Recent content by BC Coyote

I heard you! Gave you a couple calls after you wrapped up with DX Man, but it seemed like everyone in Cali was trying to call him at that point LOL! Did make a bunch of other California and Nevada contacts. Nice to see the summertime short skip season beginning!

Love the idea of a 399 JJ memorial weekend but other than a three day window last week I've had essentially zero DX conditions for almost a month now. Not sure about the rest of you........maybe I'm just too far north these days and skip is booming where you are!

Yup! Sitting on the edge of my chair I am..... Hard to believe they could make a SSB rig that small. Hoping for good reviews so I can have an excuse to buy one LOL! :LOL:

I'm tempted, very tempted. I like the size. I like the form factor. It's too bad it doesn't have a little more wattage.....I've been spoilt by my 6666 with its 50 watt output on FM and 60 on sideband! I guess with such a tiny size heat dissipation is a big problem with higher power output...

The DX has returned out here on the west coast of Canada! After hearing very little of anything for over month we have had lots of activity the last three days. Making some Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Florida and Caribbean contacts by day and Lots of Hawaii and Australia booming in again in the...

Thanks! That all makes a lot of sense. Always interesting to know why people do the things they do with radios!

Maybe I'm missing something, but WHY would you use an SDR for a receiver when you're using an IC-7300?? Surely the 7300 is a superior receiver in every way to the SDR? Just curious..........

I would guess the new longer cable is poorly shielded and you are getting RF in the audio wire within the cable as a result. Solution: Use a better quality mic cable with proper shielding. I've head this exact issue many times by the way!

We usually get a little of something every day even in the lean times. Aussies and Hawaii always seem to get through somehow as do various parts of California. But the last few days not even they can be heard! I had a short conversation with a local yesterday but other than that it's just...

This week's DX report...... Sunday: hisssssssssssssssssssssssss Monday: hissssssssssssssssssssssss Tuesday: hisssssssssssssssssssssssss Wednesday: hisssssssssssssssssssss Damn! Is that it for the next few years then?

Haven't heard a single voice come out of my radio for three days now. And it was slim pickings for the couple weeks prior to that too. Glad I have other hobbies at times like this!

dxmaps.com Set it to 10 meters as propagation on 10 is very close to 11 meters. There's also the cluster at 11dx.net though that is more for international 11 meter contacts.

Well this stinks. Looks like only the folks way down east are having fun today.....

Weird conditions the last few days for sure. Yesterday it was nothing but Hawaii all day long......nowhere else....just Hawaii. Did have a few Aussies sneaking in around sundown but not at the usual blistering signal strength. Couple days before that we had intermittent openings to Texas and...

Good grief! And yet people still keep buying them! Not surprised they can't build and align a radio, they even seem to to struggle with basic writing skills.......they spelled "Cancelling" wrong on the box, and what the heck does "60 watts up more" mean exactly? :LOL: