Category: Newsletter
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 11
I didn’t get on the air much at all this week. I tried to tune the Chameleon F-Loop 3.0 magnetic loop antenna for 40 meters earlier this week and got so fed up with its inability to land on a usable SWR that I gave up and packed it all back into its carrying bag.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 10
Not much going on in terms of amateur radio this week other than focusing most of my free time on CW Academy homework. One week into the 8-week course and I’m having a good time.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 9
I hope everyone had a great week this week. I know I did. I recently purchased a Mini 1.3 OLED ZUMspot hotspot from a fellow Vienna Wireless Society member and got that up and running here at home using Pi-Star.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 8
I activated my second Parks On The Air park early this week. I managed to work from US-0712 Manassas Battlefield Park for about an hour and a half before other visitors began to arrive and encroach upon my antenna deployment.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 7
The weather outside is becoming more and more inviting for outdoors activities. This past weekend was no exception. Sunday, I managed to get out and finally play around with my new Wolf River Coils antenna kit that I purchased recently. I also activated a park in the Parks On The Air program for the very…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 6
Earlier this week, I posted about creating a home-brewed antenna guy ring out of a disc of acrylic. It’s not the best solution, I’ll admit, but it should work fine. I missed a chance to test it out over this weekend due to the weather, but I’m planning for an upcoming deployment and maybe I’ll…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 5
Well, this week was a bit of a bust. Some of the first days of Spring and really nice outside temperatures around 80º and yet I didn’t get to operate outdoors at all. I did however, find a new local park that offers kayak rentals, so there’s that.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 4
My portable antenna farm is growing. My newest addition is the Silver Bullet Platinum Take-It-Along by Wolf River Coils. I purchased the platinum version because I won’t have to have to buy another one later when/if I decide to ever use an amplifier. Also, the platinum coil is rated for higher Watts on digital and…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 3
It seems like every day since I got my new Yaesu FT-710 has been terrible for operating on HF. I made one or two contacts on FT8 early in the week. Midweek gave us a minor geomagnetic storm which made receiving extra difficult for me at my QTH. What gives, Sun? Give me a break.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 2
The Yaesu FT-710 HF/50MHz all-mode transceiver crosses all the boxes on my list at the moment. The FT-710 is a true SDR, has an internal antenna tuner, has a real-time spectrum scope with waterfall display, and is smaller than the FTdx10, weighs about 3 lbs lighter than the FTdx10, and is about $500 cheaper than…
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