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…
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Ultimate 3 WSPR
So the building at my house continues and my shack is still in pieces. Luckily the antenna feeds are still in the house and I have access to my HF6V vertical. so I thought I would run my Ultimate 3 through it. i have left it transmitting on 10m, 15m, 20m ,30m ,40m and 80m….
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 reading80m WSPR on Ultimate3
I have not had much to report recently, been busy with family and house things. Still waiting for the Ultrabeam UB20-Mx, but it should be here soon. So I thought I would try some WSPR on 80m with the Ultimate3, its running just under 200mW in to the HF6V vertical so I left it…
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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Since getting my Ultimate 2 Kit I have been checking into the QRPLabs Yahoo newsgroup. An interesting new project that has come up is that of tracking home made balloon made out of party balloons and transmitting low power tracking signals. I was lucky enough to be able to hear VE3KCLs latest ballong which flew…
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I have not had much chance to do much operating recently and have seen conditions have not bee good also. So I thought about running some WSPR for a bit to check the delta loop is still working and to see what conditions are like. So here is a shot of my WSPR activity on…
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