Monday, September 8, 2025

Tower Trip to VE4

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A confluence of motives convinced me to load the car with my climbing gear and drive to Winnipeg in late August. I've had several polite...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Phone Contest Phonetics

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Copying errors are rife on CW. We expect it. After all, CW is an acquired skill later in life unlike speech which we all learn at a very you...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Nylocs: Overused & Underused

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I ought to write more about fasteners. We use them by the dozen, and even by the hundreds and thousands in a large station. They're ubiq...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Contests - The Highest Score Wins

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When I was young I received a Scrabble game as a birthday present. It was a difficult game for a 13 year old since my vocabulary was limited...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

30 Meter Delta Loop

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I have often lamented that I have no antennas for the WARC bands : 30, 17 and 12 meters. Making or buying antennas for these bands is easy e...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Summer Happens

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The blog has been quiet for a few weeks. I've been here and getting things done but, well, summer.  We've had a lot of unusually hot...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Designing a Better Antenna Selector

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When you purchase a product you accept the decisions of its designer. If those choices are unacceptable you can turn to a competitor's p...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

6 Meters: Mid-season Update

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The first half of the 6 meter sporadic E season has been below par. At least in this part of the world, but not everywhere. I mentioned at t...