December 20th, 2007
LB1GB
Update 4. Feb. 2008: Inverted L. up again. Lets hope it stays that way a few years.
Update 1. Feb. 2008: Inverted L. on 160 was totalled in the lastest storm “Tuva”. So again we are QRT on 160M.
Update: The 40M 4-square gave in as well. We now have to rely on the less effective 2EL shorty forty beam for the rest of the season.
Due to heavy icing, our 160M inverted L broke today. The top 1 meter or so snapped because of the worst case of icing for over a decade on this QTH. Our host Peter LA7SL is doing the best he can to prevent damages to our antennas, but icing 20 meters up is hard to handle.
December 14th, 2007
LB1GB
LN8W calling K5ZD
Station: K5ZD
Title: K5ZD working LN8W 20M
Album: CQ WW
Genre: SSB
Year: 2007
Length: 0:23 minutes (369.43 KB)
Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
From Randy Thompson, K5ZD’s live audio archive. QSO made on day 1 at 16:29.
Audio with Randy’s permission. Visit his website at www.k5zd.com
December 14th, 2007
LB1GB
Learnmorsecode.com shows an interesting way to learn morse code. By using a chart and move left for the dahs and right for the dits you will find the correlating letter for the code sent in the chart.
From the website:
Here’s an example: You hear DAH DIT DIT which is a dash then dot then dot. You start at START and hear a DAH then move down and left to the T and then you hear a DIT so you move down and RIGHT to the N and then you hear another DIT so you move DOWN and RIGHT again and land on the D You then write down the letter D on your code copy paper and jump back to START waiting for your next letter. The key to learning the code is hearing it and comprehending it while you hear it. The only way to get there is to practice 10 minutes a day.
learnmorsecode.com
CQSerenadeF
Station: VE2QS and F9KT
Title: CQ Serenade – French
Year: 1950′s
Length: 2:16 minutes (1.05 MB)
Format: Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
French version: The Amateur Radio song words and music by the late Maurice Durieux VE2QS and F9KT; Played by VE2QS and his Orchestra. Sung in French by Raymond Girerd
English version
The CQ Serenade…. dah di dah dit….dah dah di dah
Many of you, including me, have heard this serenade before. Anyway, here it is again!
English version: The words and music of the CQ Serenade was written by VE2QS and VE2BR. The music was played by VE2QS and his Orchestra in 1951. The vocalist was Joyce Hahn.
French version: The Amateur Radio song words and music by the late Maurice Durieux VE2QS and F9KT; Played by VE2QS and his Orchestra. Sung in French by Raymond Girerd – French version
Please contact us if any of this information is false!
45 record image from: http://www.geocities.com/w8jyz/VE2QS.pdf
