All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
After checking back and wondering WHY the hits were up through the roof recently if seems that a lot of you (about 350 per day) are really really interested in the New Yaesu Radios such as the FTM 350 Dual Band Mobile with APRS

Along with the New Yaesu FT5000 in various setups are really burning up the hit counter.

To be honest the last time I saw traffic numbers on a regular basis like this was when I started blogging about the Yaesu VX8-r

So it seems that new toys are a popular topic…
So even though I have made the offer before and I know that someone out there connected with the Larger Retailers are reading this I will make it again.
If one of the retailers from Canada or the States (Durham, Ekel, Radioworld, Universal Radio or HRO) would like to drop me a line describing some of the great things about the new radios mentioned above feel free to do so and I will quote your email into a blog post as part of an article I am planning on the new toys once I get a bit more intel…
Nothing against Elecraft, Kenwood or Icom but I am a Yaesu Fan. I have operated them all and owned most of them. Many of my QRP associated prefer the Elecraft line as compared to the FT 817 and after many times operating besides an Elecraft I know them to be fine radios but my personal choice is still Yaesu.
But if the other companies want to send me info I will work it into an article as well and who knows maybe some time in the future a different brand might find its way onto my desk,,,’
Like I have said many times in the past….
“Anything is possible”
73bob
Well to be honest it was one HECK of a busy weekend as far as Amateur Radio went at the VA3QV QTH…
Friday saw me doing the usual NTS style stuff like checking into the 2nd Region Net on 3.925 at 1345 hrs, hooking up with the Ontario Phone Net on 3,742 at 1600 hours and returning to the 2nd Region Net at 1830 hours. This series of events runs 7 days a week if I can get near a radio at the usual times. If you check back to Sunday Blog Posting you will see that I checked into the 1345 session of 2rn and the 1600 OPN using my FT 817 and a portable antenna as I was out during the net times. It was much quieter in the park and it was nice to get into the outdoors. The rest of Friday evening was spent on VHF/UHF with the
I was scheduled to be the Recovery Control Station but with the flightpath of the payloads heading further south than I could get repeater coverage to I was more of a spectatior but it was still great to watch via APRS along with some updates sent my way from
Well I just got back in and was able to operate in relative comfort from 1300 to 1600 and shivered till 1630…
Its an unusual warm sunny afternoon forcasted for Ottawa in early November so I am planning to take the FT 817 / W3EDP combo out to a local park to dust off the cobwebs from the gear.

This morning while checking my email I found out that one of my Best Friends in the Amateur World has started up a Blog. We go back quite a while now… They say that “Great Minds think like or Fools Seldom Differ…”
(Not sure who took the picture on this one)





Thank you to our Veterans


which is a 10 element ( 5 on VHF/5on UHF) Yagi with a 6 foot boom. Its exactly like you see in the picture with the exception of the Palm Tree.






But with lots of skill and a little bit of luck….Did I get that right??? the result should be the same as above…