Wednesday, February 21, 2018

ARRL DX CW: Antenna Lessons

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I had what I consider a successful operation in the ARRL DX CW contest this past weekend. From early reports my competitive position is goo...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Twisted Inverted Vee

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Several weeks ago a problem showed up with one of my 40/80 meter inverted vee antenna. I first noticed it when the SWR on 40 meters was unus...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

80 Meter Vertical Yagi: Revised

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As I write these words it's -21 C and the wind is howling. There is no antenna work getting done. I am well behind schedule with my wint...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

CQ 160 With the New Antenna

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Last weekend I entered the CQ 160 CW contest with the objective of running up my DXCC total and working whatever else I could find when I w...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Phantom QSOs

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I live in an RF quiet environment. Or at least I do now that the local utility has fixed an intermittent source of power line arcing. Becaus...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Sound of Silence: QRN Eliminated

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Back in December I mentioned (and showed a picture) of power line noise I have been experiencing at times throughout 2017. Now it's gon...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

2018: Unfinished Business and More

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2017 was a big year at VE3VN, though one with even bigger objectives. In January of last year I had just topped the Trylon with a small tri...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Antennas on the Big Tower: How They Play

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I now have sufficient experience with my new tower and antennas that I can begin to see how they perform. This is important in forming my pl...