Fred - TKS! Dex WILSON, William Albert, K6ARO, ex-IØWW, W6GAD, Ambassador to Vatican City under President Reagan. Born 1914 in Los Angeles, died of cancer...
Members of the State and VOA Amateur Radio Clubs who don't see the Foreign Service Journal regularly (it's published monthly by the American Foreign Service...
Greetings Reflectees: Just as everyone assumes the bands are functionally unusable and propagation cannot get worse, it gets worse. I had high hopes at about...
John - TKS! 73/Dex QST, November 2009, page 12, "Media Hits": "Finally, the Voice of America Bureau Chief Steve Herman, W7VOA, wrote from Kabul, Afghanistan,...
Reflectees: I am trying to find this on behalf of a friend who just bought a used Log Periodic but is missing the manual. It is a Hy Gain with a dual boom and...
Decent USA prop today, but even though we gave several calls for overseas, including ZS/KW10 and DJ0KC and OE1ZKM, nothing from overseas was heard. Also called...
Well, it must have been the fact that today is the Vernal Equinox, as the Goddess of Propagation certainly smiled upon the Net. Not only did we have a 15 Meter...
I am delighted to report that someone actually reads these postings! A sharp-eyed reader [and possibly part-time Druid :-) ] spotted my error. The 'summer...
Jim et al: Propagation above 14 MHZ has been almost non-existant today, and 20m was pretty bad at net time. Most of the BeltWay Bandits were at the Manassas...
For those who may have missed it, the attached (and pasted below) article appeared on page 47 of the Foreign Service Journal, published monthly by the American...
Reflectees: Per info received today, I am sorry to report the passing of retired State Department employee Anthony W. Malesic, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who...
Reflectees: Anyone ever recall seeing/using at post a Metron A1000 solid state desktop HF amplifier? More importantly, where to find documentation like a...
Dennis - Thanks for your e-mail. Too bad you missed George Glavis, as he is the mainstay of the presently rather inactive Dept of State Amateur Radio Club...
John - Speaking of the June 2009 issue of QST, don't miss the article, "N4HX: Amateur Radio Ambassador," by retired FSO J. R. "Bull" Bullington, pp. 66 - 68. ...
An excellent piece in this month's QST from Bull. Although no mention is made of the FS Net, the importance of Ham radio at post during his career is clearly...
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/12/10818/?nc=1 This bill directs DHS to further integrate hams into disaster operations, and to recommend ways to get...
Hello all, this is a test email from me to the w3dos group. I just worked w3dos at lunchtime using the w3dos yaesu to the n/s dipole. 559 on 18.086 cw. ...
I forgot to mention last Sunday that I have a special obligation today, so will miss the 1500UTC session. Will try to be back before the end of the 15M...
I forgot to announce last week that the ARRL SSB DX contest is on this weekend, and as a result the QRM levels will preclude any FS Net on 20/15 meters...
Ken - It's great that K3VOA will benefit from DC being a separate multiplier. K3VOA and W3DOS Club members, as I recall, were active is urging CQ and the ARRL...
Reflectees: I recently became aware of this page for recording memories of old Novice Class memories. http://www.novice.bappy.com/ I noted immediately the...
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