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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:24:40 PM EDT
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I had a free table. $0
I had 5000' of 12gauge solid copper wire $0 (still have 3000' left) used radio $425 used tuner $75 coax $45 Power supply $75 Closeout 43' vertical antenna $75 Plus some misc. stuff I'm sure was around $100 like grounding straps and a coax bulkhead connector etc and online study guies for each test... So I guess $800 give or take. That's a HF station. UHF/VHF I assume is cheaper to get into with handhelds etc....I really don't know for sure. I spent more on gas going to take my 2 test for tech/general and then my extra than I paid for my antenna. Just off the top of my head I could have reduced my antenna cost to almost zero with what I already had on hand if I chose to do so so that's a reduction. Getting with a local club would probably be a good start, you never know what might get voluntered to help you out. If you have more questions, start a thread. Feel like I'm killing the QSL picture thread. I asked LOTS of questions when I started. LOTS. |
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Posted: 9/5/2014 7:20:35 PM EDT
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Reviving the thread!
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Posted: 9/5/2014 7:42:10 PM EDT
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*feverishly enters alert for CO4LS*
Awesome cards HogSniper! Thanks for posting! ETA  :
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Posted: 9/5/2014 8:49:51 PM EDT
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*feverishly enters alert for CO4LS*
Awesome cards HogSniper! Thanks for posting! ETA :
Worked Date/Time Band Mode Freq CO4LS 2014-06-24 23:30:45 20M SSB 14.26290 Cool! I logged him on 20m SSB also. Yes you need to see the entire card! 
If you get a different model on your card, let me know.
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Posted: 9/6/2014 12:35:17 AM EDT
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Cool! I logged him on 20m SSB also. Yes you need to see the entire card!
If you get a different model on your card, let me know.
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*feverishly enters alert for CO4LS*
Awesome cards HogSniper! Thanks for posting! ETA :
Worked Date/Time Band Mode Freq CO4LS 2014-06-24 23:30:45 20M SSB 14.26290 Cool! I logged him on 20m SSB also. Yes you need to see the entire card!
If you get a different model on your card, let me know.
Great, you get QSL cards with nekkid babes and I get ones with fat hairy dudes: 
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Posted: 9/6/2014 7:04:04 AM EDT
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Great, you get QSL cards with nekkid babes and I get ones with fat hairy dudes: 
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Posted: 9/6/2014 11:03:38 PM EDT
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Great, you get QSL cards with nekkid babes and I get ones with fat hairy dudes: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/honu_photo/HK3JJH_zps22c345c1.jpg *feverishly enters alert for HK3JJH* 
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Posted: 9/7/2014 12:30:45 AM EDT
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Great, you get QSL cards with nekkid babes and I get ones with fat hairy dudes: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/honu_photo/HK3JJH_zps22c345c1.jpg *feverishly enters alert for HK3JJH* He has the duct tape, glue and cotton balls all ready for you. |
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Posted: 9/7/2014 12:32:22 AM EDT
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Great, you get QSL cards with nekkid babes and I get ones with fat hairy dudes: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/honu_photo/HK3JJH_zps22c345c1.jpg *feverishly enters alert for HK3JJH* I'm starting to worry about you. 
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Posted: 9/7/2014 2:07:13 PM EDT
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He has the duct tape, glue and cotton balls all ready for you.
That really is a funny card though. I like the ones with a sense of humor. I may not want to hang it on my wall but... |
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Posted: 9/7/2014 2:13:05 PM EDT
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New one this week. They seem to be slowing down from the last batch sent so I've got a pile of 20 more to send out on Monday.
This is my first from China. Got a new little piece of paper art with it. 
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Posted: 9/7/2014 3:30:51 PM EDT
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Cool card!
I don't have a China QSO yet. |
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Posted: 9/22/2014 10:19:24 AM EDT
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Cool card! I don't have a China QSO yet. I was getting them pretty well last night on 15m at around 9-10 local if you want to take a look tonight. Latest card: Reunion Island ... took awhile to confirm this one as the post office accidently sent my card to DC first. Then they returned it to me saying there was no such address. Then I resent it (surprisingly, the post office didn't charge me for the second postage) with some "Airmail" stamps on it and it finally ended up in the right place. I like how this card tells you what # QSO and QSL for the year you are. 
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Posted: 9/22/2014 11:01:20 AM EDT
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Wow, you worked them psk mode. That's nearly 10k miles from West Virginy, very nice!
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Posted: 9/22/2014 11:22:21 AM EDT
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Wow, you worked them psk mode. That's nearly 10k miles from West Virginy, very nice! Yeah, I believe that one to fall into the "luck" category. He was a true 599 here too. Everything just worked out. I had to check the call a couple of times to make sure I had it right. I thought I was working France at first. |
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Posted: 9/22/2014 1:15:29 PM EDT
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This came in on Saturday:
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Posted: 9/22/2014 1:23:33 PM EDT
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And this:
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Posted: 9/22/2014 1:25:59 PM EDT
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This came in on Saturday: Fucking Hawaii? Cool! That's great!
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Posted: 10/8/2014 10:37:08 PM EDT
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Got a decent envelope from the bureau today with 15 cards in it. In case anyone hasn't figured out the curse of my DX yet, this should confirm it. All 15 cards are from Japan.
 I envy you East coast guys with so many little countries on the other side of your ocean!
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Posted: 10/8/2014 10:57:31 PM EDT
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Holy cow Frostbite! You could get the WAJ award without even trying! Hell, you probably already have a few times.
Nice cards BTW! |
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Posted: 10/9/2014 12:05:15 PM EDT
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This came in on Saturday: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/honu_photo/N4STG_zps5a68ed6a.jpg I figured you might like that. I like adding stuff for the arfcom hams. And for the special event folks. Am I getting one back PSE? |
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Posted: 10/9/2014 1:02:46 PM EDT
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I figured you might like that. I like adding stuff for the arfcom hams. And for the special event folks. Am I getting one back PSE? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This came in on Saturday: http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk260/honu_photo/N4STG_zps5a68ed6a.jpg I figured you might like that. I like adding stuff for the arfcom hams. And for the special event folks. Am I getting one back PSE? You didn't get one from me? I thought I sent two, one for the USIOTA along with my regular card. I'll senf out replacements tomorrow when I get home. |
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Posted: 10/9/2014 3:03:22 PM EDT
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Hmmmm...I will look tonight again. I thought yours were wood or something? |
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Posted: 10/10/2014 7:52:38 PM EDT
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Got a decent envelope from the bureau today with 15 cards in it. In case anyone hasn't figured out the curse of my DX yet, this should confirm it. All 15 cards are from Japan. I envy you East coast guys with so many little countries on the other side of your ocean!
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15296801600_7690ef250d_z.jpg The grass is always greener, I suppose...the card below marks my second Japanese QSL card. Nice haul regardless of the curse.
Also the Yuri Gagarin card...my first physical QSL from Kazakhstan. 
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Posted: 10/10/2014 7:59:51 PM EDT
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The grass is always greener, I suppose...the card below marks my second Japanese QSL card. Nice haul regardless of the curse.
http://i.imgur.com/MgwoOlP.jpg Also the Yuri Gagarin card...my first physical QSL from Kazakhstan. http://i.imgur.com/n7XkUEo.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Got a decent envelope from the bureau today with 15 cards in it. In case anyone hasn't figured out the curse of my DX yet, this should confirm it. All 15 cards are from Japan. I envy you East coast guys with so many little countries on the other side of your ocean!
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15296801600_7690ef250d_z.jpg The grass is always greener, I suppose...the card below marks my second Japanese QSL card. Nice haul regardless of the curse.
http://i.imgur.com/MgwoOlP.jpg Also the Yuri Gagarin card...my first physical QSL from Kazakhstan. http://i.imgur.com/n7XkUEo.jpg dude that kazak card is amazing 
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Posted: 10/10/2014 8:39:12 PM EDT
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If you make the contact, be sure and order the card......it's laminated!
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Posted: 10/10/2014 10:39:34 PM EDT
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I got several this week in response to my last batch of direct mailings.
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Posted: 10/10/2014 10:52:06 PM EDT
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Man all those look nice y'all!
I have a few DX contacts that arrived. I will try to remember to snap a pic & post soon. |
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Posted: 10/25/2014 7:21:14 PM EDT
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A few more arrived this week
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Posted: 10/25/2014 9:25:52 PM EDT
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Nice! I recognize the Iceland card.
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Posted: 10/25/2014 10:21:04 PM EDT
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Bureau stuff came in today... 
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Posted: 11/27/2014 2:01:42 PM EDT
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Some new ones.
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Posted: 11/28/2014 3:57:59 PM EDT
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A lot of my direct requests have come in recently.
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Posted: 11/28/2014 7:35:56 PM EDT
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Are cards normally sent point to point or through a service?
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Posted: 11/28/2014 7:52:07 PM EDT
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Both. If you don't mind waiting a while for overseas cards, you can save money by using the ARRL bureau service. If you send direct to their address, many ask you send a few dollars for postage.
In the US, you send direct. Some people ask for a SASE, others don't. |
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Posted: 11/28/2014 8:37:02 PM EDT
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Can you link me to arras service?
Btw that ten tec is very tempting |
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Posted: 12/11/2014 6:24:03 PM EDT
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This came in the other day! It was an amazing 6M opening and is discussed in the January 2015 QST on page 94. I'm not mentioned but a guy I know 40 miles North of me is on the map they show.
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Posted: 12/11/2014 7:33:58 PM EDT
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This came in the other day! It was an amazing 6M opening and is discussed in the January 2015 QST on page 94. I'm not mentioned but a guy I know 40 miles North of me is on the map they show.
Holy Shit that is awesome. 
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Posted: 12/11/2014 8:33:20 PM EDT
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Holy Shit that is awesome. I was reading from the bottom up and couldn't figure out what prompted that reaction. Then I looked at the band!
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Posted: 12/11/2014 8:54:13 PM EDT
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Thanks, Derek. That's pretty much what I said when it happened too!
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Posted: 12/15/2014 8:34:13 PM EDT
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Got another one in the mail today!
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Posted: 12/19/2014 8:35:39 PM EDT
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Today was bureau card day.
I received 21 cards from Japan. No surprise there. But, I was excited to see three from Europe! Keep in mind that I am on the West Coast, so Europe is not quite as easy to get.
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Posted: 12/19/2014 8:47:55 PM EDT
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Today was bureau card day. I received 21 cards from Japan. No surprise there. But, I was excited to see three from Europe! Keep in mind that I am on the West Coast, so Europe is not quite as easy to get.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8675/16059984985_00e562cb8c_z.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/15872526058_49a9bc337d_z.jpg Good deal! Especially nice to see some European stations for you in there!
I just received my first envelope ever from the Bureau yesterday. Will try to post pics soon, but it looks like the final haul was: Bulgaria X 2 Germany Barbados Sweden France A Japanese contest station And my first physical card from an SWL in the Netherlands for me working an Italian station |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:03:21 PM EDT
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Good deal! Especially nice to see some European stations for you in there! I just received my first envelope ever from the Bureau yesterday. Will try to post pics soon, but it looks like the final haul was: Bulgaria X 2 Germany Barbados Sweden France A Japanese contest station And my first physical card from an SWL in the Netherlands for me working an Italian station Aren't bureau envelopes fun! Out of the blue, a bunch of cards show up that you weren't expecting.
A physical SWL card is great! I have only received EQSL SWL's. |
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Posted: 12/22/2014 8:55:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/22/2014 9:08:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNice! I still have to get back to them to look into the "online" log. It says we didn't have a contact, but I'm sure we had a QSO so I'm hoping a letter got transposed or something. |
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Posted: 12/23/2014 6:55:43 PM EDT
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Keep em' coming guys! Here are some from past few months. A big thanks to raysheen for helping me address the Reunion Island card correctly!
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Posted: 12/23/2014 7:04:43 PM EDT
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Keep em' coming guys! Here are some from past few months. A big thanks to raysheen for helping me address the Reunion Island card correctly!
http://pages.suddenlink.net/kquinn1/Pics/QSL2.jpg Wow those are some nice looking cards!
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Posted: 12/29/2014 6:41:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/8/2015 9:16:11 PM EDT
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