My DXCC count of worked and confirmed stations has been slowly increasing over the last few years and I’ve received QSLs from every entity I’ve worked except for Iran. I’ve only made one QSO with a station in Iran and up until late last year, I’ve not chased for the QSL card due to the […]
One of the biggest complaints on our local repeaters is that people are quiet with very low audio. Often they’re using the cheap Chinese handheld wirelesses such as the Baofeng UV-5R or similar which have a reputation for being quiet. There are well documented ‘fixes’ available such as drilling out the microphone hole. However it’s […]
Over the years as I’ve operated QRSS and WSPR, I’ve noticed that my original TS-590S and then the replacement TS-590SG have always been slightly off frequency and suffering from a little drift. This frequency inaccuracy was barely 30Hz which seems minuscule but when monitoring a section of the band which is only 200Hz wide, the […]
