Got a new Kenwood TS-590 for the contest season and wondering how to set up N1MM for use with it? No problem! Here is a link to a document that describes how to control DSP filters, clear the RIT after each QSO and play the internal DVK voice keyer messages by using macros in N1MM.
The JX5O expedition to Jan Mayen is coming closer. In one week the international team will gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, to begin the trip to Jan Mayen located in the Norwegian Polar region. The team will travel on the Aurora sail yacht from Isafjordur to Jan Mayen in unpredictable waters in the North Atlantic. The
The hardware at SEØX has now been upgraded and reconfigured to allow for SO2R (Single Operator 2 Radios) and Multi-2 operation. The main antenna switch has been replaced by Array Solution’s Sixpak antenna switch with two radio inputs and six antenna outputs, two 5B4AGN high performance band pass filters has been installed and finally a microHAM
When announced the Kenwood TS-590 didn’t caught my attention, it was later when I was looking for small radio with good performance for Multi-2 and SO2R operation and read the first reports from users that I got interested. I decided to get one and put it to the test at the SE0X station. The following
7SØX ranks #1 SM in its category, Multi-2, when log submission closed for the 2011 WPX contest last week. The final claimed score of 9,020,288 points is more than double the score of the team’s 2010 effort. The contest posed some technical challenges to the team and with the excellent propagation on higher bands we felt
Look for us in the CQ WPX SSB Contest this weekend, 7SØX is likely to be the only station active with the unique 7SØ prefix. The team consisting of F4BKV, SMØMDG, SMØMLZ and SMØNOR will be entering in M/2 and preparations have been made to keep the two stations on the air 24/7 from the
SEØX operated by Björn SMØMDG scores another #1 top placement in SM! This time in the IARU Worlds Championships 2010 Single Operator High Power, Phone category. The total score of 826.140 points resulted in a #13 EU ranking just above team X-Team mate Vincent F4BKV at 781.425 points. Read the full report from the IARU
The X-Team using the 7SØX call ranks #1 SM when the final results of the 2010 CQ WPX SSB Contest where published recently by CQ Magazine. With a total score of 4.042.940 7SØX is almost 1.3 million points ahead of #2 SK7OA. Operation was taking place at the SEØX station and operators in the X-Team
The “X-Team” consisting of Vincent F4BKV, Björn SMØMDG, Patrik SMØMLZ and Ulf SMØNOR will be active in the upcoming ARRL DX SSB Contest as TMØX the first weekend of March. The location will be Vincent’s station at the French Atlantic Coast. The last weekend of March the “X-Team” will be active in the WPX SSB
I had not planned for a serious effort, just a little fun in CQ 160 SSB contest this weekend. And fun was exactly what was provided, together with some snow to clear at the station! I decided to operate only for a few hours which finally ended up at a total of 12 hours casual