CW on the pirate bands
Last night, I captured the pirate radio station Dit Dah Radio on 6,935 kHz (+/-) USB. I published the audio on my shortwave radio blog, The SWLing Post, where I post quite a lot of shortwave radio...
View ArticleAmateur Radio & Velveeta Cheese make television debut
My guess? There must be a ham in the marketing department at Velveeta:
View ArticleIt’s CW time!
Well, sort of… With this clock, from DCI, you can read the time in Morse code. Not a bad deal at $27 US on Amazon.com.
View ArticleA ham club at a bacon festival: what’s not to like?
Many thanks to the Southgate ARC for bringing this to my attention: The Roanoke Times reports that radio hams were among those attending a bacon festival The newspaper says hams from the Roanoke Valley...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving: “Mike” on Ham Radio
Many thanks to Ray Novak for sharing this video from the ABC series Last Man Standing: Happy Thanksgiving to all (even if you’re not State side)! And, please, savor your ham. -K4SWL
View ArticleWhat can go wrong? A box, a cat, and a little CW.
Many thanks to my buddy, Philip (N4HF), for sharing this video that made me chuckle:
View ArticleE21EJC and BG7XWF: Voice CW on RS-44
Many thanks to Dan (VR2HF) who writes: Hi Thomas, This is just too funny to keep to myself. My good friend, who I call Mr Satellite, Kob, E21EJC in Bangkok apparently was too bored to work BG7XWF on...
View ArticleQRPer Notes: HA8SA’s Homebrew Transceiver, BuddiHex Review, and “Marine...
Because I receive so many tips from readers here on QRPer, I wanted way to share them in a concise newsletter format. To that end, welcome to QRPer Notes, a collection of links to interesting stories...
View ArticleGuest Post: Scott also names his radios
Many thanks to Scott (KK4Z) who shares the following post from his blog KK4Z.com: Naming Radios by Scott (KK4Z) Men in general, have a habit of naming things. All sorts of things, cars, body parts, you...
View ArticleAnother Feline Fan!
Many thanks to Steve (VA3FLF) who shares the photo above and notes: Even kittens read QRPer!! Her name is Jolene, Jojo for short. We have had her about 3 weeks and she is a Devon Rex. She is a very...
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