So finally the UK has been granted some nice weather, so I took the opportunity to try to finish making and tune the 3 Band EFHW that I have made to go with the MTR5B cw only Trx. I got the idea from reading Michael G0POT’s blog and attending his SOTA presentation at last years…
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Sotabeams Pico Traps
So since getting the little MTR 5B, I was thinking what antenna to use with it. I have the Sotabeam 40-30-20m linked dipole which works very well, but takes a nit longer to put up. I have been using a PackTenna Mini which is a 29ft end fed with my Kx2 and its easy and…
Continue readingWAZ Finally complete
Its been a long time coming to finally have confirmation of working all 40 Zones. Most of the work was done with a trusty Butternut HF6V and 100w, but over the past two years the Ultrabeam UB20-Mx has made the difference. And to help me bring in the last one, CW has played its part….
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As I have stated in a previous post, the house is having an extension added to it, so the shack is still not available. Since getting back from Dayton I have not had much of a chance to get on the radio much but since I bought the Alex loop antenna, I thought I would…
Continue readingFinally, the UB20-Mx is up
After quite a few problems in getting the antenna up on to the mast, with the invaluable help of Andrew, G0RVM, we managed to get the antenna up in during the weekend of Storm Desmond. This storm caused a lot of flooding up in the Lake District. We had some strong gusts here during the…
Continue readingUltrabeam Motor testing
Finally the Ultrabeam UB20-Mx has arrived. It was a heavy box to lug in from the car. I dont have much space in the garage so its a bit of a tight squeeze with the box and my desk/shack but I have managed to check the contents and I think it is all there. Its…
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As a bit of fun I borrowed a little camera from a friend and attached it to the top of the mast. I was curius to see what the view would be from up there. The video starts with the view to the north and then goes clockwise all the way round 360 degrees back…
Continue readingVHF Powabeam 7 element beam
This weekend we were lucky to get some good weather, as can be seen from the blue skies! I had received the new 2m 7 element beam from Powabeam from The DX Shop and had the oppotunity to install it. I went for a two piece boom so if I want to I could…
Continue readingButternut HF6V vertical
I have been doing some work on the mast and since the weather was good for a change I thought I better take a picture of my HF8V (actually an HF6V with the 17m and 24m add-ons). I will be taking it down once the Ultrabeam UB20-Mx arrives. This antenna has been the mainstay of…
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The concrete base has hardened enough to cover it with soil, it will need some grass seed to make it blend back into the garden. During our youngest son’s midday nap I took the opportunity to pull the three coax feeders and the rotator cable through the cable duct to the mast base. Mel, the…
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