Year: 2017

6E beam for 70 MHz

70 MHz has become increasingly popular since Icom added it to some of their new transceivers. Since owning an Icom 7100 and Icom 7300 and enjoying the UKAC and portable events I decided to make a beam for the band. I had some aluminum from a previous order at aluminum warehouse, and so decided to look […]

MF WSPR Reception

Following on from the previous post, WSPR reception continues mostly 24×7 with a focus on MF. As previously described the setup has been operating for a couple of weeks now, and its a good time to review the WSPR spots. Best DX Spotted 472 KHz Call Grid Pwr km az  WA4SZE  EM65 0.2 6826 45 […]

WSPR Reception 24×7

WSPR reception 24×7 has always been something I have wanted to try. The problem is trying to find a transceiver, computer, antenna combination that will allow this with minimum fuss. 472 KHz Reception   Computer You won’t need a very high spec computer, but if you are leaving it on 24×7 low noise and power […]

CQWW SSB 2017

The CQWW SSB event runs over the last weekend of October and covers all contest bands from 1.8 MHz to 28 MHz. The event is one of the largest international events of the HF calendar and encourages stations to operate from far-flung and exotic parts of the world. We opted for the sun-drenched shores near Ongar in […]