From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Feb 5 07:51:42 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 07:51:42 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Icom IC-7800 For Sale References: Message-ID: Icom IC-7800 For Sale - Working perfectly. Best Radio/Receiver* I have ever used. Well maintained with extras. Most recent Firmware Updates. Full 200 watts output. All Roofing filters upgraded by Icom. Also DSP Board issues resolved. Manuals and Mini Manual. Out board Keyboard never used and more. $2850 Pickup Ft Lauderdale - Bill W2CQ *(next to my R-390A Hi) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sun Feb 5 09:26:26 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 09:26:26 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] For Sale Collins 32V-2 - W3HM Restored References: Message-ID: For Sale Collins 32V-2 - W3HM Restored /**/ Howard restored this for me some years ago. I power it up weekly, but I've never enough room in the shack to use it on the air. It should work as normal but cannot say for sure. He did put a new modulation transformer in at the time, as well as a full restoration as only Howard Mills can do. $550. With Manual and Pick UP only in Fort Lauderdale Florida. I can no longer handle it to ship. Please use "bmarx at bellsouth dot net" to respond Bill W2CQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: oGu02Hp7BLeuFd8v.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 90536 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: qW8RRnMT1Nfn6DZk.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 89768 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Tue Feb 14 06:51:54 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:51:54 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] 3Y0J QRT... References: Message-ID: 3Y0J Bouvet Island 2023 Update: As per Team Co-Leader Ken LA7GIA The 3Y0J Bouvet Island 2023 DXpedition is QRT as of 14 FEB 2023 03:00 UTC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Feb 18 09:49:30 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:49:30 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The US Air Force may have shot down an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon over Canada References: <258201b2-d408-7d23-b67c-e4dfac690b67.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <258201b2-d408-7d23-b67c-e4dfac690b67@bellsouth.net> /Not confirmed yet:/ February 16, 2023 The US Air Force may have shot down an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon over Canada https://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-us-airforce-may-have-shot-down-an-amateur-radio-pico-balloon-over-canada/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Feb 18 10:15:51 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 10:15:51 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Amateur Radio from the Spratly Islands - attack! References: <8c4eb427-07e7-4360-8683-14543d5b03c5.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <8c4eb427-07e7-4360-8683-14543d5b03c5@bellsouth.net> /30 years ago this April ham radio was under attack:/ Amateur Radio from the Spratly Islands ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Failed attempt - DJ3HG, DJ4EI, DF6FK, DJ6SI - The Spratly Tagedy April 1983 Failed attempt - DJ3HG, DJ4EI, DF6FK, DJ6SI - The Spratly Tagedyzoom The first shot fell short, but the next shot struck the captain and he threw himself on the floor, although bleeding badly, as he tried to keep the ship on course. Baldur was also hit in the arm, and was bleeding, as was Norbert. Gero was in contact with another station on 20 meters, and advised him that they were under attack. As Gero left his position, they noticed that Diethelm was missing. It was not actually known if he was shot or thrown overboard. Their dinghy had fallen into the water, and everyone climbed into it, while the boat burned. The shelling continued, as they drifted farther away from the island. They had hoped that the message Gero had sent out on 20 meters had been received okay, and they would be rescued by U.S. Air Force planes in a few days. They believed that the Vietcong had shelled them, and soon discovered their dinghy had also been hit, but they were able to plug the hole with cloth. The bad news was that they had no water, and nothing to eat, and all were only partially clothed with no shoes. They used a small basket to catch tiny fish, which they ate, along with a few mussels from the bottom of the dinghy, but still no water. After about eight days, Gero tried drinking some sea water during the night, and he was dead by morning. They buried him at sea. Since the Spratly Group consists of so many reefs, sandbars and shallow areas, there is very little shipping nearby, so they had to wait until they got close to the shipping lanes for any hope of rescue. Everyone was suffering terribly from thirst - there was little hunger. The skipper and Norbert were both in bad condition, and everyone?s hope centered on a vision Baldur had had a few nights before, when he believed he heard a voice calling through dense fog: ?On the tenth day you will be rescued.? (which later became the title of Baldur?s book) After several ships passed, indeed on the tenth day (April 19) they were finally spotted by a Japanese ship, the freighter ?Linden? under Captain Inose. On arriving in Hong Kong, they were taken to a hospital, where they recovered from their ordeal at sea. *The GDR exploits the tragedy for Cold War propaganda* Press coverage, particularly in Germany, was heavy (see our documentation), and some hardliners in the German Democratic Republic seized the opportunity to launch an attack against their western counterpart. Baldur Drobnica , officially employed by the German Federal Republic?s Office of the Interior, was indeed working for its Bundesnachrichtendienst, the Intelligence Service's Section IV (Counter Intelligence). His occupational background - and the fact that GDR intelligence was aware of it - was to be ?leaked? to selected press and political sources in the GFR, alleging that the Spratly expedition was a spying conspiracy operation under the disguise of an amateur radio activity. For that purpose, the GST (Gesellschaft f?r Sport und Technik) ? the Society for Sports and Technics, (in charge of amateur radio) was ordered to publish a pamphlet ?for restricted circulation? listing all accusations and suspicions. The records of this meeting, unfortunately, have not yet been released for public use. But there is no doubt that Harry Radke, a member of the ham magazine?s editorial staff, when ordered to author the brochure, just followed the list of instructions, adding more or less only ham-related terms. (See our reproduction, in German). Everything went as planned ? even the renowned ?Spiegel? Magazine took the bait: Under the headline "Men from the Rhine" it wrote in its edition of 9 May 1983: "Is it possible that a German intelligence officer survives ten days without water and bread? This miracle happened, purportedly, in the South Chinese Sea." (Read in full length: linkext. Link ) - After the demise of the GDR, Harry was heavily blamed and reproached for his participation in a shoddy propaganda war. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download [6.9 MB]Radio Austria's feature 10 April 1993 (German, but with many rare air-cuts) 24:00 [MP3 , 6.9 MB] Download [5.0 MB]Interview, B?rgerradio K?ln (German) 20:45 [MP3 , 5.0 MB] Download [2.4 MB]The expedition in the grip of cold war east-west propaganda (German) [PDF , 2.4 MB] Download [6.5 MB]Press clippings (German) [PDF , 6.5 MB] Download [3.1 MB]The DX Magazine about the Disaster at Spratly [PDF , 3.1 MB] 'Am zehnten Tag werdet Ihr gerettet' - 'On the 1oth day you will be rescued' -... "Am zehnten Tag werdet Ihr gerettet" - "On the 1oth day you will be rescued" - Baldur... Gero Band DJ3NG (?) Gero Band DJ3NG (?) Gero Band DJ3NG (?) Gero Band DJ3NG (?) Diethlem M?ller DJ4EI (?) Diethlem M?ller DJ4EI (?) Norbert Willand, DF6FK Norbert Willand, DF6FK Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI The survivors: Baldur Drobnica, Jenny Toh, Peter Marx, Norbert Willand (left to... The survivors: Baldur Drobnica, Jenny Toh, Peter Marx, Norbert Willand (left to right) Souvenir from the M/V 'Linden' Souvenir from the M/V "Linden" https://www.dokufunk.org/amateur_radio/dxcc_entities/index.php?CID=7925&lang=EN&ID=8919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Feb 25 11:35:06 2023 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 11:35:06 -0500 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Classic Exchange CW Winter 2023 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0011149d-0992-72c5-bffa-3663bbfa13eb@bellsouth.net> The CW Classic Exchange is Sunday Mar 5 1400Z to Mar 6 0800Z and Tuesday Mar 7 1400Z to March 8 0800Z The CX is a no-pressure contest celebrating the older commercial and Home Brew equipment that was the pride and joy of ham shacks many decades ago. The object is to encourage restoration, operation and enjoyment of this older Classic equipment. You need not operate a Classic rig to participate in the CX. You may use any rig in the contest although new gear is a distinct scoring disadvantage as your multipliers are directly related to the age of the equipment you use! However, you can still work the "great ones" with modern equipment. There are two (2) entry categories per mode: ?Three or fewer receiver-transmitter pairs ?Four or more receiver-transmitter pairs. There is no bonus for this season?s CX. This year, the CW event was timed to coincide with the Novice Rig Roundup, so there should be lots of activity both days. We can give each other points in both events. Suggested CW frequencies in Mhz +/- QRM: 160M 1.810 80M 3.545 40M 7.045 and 7.100 ? 7.125 20M 14.045 15M 21.045 10M 28.045 6M 50.095 2M 144.100 Listen up and down for stations using crystal control. Full details at: http://classicexchange.org/announcments/CX_Rules.pdf Questions? Contact Mark K3MSB e-mail: myscupper at gmail.com Or Ron K2RP e-mail: Ron k2rp at arrl.net Or contact me! 73, Howie WB2AWQ/7 WB2AWQ at ARRL.net