Last night with the able assistance of John M0UKD we attempted an entry in the 160m club calls contest. As the name suggests this is a 160m contest, designed for clubs to have teams of members on air. The exchange is a little strange, RST, Serial, (member, Club HQ or non club) and then 4 […]
Month: November 2014
Portable with the roach pole on 1.9 and 24 MHz
Today the weather was ideal for some /p over Hornchurch Country Park. Equipment 85Ah Battery, Icom 7200, 18m Roach Pole, Inductor 340µH. The roach pole provided 18m (60ft) of antenna, and when coupled with the inductor at 15m provided a match at 1830 kHz. The ATU was used to provide a match at 1910 kHz, […]