Thank you, Ken (W6BSD), for the beautiful digital QSL card. Hope to work you again in the future.
October 29, 2023
October 20, 2023
Yupiteru MVT-7100
Many moons ago, I had the pleasure of owning a 1990's vintage Yupiteru MVT-7100 scanner. It was a really great little handheld radio. It had wide band reception and 1000 memories (10 banks) that could be scanned at 30 channels per second. The sensitivity was excellent (better than 1 µV on most ranges). The superheterodyne receiver was capable of continuous tuning from 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz) and supported AM, FM, W-FM, CW, and SSB modulation. Amazing!
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| Yupiteru MVT-7100 multiband receiver |
It covered all the ham bands including: 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, 30m (WARC), 20m, 17m (WARC), 15m, 12m (WARC), 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm, 33cm, 23cm, 10m, and 4m. It also covered the 11m (CB) band.
Tuning steps were configurable: 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz.
As was the case with all the other handheld scanners of this vintage, the radio could only be programmed manually (not via computer). This could be tedious with 1000 memories. However, programming was part of the fun and charm of the radio.
The antenna was connected via a robust BNC connector. On an aside, I still prefer the BNC connector to the modern SMA connector. The BNC connectors are stronger and more durable. I have seen several SMA's fail while BNCs continue to work without failure with decades of hard use. I am not convinced the more fragile and shorter life SMA connectors have been good for handheld radio gear. What are your thoughts?
The Yupiteru was a versatile and fun radio to play with. It is considered by many as one of the best general coverage handheld scanners ever made.
October 13, 2023
Arizona QSO Party 2023
The Arizona QSO Party 2023 is being held 1500z Oct 14 to 0500z Oct 15, 2023 (UTC). I plan on hunting Greenlee County which is the last AZ County that I need to complete contacts with all counties in the state. If you happen to know the frequency a Greenlee County ham is calling, please let me know.
Join the party. Make some contacts. Have ham radio fun!
For more information to go: AZQP - Arizona QSO Party
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| Arizona State Flag |
October 6, 2023
Completed 30m ARRL DXCC Award
A big thank you to Vasily (YL3AKH) in Latvia for being my 100th DXCC contact confirmed on LoTW on 30 meters. Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian. Around 3000 BC, the proto-Baltic ancestors of the Latvian people settled on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
I am delighted to have earned the ARRL 30 meters DXCC award. It took many years to earn this award. All contacts were made with 100 watts or less and using simple wire antennas.
As I write this, I have now completed DXCC on 10 Meters, 15 Meters, 17 Meters, 20 Meters, and 30 Meters. I am working on achieving DXCC on several bands.
Good DX and 73, NJ2X
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| Flag of Latvia |
- 12 Meters - I now have an antenna and progressing (69 qualifying contacts confirmed on LoTW).
- 40 Meters - Making good progress (93 qualifying contacts confirmed on LoTW)
- 80 Meters - Slow progress (40 qualifying contact confirmed on LoTW)
- 160 Meters - No antenna.
Good DX and 73, NJ2X
October 5, 2023
2023 California QSO Party Time!
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| California State Flag |
The 2023 California QSO Party will be held:
1600 UTC October 7, 2023 to 2200 UTC October 8, 2023
Radio sport means competition, fun, and hamming it up on the radio.
I am a County hunter, and I will be looking to make contacts with the following California Counties to complete my full set of LoTW confirmed contacts:
- Alpine County
- Glenn County
- Mariposa County
- Sierra County
If you are operating from one of these Counties, please do let me know so we can set up a schedule.
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