Months ago I ordered some aluminium in preparation for another antenna project. Wtih the assistance of John M0UKD the plan was to build a 21 MHz 4E Yagi. The aluminium was ordered from aluminium warehouse, and cost around £100 including delivery. The on-line shop provides and delivers lengths of up to 5 meters, […]
Vertical Antenna Experiments
I recently decided to purchase a remote matching unit, I had been looking for one for a while. The only options I have previously seen included the name MFJ, and I was therefore keen to see who else was in the market. I found a unit from LDG the RT-600, in theory capable of 600w […]
ROPOCO contest
This evening Dave M0TAZ/P took part in the ROPOCO contest. In this contest you have to give your own postcode as your first contact, and from then on you give the last postcode you received. Its really strange when half way through the contest you get your own postcode back. The idea is to be […]
Tracking High Altitude Ballons
The solar eclipse provided the perfect reason for a number of amateurs to launch high altitude balloons. AMSAT-UK is the place to go and read more about amateur radio space exploration and amateur radio satellites. Southampton space flight launched MAJORA and OLAF (pictures on their website) Further launches are detailed on the UK High Altitudes website […]
ARRL DX contest
This weekend saw the ARRL DX phone contest, and with 28 MHz in good shape this provided lots of USA stations. I did hear quite a few M3 and M6 stations (10w) making contact with the USA, so even low power provided results. With many of the big contest stations out this weekend, signals ranged […]
Working CW for people that don’t do CW
This weekend saw a cacophony of CW over the bands, as part of the ARRL DX contest. The idea is to work as many USA stations as you can. They send 5NN and their state, and you send 5NN and your power. I thought the contest would be ideal to try out the radios in […]