KL2A

Contester | DXpeditioner | CWops #77 | Surfing the short waves since '84 | Father of 5 | #hamr

[KL2A @KL2A]

ZF2B CQWW SSB (NN3W, KL2A)
1 World + New NA Record
Low power 100W
Yagi + Verticals 160-10M
#hamradio is more fun with friends.
https://t.co/t42xSvdizL

[KL2A @KL2A]

@DS1TUW Cool radio! 🤙

[KL2A @KL2A]

@ct1boh Nothing above 15M in Southern Idaho. Zero RBN for me all day so far. MUF low the cause?

[KL2A @KL2A]

@PaitOOn1 Oops, sorry about that guys. All thumbs and lots of excitement.

[KL2A @KL2A]

Wow! First call — J51A 24.892 with 100W and Greyline Performance 32’ Vertical… Dipole Antenna, from Idaho! #hamr is fun again! 73 KL2A

According to the J51A DXpedition Clublog (https://t.co/77taBVD0ZS) log tracking I have them on 10-12-15-17-20M CW+SSB both. That’s a haul from Idaho. Have you worked them?

[KL2A @KL2A]

@JaySyfr Contesting skill does have its rewards

[KL2A @KL2A]

@n4hpg Like clockwork, they come in on the high bands with the morning sun.

[KL2A @KL2A]

J51A 28550 up 5-15 today! He was S0 and got him with 100W from Idaho using a Greyline Flagpole 32’ and a MFJ 998RT tuner. Wow! #hamr

[KL2A @KL2A]

@mwfoutch1 Funding aside, Permitting is the real hurdle.

[KL2A @KL2A]

Yaesu vs Icom vs ? — the data is in!

Ham radio is fun again. Pass it on.

[José Nunes CT1BOH @ct1boh]

Rob Sherwood (NC0B) updated his RX performance table (DR Narrow Spaced @2 kHz). IC-7300 Mk2 scores 87 dB vs FTdx101D (110 dB) and FTdx10 (107 dB). A video comparing IC7800 vs IC7851 shows how a weak CW signal reappears as a strong nearby signal is shifted https://t.co/FETRIjwmES

[KL2A @KL2A]

@mwfoutch1 Good info, tnx!

[KL2A @KL2A]

KP4AA ready to CQWW CW

[KL2A @KL2A]

KP4AA 0130 Zulu 450 Qs and lost all usb ports. 15 mins off air and counting #cqww #hamr

[KL2A @KL2A]

It’s going to be a weekend to remember, one for the ham radio history books!
73 KL2A (KP4AA)

[Alessandro Graziani @W6MOQ]

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[KL2A @KL2A]

@ct1boh Some of us are still raising kids at home with no antennas and the remote op radios are a traffic jam!

[KL2A @KL2A]

Contesting isn't just a sport. It's an expedition.
My log, and maybe yours too, tells the real story. It’s not just scores, it’s the grit: scaling towers at midnight (YS1X), jungle-foraging for bamboo elements (HR1B), crafting a CW key out of gum wrapper, aligator clips and a BIC pen (TG0AA) and finding a QTH in a cemetery (V47G, St. Kitts!). For me, this was all before I was 25 years old. Formative years!
Those memories—and the occasional scorpion bite—are the thrill that hooks us. All of the above adventures were my solo trips. These days I'm enjoying playing radio adventures with my friends.
The Oct-Mar 2025 season is just two weeks away. What crazy DXpedition memories are fueling your prep?
For me, I'm in the simulation, practicing CW daily with a goal in mind. For SSB, I'm torn between the tropics and the desert. What about you? 73 KL2A
#HamRadio #Contesting #roadtocqww

[KL2A @KL2A]

@mwfoutch1 What’s the antenna? ✌️

[KL2A @KL2A]

Video of Radio History Contest Station PJ1B (Bonaire Island) 1990 featuring N7ZZ, KB2XZ, N4RV, K3EST, K2EK, WW2Y, KT3Y, N3ED, K1KI, K2SS and others. This is the year PJ9W (Finnish team) was on Curacao competing with us. #hamradio
https://t.co/hQSZFQ2No9

[DX World.net @DX_World]

A year ago, the N5J Jarvis Island DXpedition was kicking off. Did you work them?

Here's a full detailed account / recap of the DXpedition compiled by DX-World

https://t.co/3mfwXOyyab

[KL2A @KL2A]

@DX_World Legendary QSL MGR going back to Alpha. Any station globally, worthy of note, seemed to use W3HNK as their QSL manager! 73 SK