Mountain-Top Rig de KD1JV
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Pending permission to use one of his photos, here is a text-only
description of a new kit about to be available from designer
extraordinaire, Steve Weber K...
Failed cloudbounce 481THz optical test (7.6km)
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*Possible weak 481THz reception at 7.6km NLOS* This evening I tried a
7.6km non line-of-sight (NLOS) path between Burwell and Newmarket Heath
with the 0...
The opposite of the other night
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It's like going from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Tonight a real treat was in store. My CQ on 40 Meters (yes, 40 Meters was
quiet tonight, yay!) was answ...
472kHz Phasing Transmitter
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We have seen that a 1.8432MHz oscillator will provide us with a 460.8kHz
I/Q-SDR LO.
This is very much in a comfortable range for of the new amateur radio M...
Quality versus Quantity
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“Quality and Ham spirit is better than Quantity” wrote Rudy HB9CCL on his
QRZ.com page. “No Contests!” said Rudy. I am no contester either. In the
weeken...
ARRL DX CW contest done for 2012
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Action on 20m Since my setup does not allow me to be even close in the top
running I try to come up with some goals before each contest,I find it
makes th...
On the move
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Due to the eventual closure of our website business the server on which my
website *g4ilo.com* runs will be unavailable before long. I am now in the
proces...
ARRL CW DX from PE4BAS
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*Just participated for fun with 50W output on the vertical at Sunday. And
was curious if I would be spotted at the RBN. And yes they spotted me. I
made 3...
12 meter QRO endfed antenna
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A new QRO 12 meter endfed antenna made by Mark PA1SSB. Here are the specs
to build one: Coil 2.5 - 2.6 uH, 30.8mm diameter, Capacitor has a value of
16 pF...
State Park Saturday
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Had some free time Saturday afternoon to play radio so I grabbed my nap
shack, hamstick, and battery and went to Shepherd Lake, which is part of
Ringwood ...
QRPp How is it possible
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When I started as a HAM, 20 years ago, I used my homebrew transceiver HM7,
from Solid State Design, page 214...218, with an Inverted Vee, to work many
diff...
QRV on VHF digimodes using a ZLP interface
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If you've been reading the blog for a while, you'll know that I have been
keen to get going on the VHF datamodes, particularly the WSJT modes. I'd
been thw...
Top Shelf
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As threatened last week, I gathered all the components of a top shelf for
my Leslie 125 together and made a trial assembly...
You can see at top left the ...
ARRL CW
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Het ging de laatste tijd alleen maar berg af met de propagatie.
Veel geomagnetisch stormen.
Dan was 10m toch nog redelijk open zaterdag middag.
160m was d...
Mijn slaapkamer is een gezellige chaos
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Ik heb ruim vier jaar lang getraind voor deze ruimtevlucht. En zelfs nu ik
in de ruimte ben, gaat het trainen gewoon door. Zo heb ik laatst de eerste
manoe...
Podcast: HF Propagation, February 2012
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In this month's podcast I look at current solar conditions and how the
solar flux index has actually come down - have we seen the peak of cycle 24
or is t...
WTWW QSO Radio
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Shortwave Radio station *WTWW* in Lebanon, Tennessee is testing a *100,000*watt transmitter on the shortwave bands. Although I missed the original
transmi...
February 2012 Spartan Sprint Soapbox
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*AB9CA*
Rig was K2 to 100' wire at 40'. Kinda slow going early on. I began calling
on 20 at 0200z but got no answers. Moved to 40, but got no answers there....
A very boggy Cwmcerwyn SOTA de MW0BBU.
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Well it's been a good while since I was up on this old girl, back in August
I believe.
Anyway as there are winter bonus points on offer I thought no tim...
Opera Digital Data Mode Performance
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Due to the effects propagation it is difficult to evaluate the parameters
of a mode, particularly with detectability around the noise level.
PA0A has done...
I had my fun...
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Participated a few hours in the PACC contest this weekend. Condx was not to
good but it was fun to be in this contest again. Could not spend the time I
w...
20m Wspr
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Did some Wspr’ing today earlier on10m and was basically drawing a blank,
but when I looked very closely at the display there was a very faintest of
faint...
An update
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I haven't blogged for what seems ages, and I'm sure in that time I've
gained some new followers ?!
Amateur radio wise, well not a lot was happening, hence ...
BITX20 - 6. Measuring the VFO
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Just a small progress update on the BITX.....
A while back i build the vfo part and started to do all the measuring as
discribed in the manual....
Unfortuna...
Iedereen opeens gek op de zon
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Nu op dit moment is de zon behoorlijk actief en is bij beide Polen van de
aarde het Poollicht (Aurora) weer zichtbaar geweest. Voornamelijk zonnevlek
AR140...
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We did have some nice Aurora last night, with good weather, so I did manage
to get a few photos of the aurora.
I have upladed the photos here I have upload...
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I will be away for an extended period and will have no internet connection.
No regular telephone service, for that matter.
And so it seems an appropriate ...
Final Image?
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This SSTV image acquired by JJ0LTH on Jan 04 at 02:56 UTC may be one of the
last captured from ARISSAT-1. The last telemetry data was received on Wed,
04 ...
# 186 - Lighthouses of U. S. A.
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Many thanks to Raymond for this post card which feature a stamp showing the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina.
Observations on Hans' QRSS Kit
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Dear reader!
I was surprised. I can't recall when there was the last spontaneous
contribution for this blog. No, the 12V mod of Hans' kit was not a direct
...
Why am I not surprised?
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A couple of years ago, I subscribed to the CQ-Contest reflector list. That
was back when I was trying my hand at contesting and I thought it might be
a g...
Portland - Boston
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Leaving Portland and it`s heavy traffic I went south along smaller roads
and tried to see more of the shore. Weatherwise was still not perfect,
rainshowers...
Field Day Contest (SSB) and WWF PAFF-038
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Sunday the 4th of September,i was active in the Field Day Contest as PD7BZ/p
I was active just with a small setup and 25 Watts.
The place i was active in,Bos...
Seasonal change of antennas
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Saturday was a nice day in The Netherlands (sunny and warm), so I decided
to change antennas again: 6m yagi out and 30/40m dipole in. After 4 hours
work, i...
APRS weather station?
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I have been looking around the web to find an inexpensive aprs capable
weather station kit. It seems to me that the only options are the FD-WX1from Fox Delt...
We Love and Will Miss You, Angelina
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As many of you know, my wife Angelina Harden unexpectedly passed away a
couple days ago (Saturday, Aug 20, 2011). I’d like to thank all of our
friends for ...
Dit gebeurt ook in onze achtertuin!
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Naast het waarnemen van deepsky objecten en zwakke (S)HF signalen kun je dit ook tegenkomen in onze achtertuin! Een echtpaar roodbonte spechten aan het werk!
Quiet times ahead for the Sun...???
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If you have been following the details of the current solar cycle then
you'll know that the peak which is supposed to be coming up in 2013 will be
pretty l...
Clear-Out..
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Ive decided to sell these few items in order for me to get myself a new
canon 40/50D DSLR. or at least a Canon G 10/11, Please feel free to tell
your frien...
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