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OBJECTIVE: Develop a pilot experiment to determine if Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) can be used by amateur radio operators to test radiofrequency propagation, and in particular compare antenna systems. DESIGN: Erect two 10M antennas in close proximity to one another. One antenna is a citizen’s band (i.e. CB) 11M steel whip on the roof …
K1USN put out the call that a couple more amateur radio operators were needed to staff the 10th Annual Set The Pace 5K Fun Run and Walk in Pembroke MA. Despite not actually knowing where Pembroke was (I’ve lived in Massachusetts for more than 20 years), I decided to take the plunge into radio public …
Sometimes you just want to take the easy way up, ya know? So after our pretty intense backpacking Summits-On-The-Air trek the week before, this week we wanted to lazily drive up a couple peaks for our points. And of course, once we get a little taste of sleeping outdoors…well, we want to keep it up. …
Twice! 200mW on 20M on a 40M OCF dipole sitting 5 feet off the ground from the heart of South Boston…how cool!!
Techie wearables are all the rage these days… and I sure as heck don’t want to be left out! So, when I learned about the ElectronicsUSA.com’s Whiterook MK-48 Mini Combo Key, I jumped at the chance to get one. It is a straight key and iambic paddle combination device, and it weighs only 2 ounces. …
We are pretty well equipped for backpacking. A mid-September hike in the White Mountains complete with dual Summits-On-The-Air activations of Mt. Whiteface and Mt Passaconaway seemed like a perfect way for AA1F and I to spend a weekend. This picture of the trailhead map cuts off a little bit of the route. Essentially, our initial …
AA1F and I are not overthinkers. The idea hit us on Wednesday night that we would like to camp out on Saturday night for the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Challenge. Getting a campsite on Labor Day Weekend only a few days in advance is not an easy feat. Essentially, we just went ahead at …
We realized pretty quickly that a 30-point Summits-On-The-Air day by utilizing the autoroads of some prominent Vermont ski resorts was probably fantasy. So it did not seem too unrealistic when we finally decided to simply drive up the toll road of Mount Mansfield and hike the mile ridgeline trail from the parking area (elevation 3850′) …
I get excited about 10M. Even on WSPR mode, I do not see much 10M love from my 40M EFHW qth antenna. So, that’s my midwest U.S. 10M unicorn sketched on the WSPRnet.org map above that just showed up overnight. Compared to everyone else at the same time in the world listening and propagating their …
So, you are looking at my latest ham radio acquisition, the WSPR Desktop Transmitter Model 80to10 by ZachTek. As always, I buy all of my own items and do not accept solicitations for product reviews. In fact, I really only talk about the things I own that I like on this blog for the most …