Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Buying a Used Yagi: Hams Ripping Off Hams

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I described my research into choosing a tri-band yagi in a series of articles last year (2014). The antenna I eventually purchased was not...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Radial Topology Options: 2-element Parasitic Vertical Array for 80

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In this article I want to look further at radial topology of vertical arrays for the low bands. In an earlier article I looked at the impac...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

13 db

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In this past weekend's ARRL DX SSB contest I did something I have not done since returning to the air over two years ago: I entered a co...
Monday, March 2, 2015

CW Skimmers: The QRP Contester's Friend

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Having been a QRP contester for almost 2 years now I have concluded that this is a really good time in the hobby's history to be doing t...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Getting to 0% Error Rate: "Not In Log"

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Logging errors in contests can exact a steep penalty. Not only will the sponsor remove QSOs containing errors they also assess penalties. On...
Friday, February 13, 2015

2-element Parasitic Ground Plane for 40 Meters

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As the solar cycle declines my attention to the low bands increases. This means I have an increased interest in vertical antennas, even thou...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

KX3 Review by a QRP DXer and Contester

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I've been using an Elecraft KX3 as my main station rig for 2 years, ever since returning to ham radio after over 20 years of being QRT....
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