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Umbrella antenna for 160m

Achieving satisfactory results in the 160m band can often be quite a challenge. While I’ve reached the stage where I start to hear more than I can do, the transmitting antenna still…

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Elecraft KX3 digital setup

The KX3 radio is great for field work, but unfortunately problems can arise with stationary work. Despite a large number of connectors, it lacks those that are standard in stationary transceivers. If…

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Radio meteor observations

Radio meteor observations, my own radio telescope is what I heard and dreamed about many years ago – in the 90s when I was a teenager – those were the times of…

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Another Polish WebSDR?

Another WebSDR? Yes. There are a lot of different SDRs after all, why another one?I will explain it now. I have been interested in the 160m and 80m bands for a long…

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Doublet antenna as vertical T

Currently as a transmitting antenna I use a 2x15m – about 100 foot doublet antenna fed by a ladder line of about 600 Ohm. This length of the doublet’s arms is due…

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DIY multiband mobile antenna

Being away from home quite often and being the owner of Elecraft KX3 I often missed the opportunity to work /M. So I came up with an idea to build an antenna,…

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Additional call sign – SN0E

My original sign SO8OO sometimes generates interest like “wow, nice callsign”, but on 80m or 160m in the case of contest QRM or weather QRN it can be quite a problem. Too…

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Vertical antenna – ground

I’m currently using 2x15m (about 2×49 feet) doublet antenna fed by about 600 Ohm ladder line. This is one option. This antenna can be tuned by symmetrical antenna tuner from 80m up…

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