Warren Rowe - WQ1C
@wq1c-qrp.bsky.social
A simple guy who loves his wife and family, enjoys his ham radio with CW and photography hobbies, and roots hard for his Texas Rangers and Texas Longhorns...and doesn't care what you think about it. No politics here, please. Grid locator is EM11ab.
Here is my new W1SFR Horizontal Torsion Bar Straight Key, which I received Monday evening but got it on the air about 0600 UTC this evening. Conditions were lousy, but was heard a little bit on 30 and 40m with RBN with decent reports. Guess I need to get on the air during the day here in Texas.
August 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Here is my new W1SFR Horizontal Torsion Bar Straight Key, which I received Monday evening but got it on the air about 0600 UTC this evening. Conditions were lousy, but was heard a little bit on 30 and 40m with RBN with decent reports. Guess I need to get on the air during the day here in Texas.
I had originally thought that I would move up to finally purchasing a bug key, but I've found that I prefer straight and iambic keys more. Here's one of my favorite keys, the LTA 2003 Christmas key #042. Only a few hundred of these were made.
July 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I had originally thought that I would move up to finally purchasing a bug key, but I've found that I prefer straight and iambic keys more. Here's one of my favorite keys, the LTA 2003 Christmas key #042. Only a few hundred of these were made.
Last week, this storm blew into the Austin, Texas metro and unleashed a hailstorm from Hell. Fortunately for me, my work site missed the hail; we did get heavy rain and wind.
June 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Last week, this storm blew into the Austin, Texas metro and unleashed a hailstorm from Hell. Fortunately for me, my work site missed the hail; we did get heavy rain and wind.
Enjoyed an 82-minute QSO with SKCC member Paul, N4FTD of North Fort Myers, Florida on Thanksgiving morning. We had similar antennas, so we decided to see how low we could go from 5 watts. Well, 1 watt each way isn't bad at all between Texas and Florida - over !,000 mWe'll, We'll do it again soon.
November 30, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Enjoyed an 82-minute QSO with SKCC member Paul, N4FTD of North Fort Myers, Florida on Thanksgiving morning. We had similar antennas, so we decided to see how low we could go from 5 watts. Well, 1 watt each way isn't bad at all between Texas and Florida - over !,000 mWe'll, We'll do it again soon.
My certificate of appreciation for 10 years at the security company I work at. It's been pretty good, but boy am I ready to retire.
November 16, 2024 at 4:38 AM
My certificate of appreciation for 10 years at the security company I work at. It's been pretty good, but boy am I ready to retire.
A spring thunderstorm near my work perch in far northwest Austin, Texas. I don't like my work, but at least the view is good.
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 AM
A spring thunderstorm near my work perch in far northwest Austin, Texas. I don't like my work, but at least the view is good.
A look at the Texas skies from my work perch in far northwest Austin.
November 16, 2024 at 4:26 AM
A look at the Texas skies from my work perch in far northwest Austin.
Enjoying my new Xiegu X-6100 on the HF bands. The only thing I really haven't done with it yet is use the microphone, but that's coming soon. 72/73 de Warren, WQ1C.
November 16, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Enjoying my new Xiegu X-6100 on the HF bands. The only thing I really haven't done with it yet is use the microphone, but that's coming soon. 72/73 de Warren, WQ1C.