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I’m a big fan of the fan dipole!
I started experimenting with the fan dipole concept in the summer, building one out of bits of stick and tape for a quick bit of experimentation. I thought it was about time I came back to the concept for some further testing. The principle of a fan dipole is pretty simple. Dipole antennas for multiple […]
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The Mighty V-Beam!
I’ve been researching a few ideas for antenna’s over the last month which inspired me to create the biggest antenna I think I’ve ever built – the mighty v-beam!! But let’s rewind a few steps – what I am really interested in is broadband antennas. There are many designs for broadband antennas but one thing […]
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A real test for Clansman
I’ve had an old Clansman PRC-320 for a while now and recently modified it to add lower side band modulation (LSB) to make it more useful on the amateur radio bands. It’s had a little testing at home but with the Christmas holidays starting it seemed like now would be a good time to test […]
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I do not like the zoo!
Today the family decided to go to the zoo for the day…. I’m not a big fan of the zoo so it seemed like a great opportunity to get away for a few hours of HF. I decided to walk from my holiday cottage to Northam Burrows which is the site of a Second World […]
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SOTA/POTA
Today was my first Summits On The Air (SOTA)/Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. I was lucky enough to have the loan of a Codan Sentry 6110 HF radio so I thought I would give SOTA a try on Butser Hill. This is also a POTA location so I’m counting that as a buy one […]