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Yorkshire UK
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The WX is strange but the Bands are even stranger. Here are my recent logged QSOs, as you can see I have worked short and long skip on 20M, 17M, 12M and 10M. click on log to enlarge
Hello Simon, Your log, what great QSOs!!! Have you ever had the strong condition like this? It is a unbelievable world for me to work with such many stations of other countries, particulaly for me, my station.There are some big japanese stations called Big Gun. I think that they would work with many far stations. But it is necessary to prepare very high towers and big antennas to have QSOs with other countries stations from Japan, I think. But I have only one year of Radio, and I have no experience of the peak of Cycle 23, good condition all over the world. But you have had fantastic QSOs like this, Simon in this season. Anyway Felicitation! Simon. /(^o^)/
The word HAM is often used by many as a shortcut for amateur radio “ HAM RADIO ”. As a radio operators we call ourselves “ HAM ” or “ HAMS ”. The actual meaning of HAM is taken from the three pioneers that helped to make it possible for us all to become “ HAMS ”. The letter H stands for Hertz ( Heinrich Hertz ) who helped to develop the theory of electromagnetic waves . The letter A stands for Armstrong ( Edwin Howard Armstrong ) who was successful in inventing FM ( Frequency Modulation ). The letter M as you may have guessed already stands for Marconi ( Gugliemo Marconi ) who was the first to transmit signals across the Atlantic. H = HERTZ A = Armstrong M = Marconi
I came across a simple delta loop design courtesy of dxzone found on the net some time ago and have been planning to give it a go for a while. This weekend I had a couple of hours spare, so I decided to give it a go using some 2mm multi strand wire cable, a dipole centre and a mixture of 75 ohm and 50 ohm coaxial cable. The delta loop is supposed to be resonant on 20 meters but I found it to be a little high so at present I am tuning the Loop with my mfj-969 which copes extremely well. The resonant frequency is 13.2 MHz at the moment so the next chance I get, I shall shorten the overall length making sure that each of the three sides are still equal in length, and hopefully adjusting the antenna for maximum performance ATU free for 14.2 MHz. I believe the miscalculation in the resonant length is probably down to the fact that my wire is covered in the plastic sleeving from the manufacturer which always effects the swr as I have noticed in past experiments with dipoles you always get
Over the past 12 months the display on my Yaesu FT-857 has developed the "zebra stripes" problem which after looking in to it, this has probably happened because of high temperature from the sunlight entering into my vehicle. The best way to resolve the fault is to install a new board into the front panel which I carried out last night with successful results. I began by contacting YAESU UK who came straight back with the cost and part numbers which was very reasonable as the total cost for a complete brand new panel and new AF/SQ VR control was under £140. The panel has a screen and selector control so I thought I would renew the AF/SQ control at the same time. The staff at YAESU UK are extremely knowledgeable and very helpful indeed, I gained a few tips from one of the gentleman at YAESU UK regarding the task I was about to undergo. The AF/SQ VR required careful soldering as the terminals are very tiny but apart from that the job was not too difficult and I managed t
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Your log, what great QSOs!!! Have you ever had the strong condition like this? It is a unbelievable world for me to work with such many stations of other countries, particulaly for me, my station.There are some big japanese stations called Big Gun. I think that they would work with many far stations. But it is necessary to prepare very high towers and big antennas to have QSOs with other countries stations from Japan, I think. But I have only one year of Radio, and I have no experience of the peak of Cycle 23, good condition all over the world. But you have had fantastic QSOs like this, Simon in this season. Anyway Felicitation! Simon.
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I hope to see jn4vwh in my log soon!!
As you can see by my log, you dont need to be a "Big Gun" to work plenty of DX...
The cycle is near the bottom going back up and there is many DX to be worked.
So my friend imagine what the bands will be like when the cycle is better good DX Nash....Simon