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	<description>Adventures and QSN of a new ham</description>
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		<title>W7CF moving to new QTH, so QRT for now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[back in September my XYL Lisa and I bid for a new home with 2.5 acres of space, a bright quilt studio for her, a large woodworking shop for me and surrounded with plenty of 80-110ft high antenna supports. Last week our purchase finally closed. I&#8217;ve been off the air for the past 6-8 weeks already (missing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/11/01/w7cf-moving-to-new-qth-so-qrt-for-now/</link>
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		<title>What is contesting?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this is  a question I do get asked by friends and coworkers when I mention that I&#8217;ll be spending my weekend in front of a radio&#8230;. Admittedly, to make sense of such an intention, one has to experience the music and rhythm of the contest exchanges, especially in CW. BTW: last weekend (FieldDay 2008 with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/07/04/what-is-contesting/</link>
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		<title>ARRL VHF contest June 14th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was my first attempt at both contesting outside of HF and away from my QTH: packed up my FT-817 up to TIger Mtn (CN97) to participate for a good hour in the VHF contest, namely on 6m. RX was great, helps to have an antenna more than 2700ft high But reaching more remote stations, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/06/24/arrl-vhf-contest-june-14th/</link>
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		<title>Radio on the Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating concept: Being on a trail for several weeks or even months and also get to &#8220;play radio&#8221; on a daily basis Even more compelling is the idea of doing radio with as little weight and volume as possible, as every ounce needs to get carried on your back. Two well-known fellow hams (none of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/04/08/radio-on-the-trail/</link>
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		<title>Debugging my antenna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, in the ARRL RTTY Roundup, I noticed a weird effect when sending in rapid succession: over several seconds, the SWR at my radio ramped up to ~3:1, consequently my transceiver folded back its output power. After maybe 20-30 seconds of rest, everything resumed to normal again. On first hunch, this looks much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/02/11/debugging-my-antenna/</link>
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		<title>WordPress is amazingly efficient to setup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I got my new callsign W7CF assign today at ~1am (well, that&#8217;s when I found out after consulting FCC&#8217;s ULS database). Before work, I reserved and bought a new domain w7cf.net. Tonight, after work I spent roughly one hour creating a new WordPress installation, moved my content from my previous blog hosted on wordpress.com and searched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/01/30/wordpress-is-amazingly-efficient-to-setup/</link>
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		<title>f(W7DIT) = W7CF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eureka! The FCC ran its lottery, err, its nightly application processing tonight: It&#8217;s official, W7DIT is no longer, welcome W7CF.  This is exciting, I do love the CW sound &#38; rythm of the new call]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/01/29/fw7dit-w7cf/</link>
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		<title>maybe a new callsign soon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was casually browsing through AE7Q&#8217;s list of soon-to-be-available1&#215;2 &#38; 2&#215;1 call signs. I stumbled over 3 call signs which are about to expire by 1/10: W7CF, WD7Z and AI7Z. I do like my current call sign but couldn&#8217;t resist the temptation and had to apply. Looks like I&#8217;m in competition with just one other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2008/01/12/maybe-a-new-callsign-soon/</link>
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		<title>first contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[what a thrill, this weekend I participated in my first contest, CQ WW CW! Well, stricly speaking it is my second contest, I had fun for a few hours with the WA state&#8217;s QSO party, the Salmon run, earlier in September. Given that my CW skills aren&#8217;t a full match to the typical 25-35WPMs, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2007/11/25/first-contest/</link>
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		<title>Got my upgrade&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[wow, I did it: today I passed my exam for Extra Class at Microhams&#8216; VE session. I missed 100% by one answer. It took me a few evenings of reading ARRL&#8217;s Extra License Manual plus some practice exam runs on QRZ. On the electronics side, it helped having graduated with a EE masters almost 20 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://w7cf.net/2007/09/23/got-my-upgrade/</link>
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