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  1. DXman

    Ice Hockey fans ... big game tonight!

    I still remember my first time to watch a hockey game, it was back in '76. I was visiting a friend in Uranium City, Sak. Canada, whom I had been talking to for several months from here in Washington and decided to fly up there and see him. I had a great time for the one week, but I was not all...
  2. DXman

    Couple QSL cards arrived...

    Crete Is. - Marquesas Is .
  3. DXman

    ISS on 38lsb - hoax?

    Ok - yesterday the 20th, I heard the name Boris on 38 and he was asking if anyone could copy. I said "yes Boris, I hear you" and he replied " where is your location?" I said I am in the Antarctica, were are you? Nothing heard after that, so short qso. There was very little dx at the time...
  4. DXman

    ISS on 38lsb - hoax?

    I also heard him calling, but was doubtful if it was real, so I just listened.
  5. DXman

    ISS on 38lsb - hoax?

    So what is your opinion on this video about a contact with the space station on ch. 38? I don't believe it to be real. https://www.youtube.com/@cbradioskipmacintosh219
  6. DXman

    LCS SK 19/FX barrel version

    Nice! These air rifles are really gaining popularity now days, lots of up grades. I haven't looked yet, but what is the make? Is it a LCS? Where is it made? I have really enjoyed my 25 cal. FX Crown over the last 4 yrs, it's really accurate out to 100 yds also. I haven't run any slugs through...
  7. DXman

    Couple qsl cards rolled in....

    BC Coyote, It was pretty busy that day. I was able to reach a couple guys over the Cascade mountain range also that night - which that only happens with the Aurora.
  8. DXman

    Couple qsl cards rolled in....

    Well J.J. I am usually all over the band, but now days, I have been hanging around .385 up to 435. I have lots of radio friends in California so I have been keeping the beam do south mostly now through the summer months.
  9. DXman

    Couple qsl cards rolled in....

    Benin & Libya (Africa)
  10. DXman

    Benin now on the air......

    You will find the more you work the guys in Europe on 11 meters, that probably 60% or more are ham operators. Congrds on working Fred in Thailand this evening!
  11. DXman

    Benin now on the air......

    My be this will convince you BC Coyote..
  12. DXman

    Benin now on the air......

    Benin located on the African continent, is now active on 11 meters 183RC/0 - ending Feb. 21st. Should be an easy one for most in N. America. I made the contact yesterday morning. 27.580 usb - split .620 usb
  13. DXman

    Alternative to Channel 19

    In the winter time like now, close to the peak of the cycle, I still talk to truck drivers on the Dalton Hwy in Alaska on ch 19 AM. CB is there main radio in that area. Summer time I usually talk to lots of drivers in Alberta, Sack. and Manitoba, again on ch 19 AM. But, I am only able to do...
  14. DXman

    Chatham Is. now on.....

    Call - 261SD/0 Freq = 27.660 usb Just started today. Tour of Chatham Is.
  15. DXman

    Laos - Now active.

    Along the Asia coast, Laos now happening. Started yesterday, been mostly on .490 usb. Should end around the 20th. 239AT/0
  16. DXman

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I don't have much of problem with the simple guys from Springfield , ILL. I just swing the beam to the N.W. and pufff...all gone! During winter time, my beam rarely goes to the East anyway, so I don't hear much from them. I heard the CCCP from 50 div back in March of last year, seems not many...
  17. DXman

    Kingdom of Tonga now on the air.....

    96DA/0 - Darren is now activate here and using 27.620 or .625. Strong signal here yesterday - S9+.
  18. DXman

    Solar Cycle update....

    It has now been revised again.
  19. DXman

    Just got another new one!

    This one is now over - 514AT/0 (AKA 65AT0) which is Sierra Leone (Africa). Several hundred contacts were made - but I only counted 18 from the USA, that was in the log, which I was one of the lucky ones.
  20. DXman

    TELL US ABOUT YOUR SETUP

    Very simple here: RADIO IC 7300 IC desk mic 30 Pyramid 26 amp supply Palstar meter Antenna: Maco /-/-/-/-/ - (36' to boom) I 10K - (42' to feed point) Two Rohn towers. Amps: None