The word from Santa Claus World near the North Pole in Finland is that the elves at OF9X will try remote operating to generate more contacts in North America. So far, OF9X has logged more than 20,000 contacts, but only 1,200 of them have been with US radio amateurs.
“Efforts are continuing toward doubling that number, and more firepower is being added to the OF9X US script,” a statement said this week. “Santa will arrive on American soil, activating W1/OF9X from New Hampshire. When finally boarding his sleigh, he will say goodbye to America as W7/OF9X from Tacoma, Washington.
Working Santa from these two sites adds 25 points each to the Santa Award program, to compensate for Mother Nature’s poor propagation.” More information is on the OF9X QRZ.com profile.
Antenna
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Moonraker Ltd Whizz Loops 13-428
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TITAN DX – 8 Band Multiband DX Antenna
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Alaskan Arrow LEO Satellite Antenna – 4 Elements for 2 Meters crossed with 10 Elements for 70 cm
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App - Mobile
QTH Locator Droid – Mobile App
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DX Alert App ( Mobile )
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Repeater Database APP ( IOS and Android ) – Now includes over 35 countries
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US Amateur Radio Band Plan for Android
US Amateur Radio Band Plan A clean native app that’s sole purpose is to provide amateur radio operators a simple and easy to use f... Read more
SmartSDR for iOS v1.0.4 Now Available
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Review
Icom IC-7300 HF/6m Radio Walkthrough
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SunSDR MB1 by Expert Electronics – Review and walk through
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“Automatic Gain Control” is the topic of the latest episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast
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HF Interference Problem from Ethernet over Powerlines Devices
“Testing to see how bad powerline internet connections can be for HF reception. These devices allow you to use your house power cables as a conv... Read more
RTL-SDR VS SDRPlay
A Comparison between the rtl-sdr and sdrplay across different frequencies and settings. Measuring the signal to noise ratio and graphing results.... Read more
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ELAD Products DUO-ART & SP1 [ Video ]
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Equipment
The ZN-9CRB IAMBIC KEYS by N3ZN
IAMBIC KEYS The ZN-9CRB, classic round base, has a 7/8″ x 3″ diameter brass base and weight 2 pound 4 ounces. This paddle is uni... Read more
PowerGenius XL™ – FlexRadio 1500W Solid State Amplifier
The PowerGenius XL is a 100% duty cycle, legal limit (1500W ICAS) 1.8-54 MHz RF amplifier intended for both amateur and government use. It incorporat... Read more
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Icom IC-7851 vs IC-7800 [ Video ]
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New SP-38 External Speaker for the IC-7300, Coming Soon!
Icom are introducing a new external speaker for its revolutionary IC-7300 Software Designed Radio. The new SP-38 complements the appearance of the IC-... Read more
Radio Direction Finder DF2020T
Radio Direction Finder FUNCTIONS Multi Display – Numeric & 36 LED pelorus display Compatible with APRS software Can use with “Navi2020” map plotti... Read more
The Foxx-3 Transceiver – 80m, 60m, 40m, 30m, 20m versions available
Connections are as follows: antenna via 50 ohm BNC, power via 2 pin 0.1″ header, headphones via 3.5mm mono or stereo jack plug or 2 pin h... Read more
