeating H and Hotel OTA. More that one station has given up and started calling CQ again. Also for CW I have a H and a S… When I see someone’s Call on a shirt or hat with a H I ask if they have a problem passing the H. They have all said yes.
Say your desired call phonetically, does it have punch? is it good for CW?
In hindsight, “Yankee Echo” was a great call….
When I first got my General and then Extra class licenses, I made up these “reference cards” for the voice segments of the bands I had antennas for — two on my HT and one on my HF rig. Eventually I filled it out to include the other bands that I want to work as I expand my antenna farm. It doesn’t have all of the information on the ARRL band plan charts, just what I wanted to have at hand while operating, and with much larger type to make it easier for me to read. Originally the background colors in the rows were to highlight the bands I actually used, but later I got carried away. Anyway, you’re more than welcome to download the files, adapt them to your own operating style, and print them out to keep near your rig. If you find that you forget to stay 3kHz below the upper end of the SSB part of the band for USB bands, and 3kHZ above the lower end of the SSB band for LSB bands, you can bake that in my adjusting the numbers. If you want to make CW or digital or DX sub-band versions, please do! You will probably want to adjust the font and the colors to make it easier to read or more meaningful to you, or remove the colors and maybe try a replacement for them if you use a B&W laser printer. If you’re a Technician, or know a Technician who could use this reminder until they’ve got their bands down pat, you can make up a Technician version. You can add other bands, or even broadcast or emergency service bands if you’d like. I used LibreOffice on Linux to create these but they are .docx files so a relatively recent version of MS-Word should work too. Enjoy!
A list of ham (and other radio & electronics) flea markets in New England is maintained by [email protected] at http://web.mit.edu/w1gsl/Public/ne-fleas. Details on the one held at MIT is at http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/.
Remember the usual caveats when buying used equipment: Make sure you know how to contact the buyer if you have a problem; make sure there is a money-back guarantee; try to have a ham you trust who is experienced with the sort of equipment you’re interested in help you evaluate it before purchase; etc.
I am sad to report that Electronic Surplus Services on Candia Road in Manchester went out of business. It was probably about 2 months ago, but I just found out when I went up there today to get a few parts. I think that Electronics Plus in Littleton, MA is the closest (to Nashua) electronic parts store. We also still have the hobby store in the Apple Tree Mall in Londonderry which stocks a small selection of Radio Shack parts, You Do It Electronics in Newton, MA, and Microcenter in Cambridge, MA.
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