July 3, 2018
There's a 13 Colonies radio special event celebrating the 4th of July. I've enjoyed it so far, there's 13 stations, one in each state with short K2x calls and a couple special event stations. They're on all different modes and they all have pileups going, some really deep(Rhode Island). I've got 9…
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June 28, 2018
I've been applying for shorter, easier to say call-signs. I feel like I'm talking forever saying "Kilo X-Ray 4 Hotel Lima" and I received AA0O, Alpha Alpha Zero Ocean rolls off the tongue better. I'll be updating the domain name at some point but for now its staying at kx4hl.com
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June 25, 2018
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June 12, 2018
Received these two QSL cards yesterday. Kosovo is #30 most wanted DX location, Cameroon is less rare at #124, it took awhile to get through to the operator to get the QSO but I got him(and the card to prove it!)
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June 2, 2018
I made my first CW contact. It was with my instructor Pete from the CW Academy. I think it went well, it was a little nerve-wracking in the class sending morse code with 4 guys watching you, it's a different kind of pressure when its going out over the air. It's like you can almost feel the power…
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June 2, 2018
I received some interesting QSL cards this week. I made my first contact with Norway so I sent out a card and got one back pretty quick. He even included a letter explaining how postal costs have gone up but since it was my first LA contact he'd cover it and sent back my green stamps. Also got…
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June 2, 2018
I went to help members of the SPARC club take down Doug, KB0SDQ's 50ft tower since he's moving. He had a hexbeam on the top, he said it worked really well, I bet it did up there. We had a little issue with the rope as we lowered it down with a truck and one of the hexbeam support poles broke. Quite…
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June 1, 2018
I made it through the CW Academy level one Skype course. 4 of us met with the instructor twice a week for 8 weeks via Skype, typically for 45 minutes or so. It's not easy but I definitely feel like I have a better handle on the code now. I studied between 30 minutes to an hour each day. I like that…
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May 11, 2018
Activated 2 parks in north Florida while camping this week. K-4472 Osceola National Forest from the Ocean Pond campground and K-1902 Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park. Not too many contacts but the state park was mostly DX. Both spots had good views. K-4472 Osceola National Forest - Ocean Pond…
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May 8, 2018
The Hexbeam is working good. I made a bunch of new DX contacts this week that are new to me, El Salvador, Uruguay, Moldova and Estonia, all on 20m SSB. I was trying to get A66A in UAE for about 20 minutes but the pile up was too big and I had to get going. I also picked up W1AW during the NE QSO…
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