Friday, March 26, 2021

Case of the Missing HF Spice

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One consequence of the pandemic has been a dearth of DXpeditions. You might therefore think that the DXpeditions or other moderately rare DX...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Reflections: The Downside of Height

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As my antennas get higher I run into novel difficulties. In one sense it's a nice problem to have considering that few hams have antenna...
Friday, March 12, 2021

A Contest of My Own

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This past weekend was the annual running of the ARRL DX SSB contest . As contests go this is no longer one of my favourites. Also, I don...
Saturday, February 27, 2021

So...You Want to Hold a Video Conference

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Earlier this month our contest club (Contest Club Ontario) held a video conference . In the past we held smaller in-person outings with spea...
Monday, February 15, 2021

10 Meter Yagi Design: 5-elements on a 24' Boom

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10 meter yagis are in my 2021 plan. These will be smaller than the long boom yagis I built for 15 and 20 meters last year. On a 24' boom...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Measure Twice...

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We all make mistakes, and with so many projects on the go I probably make more than most. Although it is easy enough to sweep them under the...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

Eking Out the Decibels on 160 Meters

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160 meters has a lot in common with VHF and UHF. Propagation effects are subtle and often there is no skip zone. This means that the farther...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Beverage Selector: Initial Prototype

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After building and installing my two reversible Beverage receive antennas and the remote switch to select the 4 directions (and expandable ...