I had a nice BPSK31 QSO with Mohammed from the United Arab Emirates this evening. He was my first contact with the UAE. Last night I had another BPSK31 QSO with SP6IXU from Poland, , LZ1MH, Mihail from Bulgaria, HS0ZIO Paul from Thailand, S21B Nizam from Bangladesh, IK2WJT, Mauro from Italy, HL2/KF6RCP Michael from DPR of Korea, adding quite a few countries to my list of countries contacted. I must look at where I stand with the DXCC.
Day: September 24, 2010
My Advice- Don’t Ever Leave Home
After 4 months of traveling I am always amazed at the endless stream of jobs that have to be done.
Since this is a ham radio blog, I’ll just mention the jobs associated with that area.
When I returned home I immediately found the following
-The Bushcomm traveling wave antenna- one end had become detached so the antenna was on the ground. Lost of work required involving a ladder!
– The ZS6BKW antenna- one of the rope attachments in the tallest tree had broken leaving the antenna on the ground and over the Bushcomm. Lots of work required involving a slingshot, fishing line and rope!
– In the shack, the gel cell used for wet season emergency power supply for the IC703 had perforated while on charge. New battery required
– The 703 microphone decided it is time to fail!
– The balun on the ZSBKW had a short across the terminals where the ladder line attaches. A job requiring new terminals and insulators etc etc.
– The weather station which had failed prior to departure was still not working because the repait shop did not follow my instructions therefore the weather station was off-line for 4 months!! No updates to the net.
And then there were the jobs for
Shack of VK2KMI 