K2DBK

Welcome to my little corner of the web. Although I keep some relatively long-term information and useful links here, I've been maintaining a blog for the last few years which I try to update relatively frequently. You can visit K2DBK's Ham Radio Blog on the web, or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to an RSS feed by clicking on the box just below:

• Twitter: @k2dbk
• Mastodon.radio

The DX Publicity Contacts Page

In July 2007, I visited the Cayman Islands and did a little operating while there as ZF2DK. For more information about that trip, please click here. Before I went on the trip, I wanted to get the word out to as many people as possible. As part of doing that, I gathered contact information for various DX mailing lists, newsletters, etc., and I'll be maintaining that list on this page. Please email me any additions or updates.

WSJT-X FT8 Fox/Hound QRG Files

• 9J2LA QRG file for WSJT-X - Web Site
  
  

Some Links That I Find Useful

• Propagation info:

  • General overview page with lots of info:https://dx.qsl.net/propagation/
  • The Solar Terrestrial Activity Report.
  • NOAA's Space Weather Enthusiasts Dashboard
  • Sunspot and Space Weather Info via SIDC

• 6 Meter-related

  • ON4KST's 6 meter (and other) chatrooms
  • K2DSL's Maidenhead Grid Locator
  • The grids I worked on 6m during the 2006 June VHF Contest - I won 1st place for 6m SO LP!
  • The grids I worked on 6m during the 2006 CQWW VHF Contest

• ISS, Shuttle, Satellites

  • Java applet from NASA to show next ISS pass
  • Realtime tracking of ISS

• Ham Resource Sites

  • www.ac6v.com -- If it's about ham radio and you can't find it here, it's probably not on the web.
  • Lots of good stuff at the ARRL Website
  • K4HB's Foreign Postage Rate Page
  • The ARRL's RFI pages are a terrific site to help identify RF noise.

• Other stuff

  • If you're a contester, you owe it to yourself to look at the N1MM logger program.
  • If you're interested, here's my ham radio bio from qrz.com.
  • My website is hosted at Hostineer.com. I recommend them very highly!

• K2DBK's 7600 Rig file for DX4WIN

  • 7600.rig Right-click and "Save As..." to save locally. Thanks to ON4AOI for the original which I've modified slightly.

  Coaxial Connector Handbook by Jim Fisk WA6BSO from August 1966 (courtesy VO1HP)

  Low Resolution Version

  • Part 1 (Pages 93-106): Coax pages 93-106.pdf [1.6Mb]
  • Part 2 (Pages 107-117): Coax pages 107-119.pdf [1.1Mb]

  High Resolution Version

  • Part 1 (Pages 93-100): CoaxConn-01.pdf [11Mb]
  • Part 2 (Pages 101-119): CoaxConn-2.pdf [6Mb]