28 May 2009

First Feldhell QSO

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Looks like I need to move further very often. So from bpsk I tried feldhell . Nothing special about it, but I like its resilience to QSB. Mo...
27 May 2009

Shoud I buy an FT-817? QRP lifestyle

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On an Italian HAM forum I replied to a person that owned an FT-817 for one week and then sold it, now considering to buy another one. I thin...
23 May 2009

More on the netbook for shack use

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O ne more thing I realized last night is that a SSD-based netbook is extremely quiet . It emits no hiss whatsoever, I doubt it has a cooling...
22 May 2009

Daytime view of my (30m) antenna

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Since I believe digital mode operators are more online than usual CWers, I might receive more visits of QSO partners interested to see my ...
21 May 2009

Netbook (eeepc), FT817, digital modes

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O ur Summer holidays will take place on the same location of last year, just one week later. I already know the lodging, surroundings and so...
18 May 2009

FT817 digimodes

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W e (family) are planning our Summer holiday. We will visit the same location of last year (IOTA EU-136, IOCA CI-096), with one more child o...
12 May 2009

Still no luck 6m mobile

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I t has been two weeks since I have started carrying my FT817 to work. The plan is to take advantage of ES openings while driving home>of...
28 April 2009

Empirically obtain the vertical radiation pattern

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H ow would you study the vertical radiation pattern of your omnidirectional antenna? You'd need a signal source flying over the antenna ...