These last days of the year are always nice. Cold and windy weather outside and warm inside the house. Spending time with the family. Also fun to listen to is Grimeton Radio Station (SAQ) from Sweden. This antique radio station does its yearly transmission at 17,2 kHz in Morse code and traditional sends out a…
CQ WW SSB-contest 2025
This year, I decided rather impulsively to participate in the CQ WW SSB-contest. I was actually ill-prepared; only in the first few hours of participating, I installed the contest software, Not1MM. I also quickly recorded the audio samples for the voice keyer on the radio itself. All far from ideal, but I still felt like…
End Fed Half Wave
A controversial topic: the End Fed Half Wave! For years now I wasn’t a big fan of the End Fed Half Wave (EFHW). Simple because an end fed wire picks up more static, isn’t more efficient then let’s say a mono band dipole (so I thought) and generally speaking suffers more from RFI. But after…