Monthly Archives: August 2015

70MHz operating from The Rainbow and Dove PH

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This long bank holiday weekend provided an ideal opportunity to try out the recently constructed 70 MHz slim Jim. The antenna is quite easy and cheap to assemble from either 300 Ohm or 450 Ohm ladder line. John M0UKD has … Continue reading

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Meteor Scatter Experiments

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Last weekend was very close to the peak meteor shower from Perseid. This gave us an ideal opportunity to try meteor scatter for the very first time, using a 9e G0KSC antenna at 10m and 100w amplifier. The antenna had a … Continue reading

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144 MHz Low Power VHF

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This weekend saw the 144 and 432 MHz low power contest. In this case low power means anything up to 25w from the transmitter. Using a 12m mast and the 9e portable Tonna beam I took part in the first … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-August 2015

Greetings again from a very confused Crete where due to all the financial jiggery-pokery that has been going on, we don’t really know if we are coming or going or been and gone. Still the weather has been nice and … Continue reading

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