If you haven’t seen or found the ARRL write-up on the Centennial portable operation, here is a link:

ARRL Centennial PDF

If I had known my comments would be published I would have added much more. Hi!

73, John W1AN

The station will be open for operations this weekend for a Multi-2. So far, K1DM, W1WBB, K3IU and W1XX have expressed interest. I will attempt to put a schedule together of preferred times so we can all get in some hours. I will take a backup, fill in, support position for times when we have the chairs full. You can email me directly at W1AN(at)dxusa.net
73, John W1AN

This device should alleviate any neighbor EMF concerns from “wireless devices”. May be good for RFI too?
73, John W1AN

howdy howdy howdy
John

As some of you experienced or heard, conditions for last weekends Russian DX contest were challenging. Fortunately conditions are rapidly improving for the next big one, the CQ WPX Phone contest. Work everyone everywhere. Multipliers are unique prefixes. I hope all can put some time in the chair. And there is plenty of chair time available here at W1AN/W1DX. I don’t have a special prefix (yet) but high Q rates can be expected.
73, John W1AN

A good opportunity to freshen up your CW skills. Remember this is the contest where the DX wants you! I’ll have the station open! Rain, snow or shine.
73, John W1AN

Best we pay attention to the weather forecast for this weekend. Record low temperatures are predicted along with 6-8″ of snow with sustained winds of 35 MPH and gusts up to 60MPH for Sunday, wind chills below -20F. Have some firewood ready, flashlights and fuel for your generators. It may get a little interesting. It would have been a good weekend to be in PR.

73, John W1AN

I hope everyone has plans to put some time into the WPX RTTY contest this weekend. Conditions should be good. Get your stations ready! I’ll be active from home and most likely use W1AN as the call. Station will be open for guests.

73, John W1AN

The country that tops the DXCC most wanted list is Navassa Island in the Caribbean. Operating with the call K1N they have amassed over 110,000 QSOs so far. Although it hasn’t been easy, I’ve been able to work them on several band slots. Since the split operation has been so spread out it is has been tough for them to find you. So patience is key. They also seem to add additional time slots almost daily. Today they’ve opened up several more.

If you don’t have Navassa in your log, catch them now or you may not have another chance for 10 years. It has been 22 years since the last operation! http://navassadx.com
73, John W1AN

If you haven’t heard the CQWW Phone Test starts tonite! I hope we can get some activity. I will have the station here open if you get the urge to put in a few hours. Come on down!
73, John, W1AN

The Nearfest flea market at Deerfield NH is next weekend. At the clubs direction much of the items from Chris KA1GEUs estate will be brought there for sale, with the exception of a few large or expensive items such as the Heights Tower, the Alpha 9500 amplifier, the Flex 5000A radio, The SteppIR antenna, some spools of 50 ohm cable, etc. The below list is the items available to club members before the flea market. Please let me know if you are interested at the listed (price) by next Friday so I can make sure the item stays behind. If you think the price should be lower or higher please advise. Nothing is written in stone here. If two or more members are interested at same price we will pull the winner out of a hat.

The items that have member offers for at least the amounts on the list I receive up thru Friday 10/10 will be set aside. Other items will go to Nearfest, where the plan is to see what sells, generally asking for more than the amounts on the list. If there is a member offer below the list on an item, we won’t sell it for any less at the flea market. If no better offer we will bring it home for the member at the offered price.

Look over the list. There are several nice items at much less than new prices. If you have any question on an item, let me know. I have revised some prices down after searching the web for recent sales.

73, John, W1AN
w1an@nulldxusa.net
cell 860-536-1118, leave message

23 Oct: Some items have been sold at Nearfest and have been removed from the list. I will update as time permits. Offers still needed!

Item
1	MFJ Versa-Tuner V 3KW roller inductor Tuner (200)
2	MFJ-760C Dry Dummy Load 50 ohm 300W  (20)
3	Wavetek PP-75 Precision Preselector CATV (10)

5	Heath SB102 with book, No PS cable,  Needs Rubber O-rings, Cabinet Good, restorable (25)
6	Heath SB600 P.S., No interconnecting cable, AC plug missing, Cabinet Good (35)


9	Reecom NOAA Radio Model R1630 Specific Area message Encoding & Hazard Alert, manual is on web (20)

11	Palomar VLF coverter, 10-500KHz, IF 4.4.5MHz with 12VDC wall wart, no manual (20)
12	CALAN Star 2010SLMS CATV signal analyzer, bad battery, no charger, no manual (25)
13	National NC57 General Coverage Receiver, Powers up, hum from speaker, No signals heard,
        6SGY sockets have WE 717As a usual upgrade, no cracks in dials, Cabinet good, restorable (30)
14	SteppIR DB-18E, with SDA 1100 control box, interconnecting cables, splice kits, truss kit,
        (needs new plastic truss couplers for about $25)(2000)
15	HiQ HF Antenna, MC Series, CAGE/PRIME 4X4W4, SN 14187 (200)
16	Fluke 45 Dual display Multi-Meter Min/Max Storage (40)
17	BK Precision 1601 Variable DC Supply, Dual Meter 0-50, 2A (40)Nice Lab supply!
18	Heil Pro-Set Plus (40)

20	MFJ 259B Antenna analyzer with AC adapter (100)
21	Tektronix RM503 Oscilloscope, has trace (15)
22	Pacific Measurement Portable RF Power meter Model 1034A (40)
23	Wavetek Oscilloscope 1901C, has trace (5)
24	Radio PLus Quantum QX Loop (80)
25	Palomar VLF Converter 10-500KHz in 4-4.5MHz IF (15)
26	MFJ910 200W Mobile antenna Matcher (25)
27	Simrad Taiyo ADDF TD-L1100 (10)
28	Auto Direction Finder, missing loop antenna and power adapter (10)
29	Flex1000 SDR, 1W no power amp or tuner (350)
30	Flex5000A +VHF&UHF options, Probable 2nd receiver, receives, transmitter not yet checked (2000)
31	Misc coax cable on reels.  (save for club members, field day, etc. charge per foot)
32	Misc patch cords, serial, usb cables, connectors (2 each)
33	Rosewill 4-RS232 port full height PCI-E card (12)
34	Scanner antennas (15)
35	Heights CUA55 all aluminum crank-up tower, with options: hinged base, foldover kit, rotor shelf,
        thrust bearing, safety brake system, with factory motorized tilt and raise and cabling,
        no rebar cage ($6500) This was over $13K new. Now only 2 years old. Beautiful!
36	M2 Rotator, Control and cable, OR2800PXAZ (1300)Real Heavy duty!
37	1 Footswitch with 1/4" plug (10)
38	RCA Test Oscillator 167A, bad power cord, not tested (10)
39	Heath Electronic keyer with book, not tested (15)
40	W1VLF 9 pole low pass filter  680KHz (30)
41	W1VLF 9 pole low pass filter 1020KHz (30)
42	Trilithic AL-1 AM loop Antenna P/N 2010830000 (20)
43	Digital Measurement Wave-Node WN-2 with 2ea 1.8-60MHz filter, no accessories (75)
44	1ea Array solutions Surge/lightning arrestors AS302/AS303 (25ea)
45	Heath Condenser Checker w tuning eye, works! Antique (35) (Tuning eye worth $20)
46	4ea FRS? Handhelds, not checked, one bat cover missing (15)
47	Alpha delta 2 position Surge Protector Antenna Switch(35)
48	Rital Smart Power strip 16 outlets with digital current monitor, Fused, needs cord (80)

50	Assorted lengths copper braid for staion equip grounding ($1/ft)
51	Kramer Video Distribution amp VM-80V, New in box (200)


55	Weller 140W Soldering Gun Kit (25)
56	Sears soldering gun (10)
58	Velcro strips both sides 10-20'(15)
59	CSI/SPEC 7Amp 13.8V DC power supply, works (20)

61	DX Engineering Balun Current BAL050-HO5A 1.8-30 2KW-4KW (55) Heavy duty!
62	Radio works current balun B1-4K (20)
63	Misc. Parts and tools, connectors, cables, wres, jumpers
64	Alpha 9500 Amplifier 1.5KW HF Auto tune, Not checked yet for function

66      Pyramid 25A 13.8 V DC power supply two meters, works(75)

I know. Time flies. It’s hard to believe the CQWW RTTY is this weekend. I’m finishing up some cleanup and will be prepared for those who may like to operate at my QTH. There will be the usual two stations available. Let me know if you will be dropping by.

Conditions for the W1AW/1 operation this past week were very good. 12M and 10M were open into the early evenings. Could be a good for us this weekend.

w1an@nulldxusa.net

73, John W1AN

In case you missed or forgot the date on my first post, the 2nd ARRL W1AW/1 Centennial operation for CT started 9/17 Tuesday. There are many open band/mode slots available. I will have my host station open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and next Monday and Tuesday. If you want to operate from here let me know and I will get the slot reserved for you.

For available band slots:
http://w1aw.dxusa.net

73, John, W1AN

The second W1AW operating session for CT starts Tuesday evening or 0000Z on 9/17. The schedule is posted at w1aw.dxusa.net. Managing the schedule will be Dick KB1H and Tom W1TJL. They show the contact email addresses as kb1h@nullarrl.net, w1tjl@nullarrl.net and w1aw-ct@nulldxusa.net.

I plan on hosting here and will have the two operating stations available all week, but possibly not daytime Sunday the 21st. It’s first season home game for the Patriots! You can contact Tom or Dick and get your password or just let me know when you will be over to operate and your preferred bands/modes. We will also be able to fill voids in the schedule most any time, but if you have band preferences it’s best to reserve on your own.
73,
John, W1AN