Antenna back up in the air
Thanks to some help from KB8O, the 135′ wire is back up in the air in sort of an inverted-L. VSWR plot from the NanoVNA below. It is working very …
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Well that sucks
71mph wind gusts recorded near me at KCLE. Tree fell over and yanked my end-fed wire, which is a bummer. No low bands for me for a bit. 1250 PM …
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Grass Wire
I came across a post about a Loop on Ground antenna by KK5JY and decided to give it a shot. It’s amazing how well this thing hears, with very low …
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Ohio ARES D10 October Radiogram Exercise
The ARRL and RRI are putting some focus on how to take advantage of existing NTS/RRI traffic network infrastructure and provide the capability to pass served-agency ICS-213 traffic on these …
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PTT Footswitch
I’m not sure where it was, but somewhere I saw that another ham was using an inexpensive electronic piano sustain pedal as a PTT footswitch for his radios. I’ve been …
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2020 CQ WW RTTY DX Contest
This past weekend I spent some time working RTTY in the 2020 CQ WW RTTY contest. Click here to see my claimed score. It’s amazing how many stations are on …
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2020 WW Digi Contest
The second ever WW Digi FT4/FT8 contest just wrapped up, and it was fun. I beat my score from last year by a lot. Soapbox comments and some images: As …
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Not the MS150
In normal times, I’d be in Ashland setting up for the MS150. Instead, working from home to support a not-MS150, unofficial ride of about 70 die-hard riders from Middleburg Hts …
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NW8S Field Day 2020
Field day 2020 is in the books. NW8S posted our best score ever. Thanks to N8ESG for running a GOTA station. Check out the post for more details and pics. …
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