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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CQ WPX RTTY Contest
I managed to get some time over the weekend to take part in the CQ WPX RTTY contest. I’m not a full on contester I do find it fun to take part and give away some points for the more serious stations out there. It is also very nice to be able to get all…
Continue readingWSPR on UB20-Mx with 1w
So far I have not had much chance to use the antenna in anger as the bands close early right now, but I have left it running WSPR this weekend on 15m. I left the antenna pointed on bearing 259 degrees and got this plot over the afternoon using the Anan and WSPR running 1w….
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…
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