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  1. Q

    who wants to be DrFox ???

    Is the radio on the dinner table, by her looks she can't spend much time away from the table.
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    2M openning

    I looked at the DXSpot map this morning and saw some U.S. activity on 144.200. I connected my elk antenna to the 857 and sure enough there was some activity, heard K0CIY in OK- QRZ says its 580 miles away. Unfortunately I was already late to leave for work, so no time for a quick QSO
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    AO-51 problems

    I listened to 2 passes of AO-51 today and both passes(1200 UTC and 2300 UTC) had instances of the transmitter shutting off during transmissions. Hopefully the command team can fix this problems. I did hear a new voice on AO-51 on Sunday and he is only 30 miles away but I wasn't able to make...
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    FT-857D & Digital Modes

    Digipan is a good program for working the digital modes, I have that and Mixw and HRD on my old WinXP Toshiba laptop
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    General Exam

    Even with hamtestonline, give yourself a little more time than that. I looked in my Extra class manual and found my receipt, I ordered it on 7/7/2008 and I tested on 7/19/2008 and was in the ULS on 7/23. I was working 3 12 hour days a week then and had the other 4 to study. There is a lot of...
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    General Exam

    Don't bother with the valium, just relax. If you have been doing well at hamtestonline and the other practice tests, the only thing preventing you from passing is unneeded stress breaking your thought process. Once you get there you have plenty of time to take the test, and time to relax even...
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    General Exam

    I went through more aspirin than ever while studying for extra. I haven't taken any aspirin in almost 23 months now