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&quot;Long time no blog. Long time no QSO. Long time bad WX. I’ve been QRT for over two weeks now. I was on a roll with nice DX and the antenna works on schedule. The...&quot; 2009-11-27T13:33:31.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!556

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&quot; I was recycling some old hardware and I found the problematic PL plug that caused a lot of troubles and troubleshooting last year. I ended up replacing the...&quot; 2009-11-13T15:06:06.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!548

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&quot; THANK YOU TX3A FOR A NEW DXCC! It’s raining all time new DXCC’s for me. And yet again it’s on 80m. Chesterfield Islands. You gotta be a ham radio DX nut t...&quot; 2009-11-12T18:24:17.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!546

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&quot; I worked a all time new DXCC. On 80m nonetheless!The signals were down from last weekend’s but there were less people calling. &#160; &quot; 2009-11-11T07:15:46.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!544

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&quot;Not much radio time was consumed last week. The WX was bad too so the XYL and I spent our holiday by going to indoor places. I lowered the tower last Sunday bec...&quot; 2009-11-07T11:42:54.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!543

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&quot;K5ZD’s recent survey about CQ WPX and more precise Survey Results #4 - Operating Time Limits once again triggered a discussion CQ-Contest. Some people believe t...&quot; 2009-11-06T18:44:22.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!542

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&quot;This ‘bloggy’ is becoming more of a Twitter with something rolling out almost daily. This morning I woke up at about 06.45 local time. The plan was to check 80m...&quot; 2009-11-01T17:46:26.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!541

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&quot;Not just one. A dozen plans are screaming for my brain’s attention! During last week’s CW WW SSB contest, I was rather pleased with the single K9AY RX loop ai...&quot; 2009-10-31T13:24:49.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!540

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&quot;SFI over 80. How long is that been? I'm psyched! That explains the JA and Asia I worked on 15m last week. And the rush on 15m USA last Sunday. And the VK4 I wor...&quot; 2009-10-28T07:37:45.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!539

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&quot;As you read in my previous posting, I settled for SB80. No more SB20 after four years in a row. So you probably expect me to report on my 80m findings. The trag...&quot; 2009-10-26T16:10:05.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!538

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&quot;I am not really know as a ‘SSB lover’. To say the least. But I do enjoy a good contest. So that’s why I limit myself to a single band (SB) effort in CQ WW SSB. ...&quot; 2009-10-23T18:21:19.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!537

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&quot;I just spent my sunrise on 80/160. Only some EU on 160m and K5 / Oklahoma on 80m. Also a W2 on 80m but I had trouble copying his callsign. It seemed that every ...&quot; 2009-10-21T08:02:31.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!535

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&quot;On December 21, 2008 I thought I fixed the 80/160m antenna. Hence my Finally fixed (but knock on wood) posting that day. And yes it got fixed. And yes it worked...&quot; 2009-10-15T07:27:55.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!534

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&quot;The plan was there. Lots of good intentions. Like finally showing up for EU Sprint CW again on Saturday. Or work VK/ZL on 40 and 80m in the Oceania DX CW contes...&quot; 2009-10-11T18:11:25.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!533

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&quot; Last week I ordered some stuff from an online German ham dealer. A new switched mode power supply, some plugs and most of all the cable to connect my second K3...&quot; 2009-10-08T17:01:05.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!530

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&quot; With 100 000 QSO uploaded to LotW, I have an almost 26% hit rate. That was only about 18% a year or two ago. Still I wish there were more users to the LotW ...&quot; 2009-10-08T08:07:39.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!527

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&quot;Yes, my second K3 works. It took about 8 to 10 hours of slowly building, off and on and spread over 3 days. I encountered 3 small problems: Filter offset: thi...&quot; 2009-10-04T11:23:21.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!526

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&quot; &#160; Thanks to THIS and THAT for bringing this shocking news to our attention. &quot; 2009-10-03T05:33:46.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!520

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&quot;It sounds like a new show on commercial TV. So you think you can build a 160m antenna? No? After all the 30m DX euphoria (2 direct QSL cards from the USA alread...&quot; 2009-09-30T19:32:00.0000000Z tag:www.live.com,2008-08:/whatsnew/6403544982806810/0/2C9EE99D7E3D2933!518

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&quot;For two evenings in a row I had a lot of fun on 30m. Thursday night I needed to put a halt to the fun at around 01.00 (23.00utc). After all I had to get out of ...&quot; 2009-09-26T09:06:46.0000000Z