Perturbation

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Five Numbers

Posted: 09 Mar 2016 03:11 PM PST
http://ke9v.net/2016/03/09/five-numbers/


126,042,572 the number of QSL records resulting from nearly three quarters
of a million records entered in the Logbook of the World system from over
eighty-thousand users. LoTW is slowly becoming the de facto electronic QSL
network. Im getting one match for every three uploads that closely matches
what I see from paper QSLing. The ARRL has been broadening adoption of the
service through operating events like the Centennial QSO Party and National
Parks on the Air. Sneaky, but effective!

735,405 the number of amateur radio licensees in the FCC database as of
the end of 2015. Thats ninety-one hundred more than at the close of 2014,
indicating more than one percent growth a trend thats been up every year
since 2007.

1,499 the number of US dollars youll have to exchange for the new ICOM
IC-7300 amateur radio transceiver which employs an RF direct sampling
system, where RF signals are directly converted to digital data.

1,000 the number of ARISS contacts between earth-bound students and
orbiting astronauts over the life of the program. To celebrate the 1,000th
contact NASA is producing videos like this one touting the importance of
amateur radio on the ISS.

7 the number of blog posts you need to study to learn the best methods for
getting in the VK0EK logbook. The Heard Island DXpedition is already
underway the crew is in transit and if all goes according to plan, the
operation will be officially QRV from the island in about ten days. Read
all seven articles, start with this one and work your way back.