Promoting Amateur Radio
Last year I received approval for a 1×1 call sign to operate as, K6B to operate a special events station to celebrate 40 years of “contesting excellence” at…
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Lost Art of Communication?
Flipping through the May, 2011 issue of QST I come across the ‘Correspondence’ column where hams send in their opinions on a variety of amateur radio subjects. One…
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CQP Failure
It was with consideration anticipation and excitement as we approached 1600 UTC, Saturday morning and the start of CQP. Unfortunately Mr. Murphy decided to pay a visit no…
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QSL Card – K6B
I have spent a little time on a simple design for the K6B QSL card I will be sending out at the end of the NCCC 40th anniversary…
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NCCC’s CQP
This weekend is the California QSO Party (CQP), which runs 30 hours beginning 2 October at 1600z ending 3 October at 1600z. While I have already committed to…
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K6B Continues Activation
I continue operating as much as possible as K6B, as our club, the Northern California Contest Club “celebrate 40 years of contesting excellence.” It has been a wonderful…