31 Mar 2012

Elecraft KX3 - first products delivered

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This email appeared on the KX3 Yahoo group today: "I will do as I told the crew at Elecraft and help the pressure. At 9:10 AM thi...
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8.971kHz VLF earthmode test

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30t loop on the ground feeding E-field probe An 8.971kHz earth mode (VLF through the ground) test was conducted today at 1.6km and 3.5km...
30 Mar 2012

VLF E-field probe update

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Today I compared the PA0RDT E-field probe against my own VLF design (on the sub-9kHz website) that uses an 8-9kHz tuned circuit in the FET p...
29 Mar 2012

E-field probe tests

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This afternoon I built a version of the PA0RDT E-field probe. In the shack the interference was horrendous, but in the garden with the lapto...
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ZL9 Campbell Island (near New Zealand)

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There is to be a DXpedition to Campbell Island (OC-037) in November this year. See http://dx-world.net/2012/zl9hr-campbell-island-dxpediti...
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SPRAT 150 is out

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The latest edition of the GQRP club's SPRAT quarterly magazine arrived on my doorstep today. As always, this is filled with a variety ...
28 Mar 2012

Amateur radio postage stamps

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The excellent Southgate Amateur Radio News page today mentioned that Luxemburg is bringing out a postage stamp to commemorate the 75th ann...
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VLF E-field probes compared?

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Both the PA0RDT and DK7FC E-field probes antennas are suitable for detecting weak VLF amateur signals around 8-9kHz when used with the righ...

More optical tests looking for elusive GB3CAM

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This evening, thinking it would be a good opportunity to look for the GB3CAM optical beacon (yet again) I took the trip to nearby Nine Mil...
26 Mar 2012

160m WSPR this evening

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If JT65 is hard going on 160m this definitely cannot be said about WSPR: having switched on just a few minutes ago I am seeing and have be...