Working on some code to filter spots that I get via DXLabs. It is available on github but it is in the very early stages.

Gordon

Building a new 40 Meter 4 Square

What a great day on January 23, 2011. My good friend Barry, K4LOY came over and we went to work. Layed out the measurements for a 40 Meter 4 Square. Used Barry's auger to dig the 5 holes. Put 1 80 lb bag and 1/2 of a 60 lb bag of concrete in each hole. Set the 4x4 supports. Lots of tree cutting and limb triming. Huge progress for a days work. Now to order some DX Engineering radial plates. I already have all the aluminum for the verticals on hand from Texas Towers.

Will post pictures soon !

ARRL DX 2009 SSB New South American Record

I operated in March 2009 from PJ2T with a team primarily of South East DX Club Members.
It was my first time opertating from the DX side. We won the multi-multi category and set a new South American Record.

CALL	SCORE	QSO	MULTS	OPERATORS
PJ2T	8113770	8585	318	WØCG, KI4DSO, K4UEE, N4LR, K1MMH, W4GKF, N4GRN, KU4V, N4DX, ND4V, N4HH, WZ8P, WA4ZXV
KL7RA	4473588	5645	266	KL7RA, AL2F, AL7IF, KA1NCN
CS2C	3777996	5003	254	OK1RF & OK1RI
9A1A	2579355	4062	215	9A5W, 9A8W, 9A6A, 9A7R, 9A9A, 9A2DQ
HG1S	1262196	2499	174	HA1TJ, HA1DAC, HA1DAI, HA1DAE
SO8A	951528	1955	164	SP8BRQ, SP8CUR, SP8TJU
RW2F	841428	1783	159	RN2FA, RV9WZ, UA2FF, UA2FX, UA2FZ
JA3YBK	614460	1474	140	JH4NMT & JS1PWV

Here is our team picture. I in the back row with the hat on !

New DX Records for 2008
Category	Continent	Call	New Record	Old Record	Year Set
SO-20	EU	CU2A (OH8NC, op)	649,650	567,180	1992
SO-20	AN	R1ANC	39,960	---	---
SO-40	All	KH7XS (K4XS, op)	438,480	250,101	1997
SO-80	EU	CU2X (OH2BH, op)	367,560	208,008	2007
SO-160	EU	F6CTT	62,034	39,516	1993
SO-160	AF	AO8A (EA8AH, op)	50,544	8,100	1997
MM	SA	PJ2T	8,113,770	3,533,928	1997

CW Skimmer and Band Master Together

Installed the CW Skimmer 1.4 on the new computer for the 2nd station today. I was discouraged the first time trying skimmer but the results this time are amazing. I tried using it as a spot source for VE7CC but wasn't successful. Plan B was download Band Master and use it. Since its from the same author that seemed logical. Success this time !. I still prefer VE7CC but this will do for now.

The screen capture is for 20 meters during the CQ WPX CW contest. Skimmer doing a great job copying calls and putting them on Band Master. Using the server built into skimmer. Setup a new telnet connection in Band Master and turned off all the other telnet sites.


Gordon N4LR

Installed RFSPACE IF-2000 in the FT-2000

It has been my goal to monitor 6 meters with a pan adapter for quite some time. I started out experimenting with a FT-847 / High Sierra Microwave 50 Mhz to 12 Mhz Down Converter / SDR-IQ.

I recently upgraded the 6 Meter station to a FT-2000. The DMU from Yaesu seemed overpriced to me for what you get. RFSPACE has a new product that installs in the FT-2000 that works with the SDR-IQ to provide a spectrum display of the band.

The installation today only took a few minutes. Once I get use to it I will post some screen shots.

Gordon N4LR