25 Aug 2008

Simple 432MHz operation webpage

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Just added a new 70cms web page to my site at http://www.g3xbm.co.uk .
19 Aug 2008

501kHz tonight

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Heard G3KEV calling CQ on 501kHz CW tonight and listening for crossband QSOs on 3533kHz. Although I called him a few times on 80m he did n...
17 Aug 2008

6m and 10m lively today

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Both 6m and 10m were lively in Europe today with quite a few QRP QSOs made on both bands via sporadic-E. Nothing heard much beyond Europe th...
16 Aug 2008

Home Base 10 - webpage link fixed

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The link to the Home Base 10 (10m halo antenna) on my webpage http://www.g3xbm.co.uk went AWOL last week. This has now been fixed. The anten...
6 Aug 2008

Good 6m opening tonight

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What an evening! Only worked one EA station on 6m QRP but heard some amazing DX. Firstly D4C Cape Verde Is (working piles of Europeans on C...

Home-base 10 antenna - QSO with USA

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10m opened up to the USA this evening and I managed to get RS53 from N2MM in New Jersey with QRP SSB to the Home-base 10 10m halo. This ant...
5 Aug 2008

G3XBM website updated

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My website at http://www.g3xbm.co.uk was updated today with a page on the Moxon 70cms antenna including a diagram and a few pictures.
3 Aug 2008

70cms Moxon results

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Well, the 2el Moxon made from my wife's coat hanger was tested in the 432MHz low power contest today and it worked very well considering...
2 Aug 2008

70cms Moxon 2el yagi

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There is a 432MHz low power contest this Sunday, so I have made a small 2el Moxon yagi to use /P with the FT817 in the contest. I have no id...
26 Jul 2008

DSB10 - more progress

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I have now breadboarded the 10m DC receiver for this rig using a single balanced mixer with 2 diodes followed by two stages of audio. It wo...