Today I was able to operate the special event call sign GB0SNB from the Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker. Hellschreiber was my mode of choice, its fun and easy to identify on the air and also quite rare. Operating was completed from the original home office radio room deep inside the bunker. Here you can see […]
Month: January 2016
472 kHz reception on WSPR
Having played around with the Wellbrook loop on 7 MHz the other evening I decided to try some 472 kHz reception on WSPR. I had never tried 472 kHz before, as the combination of local noise and poor antenna has always put me off. The Elad FDM-DUO seems quite sensitive down to 100 kHz (the […]
Comparing the Wellbrook Loop to a Doublet Antenna
This evening I decided to complete a test using two different HF setups in an effort to compare the receiver performance of my antennas. Radio 1, Kenwood TS 990, doublet antenna 10m per leg @ 9m Radio 2, Elad SDR, Wellbrook RX loop @ 3m I decide the best way to test on receive would […]