International FaceBook Ham Radio Operators & Friends (IFBHROF) lauch the facebook event : Ham Shack Photo Festival Week 2010 that will take place 1st september to 7 september 2010.
Upload your ham shack pictures on Facebook during the festival time and appreciate your ham radio fellow to show his or her ham shack !
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It’s while TO1USB activation in Guadeloupe, where I could test in real conditions the setting of a portable ham radio station that I wanted QRV on 50MHz, 28MHz, 21MHz, 14MHz, 144MHz, 432MHz only on USB mode.
Not so easy in portable on a island between compromise of easy to travel and antenna performances. For the transceiver, no problem, the ICOM 706 MKIIG is a real good rig to operate quickly on 6 bands with 100 Watts from 14Mhz to 50Mhz, small and easy to carry out.
To return to the antenna question I need to be QRV on 6 bands HF+VHF+UHF but especially be able to assembly and disassembling antenna quickly and even for a single person alone to do it.
Here is what looks like the final result and solution founded :
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The World cup of Rugby 2007 proceeds this year in France and, on this occasion, the Ref-Union agreed to promote our activity within the framework of this sporting event.
World cup of Rugby 2007 TM0RWC Contest have received several projects of activation for this World cup, the REF-Union named F5UDW coordinator of this activity DCMR (Diploma World cup of Rugby). The project of the ARALA (Association of the Radio hams of Loire-Atlantique) was adopted, F5UDW thus directed all Om having good ideas towards Rene F5APM responsible for this project. Continue reading →
Sunspot numbers pulled up from 0 this week, but barely. Average daily sunspot numbers rose over nine points to 12.9. Geomagnetic conditions were quiet. Conditions have been quiet for so long that we may not appreciate this, as many of us wish for more solar activity and sunspots.
It wasn’t long ago when we had more sunspots, but the accompanying geomagnetic activity made conditions difficult. Check the Planetary A index in October 2002, April, June, September and December 2003, and into January 2004. For 2003, check http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/old_indices/2003_DGD.txt. For any other year, just change 2003 toward the end of the URL, and to check sunspot numbers change DGD to DSD at the end of the URL. Continue reading →
Tropical storm DEAN, with a statute of hurricane of category 2 or 3, is reinforced and it was located at 23h00 local to 2085 km in the East of the French West Indies (Antilles Françaises).
The winds constant blow now to 85 km/h and are made feel to 85 km of the center. the pressure falls with 1000 mb. Continue reading →
With tears in eyes I sad announce to you that FG5JK Gerard passed silent key on August 13 2007 due to a cardiac attack. Continue reading →
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First report from Guadeloupe Island for 2-3-4 august 2007 : The conditions of propagation are very low, probably the badest I ever seen from years here in Guadeloupe Island. The good news is that it can’t be more low, and it will begin to rise from now…
On 20m, the most active band, I’ve heard on 2-3 august strong Bresilan and American station and ham radio station from some part of south america (Chilie, Nicaragua, Venezuela) but not able to make QSO with my 100w and a mobile vertical matched antenna 
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ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA
Average daily sunspot numbers rose very little this week, less than 6 points to 7.3. There were no major geomagnetic upsets, only slightly unsettled conditions on the first day of August 2007. Continue reading →
