Paul 🇺🇸

@N3QEH Looks great and sounds good!

Just picked up the new-to-me truck from the port in Anchorage. My kids name all our vehicles. I’m going to suggest they name this one the BAT Mobile. But I won’t tell them BAT stands for Big Ass Truck.

@N5BO_Justin Red Sox undefeated! 😆

Finally baseball season! ⚾️

@W6KSR Our current system is 3.5 ton. Our HVAC guy is recommending 4 ton when we upgrade. I hope the extra 1/2 ton is for my shack.

Our new air conditioner is a two-ton system. I broke down and looked it up. In this context, a ton is a measure of rate of energy transfer, the equivalent of being able to freeze a ton of ice in 24 hours. We Americans truly will do anything to avoid using the metric system.

XX9W in the log! 20m FT8. Was close on 40m CW earlier but just could not pull them in enough.

I thought 3Y0K was challenging, XX9W looks to be even more so thus far. 🤞🏻

Hallelujah! 3Y0K in the log (hopefully). Nice signal into Central Florida on 20m, solid RR73.

The RRS Sir David Attenborough docked alongside us this morning in Punta Arenas

@WD9EWK @w6gps Hoping to see the real deal at @Hamcation

Just received an e-mail from Don @w6gps , saying the TM-D750A user guide has a typo re: TX from band/VFO B. Don says both bands transmit at the same power levels. That's good. Hoping to see it do full-duplex for satellites...

Looks like the Kenwood TM-D750A received its FCC certification on Friday (23 January 2026). FCC ID K44524000

@DL6AP Thanks for the new one! 🛳️

🛰 FM/DL6AP on SO-50 ⏰ 2026-01-25 from 21:09Z to 21:22Z 🗺 FK94 📻 436.795↓ FM 📢 Fort-de-France 👀 hams.at/alerts/1c666aa…

@N5BO_Justin 6 new ones so far for me; haven’t heard KP5 but neighbor is calling them on 50.310 FT8z

Fingers crossed, KP4's in on 6M

@DL6AP Nice! Which ship?

Tourists having fun on our cruise ship 🤔

@N5BO_Justin @K5TA They have already confirmed my 10m and 12m QSOs in LoTW!

@K5TA First reports they said 160 was not to be used, but the last report says they will be using that band now.

One band down, three to go. I guess they're not going to be on 160. Saw @N5BO_Justin work them earlier....

@kk4lwr Yes, it looks good in my QSL card album representing BVI.

@N1PEB You got the card for VP2V, right?

Some recent mail #DX

Great DX news, hoping @INDEXA_DX and @NCDXF help support this effort!

@WW2DX Great news, ATNO for me if I can manage a QSO.

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 dx-world.net/kp5-np3vi-dese…

@kk4lwr @kd8rtt @Hamcation Congratulations Tony, well deserved!

Congrats @kd8rtt on being named the Gordon West Amateur Radio Ambassador of the Year! Super proud of you bro! @Hamcation #hamradio

Finally cracked 300! Picked up 2 more since to make it 3️⃣0️⃣2️⃣

Is this retroactive? 😆

@f1ulq 👍🏻I couldn’t save the translation for some reason, but it was a nice article. My 5th grade French teacher (Sister Alice) would be ashamed that I couldn’t read it in French.

@N1PEB like that ? :)

newspaper report after #FP5KE.