Monday, July 2, 2018

More fun than a Barrel of DX...

   I have been having a ball with the FT-991A and always get good signal reports and am told the audio sounds awesome. I could not be more thrilled. I have made more contacts on this little rig in 2 months than I have made in my 27 years as a ham total. There are Pros and Cons to this rig, as with any other, but I think the Pros far outweigh the Cons. Just take a look at my recent contacts at the bottom of this page.

73!

Rob - W2RWL

Saturday, June 16, 2018

59 Countries for DXCC

According to QRZ.com, I have 59 confirmed countries towards my DXCC!!!



73!


Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Monday, April 16, 2018

New Station is set up and running!

Set up the Yaesu FT-991A. Lots of new features and things to play with (break)...HI HI...
Antenna is still an End-fed Wire (31 feet) with a 40 foot counterpoise. tunes wonderfully with SWRs all below 1.7:1 on all bands 80-6M. The picture at the top is the current placement in the shack.
Hope to hear you all on the air soon...

73,

W2RWL

Monday, April 9, 2018

New Station on the way

   I should be receiving my new Yaesu FT-991A, External Speaker and Programming software by this Friday. Hopefully, I will be working some PSK31 and JT65 by weeks end.
Will let you all know what I think of the rig and my setup.

73,


Hopefully Back in Bidness!!!

  I ordered a fully assembled  uBitx V6.1  last month from  India . When it arrived, the encoder shaft was busted, and the screen was cracke...