Tag: QRP

• Tinker Time: Emtech ZM-2 Z-match Kit

  

  I’ve been looking for a good antenna tuner to use with my QMX transceiver and a friend recommended the Emtech ZM-2. I bought a kit and managed to build it successfully.

  Matthew Swint

  July 20, 2026

  Tinker Time

  Amateur Radio, Emtech, EmtechZM2, HAM Radio, Portable, QMX, QRP, QRPlabs, ZM2

• Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 12

  

  I bought the rigid loop for the Chameleon F-Loop 3.0 magnetic loop antenna and it arrived this week. It was super simple to install and afterward, I was hoping to be able to easily tune 40 meters. However, I found it to be just as difficult to tune 40 meters as with the LMR400 cable…

  Matthew Swint

  May 18, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, Antenna, CW, EFHW, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Magnetic Loop, Morse Code, Portable, QMX, QRP, QRPlabs

• 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.

  Matthew Swint

  May 11, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, CW, Digital, DMR, Expired Ham, HAM Radio, Morse Code, QRP, Yaesu, YSF, ZUMspot

• 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.

  Matthew Swint

  May 4, 2025

  Newsletter

  Amateur Radio, CW, Digital, Expired Ham, FT3DR, HAM Radio, Morse Code, Pi-Star, Portable, QRP, Yaesu