If you haven’t arrived here from Part 1, you may want to check this out first. Part 2 final assembly and testing. The collection of poles had been previously cut to size, this weekend was about the final assembly and mounting the driven element to facilitate testing. The beam is 3 elements and requires a […]
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18 MHz 3e Beam Project (Part 1)
As featured in Practical Wireless December 2017. In 2015 I finished a 4e beam for 21 MHz, the performance was very good allowing me to work some great DX including a pile-up of JA.stations You can read more about that project here. A handy guide showing the aluminium sizes required (in both metric and imperial) and the total […]
IOTA 2017
IOTA 2017 once again provides a great opportunity to work some big DX. This year we decided to run two separate stations, and just work as many as we could while having some fun on the bands. The weather forecast on Saturday afternoon was not good, and so we concentrated on getting the operating tent and antenna setup first […]
Suffolk RED Sunday Radio and BBQ Social
Sunday 23rd July was a Suffolk RED outdoor event, a chance to play some radio and put on the special event call GB0RED. The team at Suffolk RED had a nice gas BBQ and kindly provided a selection of healthy and not so healthy snacks (Chocolate cake was lovely BTW) The Camb-Hams were in attendance with […]
70 MHz Trophy Cup
The RSGB 70 MHz Trophy Cup ran from 11 till 5 on Sunday, Team SNBCG assembled at the Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker. The contest promotes activity on 70 MHz, but it just one of many contests run by the RSGB to promote activity on the amateur bands. The beam was homemade, 6 elements on 70 […]
MFJ Versa Tuner III MFJ-962C review
The MFJ-962C is a high power 1.5kW manual ATU capable of matching balanced or unbalanced antennas typically from 1.8 to 30 MHz. It uses a T matching network, and the ARRL has provided an interesting article on “Getting the most out of your T match without snap crackle and pop” The ATU has a rating […]