Showing posts with label Dominican Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dominican Republic. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Attempting 2 meter contact, Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico

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It is about 100 miles across the Mona Channel.  That is a longshot on 2 meters, but I got the idea when, this past summer, I regularly hear...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Watching the Hubble Space Telescope (an old friend) from the Dominican Republic

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  A recent article about the possibility of an early demise of the Hubble Space Telecope caught my eye.  I first saw HST as it came overhead...
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Frank Jones W6AJF on Homebrew, Thermatrons, and VHF

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We are in the Dominican Republic now. I thought SolderSmoke blog readers would like the introduction to Frank Jones W6AJF's VHF handbook...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

How VU2RM Got Into the Satellites

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  Readers will remember last week's post about the homebrew rivalry between VU2RM and VU2NR. (Note the bio about VU2RM below).  This mor...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Two Spanish Words Useful for Homebrewers: Cacharreo and Artilugio

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Luis EA5BRE Both these words came up during a very nice conversation that I had this morning with Luis EA5BRE on 20 meter SSB.  I told Luis ...
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Thursday, October 9, 2025

Why I can listen to both sides of VK-G Long Path QSOs in the Dominican Republic

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Bottom line:  I think when Australians talk to Brits via long path,  in the Dominican Republic I am between the two. Both have their beam an...

So Where is My Dominican Antipode?

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There you have it.  I like the icons!   Here is the site:  https://www.antipodesmap.com/#coordinates-converter
Friday, September 26, 2025

Maybe it is Tropospheric Ducting After All -- 99.5 FM WIDI Puerto Rico Received in the Dominican Republic

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  Invest 94L moved arcoss the Mona Passage yesterday, lowering temperatures, bringing lots of rain and relatively high winds to the area.   ...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

A Flight from Chile to Panama: Aeronautical Mobile Contact with KX4WC/AM, with VK3MO in the Group

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WA3O sent me an e-mail alerting me to the fact that Mike KX4WC/Aeronautical Mobile would be flying up from Santiago, Chile to Panama City th...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Do I really NEED Tropo to hear the Puerto Rican FM Broadcast Station? Or are we just close enough to do this line-of-site?

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  WIDI 99.5 FM from western Puerto Rico continues to put a full quieting signal into the eastern Dominican Republic.   The station is so reg...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Puerto Rico -- Dominican Republic Tropo on 99.5 FM? Yes, probably

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  Our friend Todd K7TFC in Portland found this in the 1950 ARRL Handbook at an, uh, opportune moment.  TRGHS.  This seems to describe what a...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Puerto Rico FM Broadcast Station Heard in the Dominican Republic -- But How? WIDI 99.5 FM

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WIDI 99.5 FM. Booming in during daylight here on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. Their antenna is about 2100 feet above average ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

One (of several) SolderSmoke Blog Backups: This one in .pdf form

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The SolderSmoke Daily News blog now has more than 4,000 posts, and some 10,000 comments.  This is both good news and bad news.  The good new...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

A Second Aeronautical Mobile Contact with Mike KX4WC/Aeronautical Mobile

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August 19, 2025 20 meter SSB in the afternoon. Mike KX4WC/Aeronautical Mobile was enroute to San Juan from Miami, flying through the edge...
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Thursday, August 7, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast 261: Travel, AI-Apocalypse, ARRL Award, Amplifiers (with Claude) , Transcoms, Smoke released in DR, QRP, CW, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #261 is available for download:  Audio:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke261.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Antenna Options and Views from the Terrace of SolderSmoke Shack South

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Above is the view to the east.  North-east to Europe will be up to the left.  Straight out to the east gets me across the Atlantic to Centra...
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