After a few years without contesting, my friend Roeland PA3MET convinced me to participate in CQ WW SSB last weekend. Quite busy at work with radio, so at home radio has become a little less important. It was a really busy weekend, but I managed to find some hours here and there to participate in…
Category: Antenna’s
Everything that is related to antenna’s.
FT-8 fun in the new shack
During last JOTA (2019) I tried FT-8 for the first time. Initially making all the beginners mistakes (using an old version of wsjt-x, wrong sound levels etc). I picked it up later at home when I put up the 40m deltaloop for the weekend. Then the FT-8 fun really started. Since then my new radio…
ICOM AH-710
Last JOTA we took an ICOM AH-710 wire antenna with us for some experimenting. My friend Henk PE1PEX bought this antenna a while ago just out of curiosity. And rightly so because this antenna turns out miraculous. Origin The antenna design is from