Time flies by, and at the time of writing it's exactly eleven days until we set foot on Svalbard. On the hour. Airplane tickets, hotel room, shack rental are booked and paid for. I've come to the realization that I need a lightweight power amplifier. The Ameritron AL-80B is a beast and a work horse …
I'm planning a new operation from Svalbard, this time accompanied by Kristoffer, LB0VG. If everything goes according to the plan we'll arrive Friday, September 13th, and head back home Sunday the 15th. During our stay we will also attend the WAE DX SSB contest. Before the contest we'll work all bands, but whenever we need …
Well, good news and bad news. Let's see. The good news are that I found out the problem with the antenna. It was the dipole adapter, like the one on the picture to the right, that caused all the issues for reasons yet unknown. Once I replaced the adapter with a chassi-mount SO-239 the problems …
As I promised earlier, I'm currently QRV from Herøy, Norway. Locator JP66ca, IOTA EU-062. As a personal challenge, I didn't bring any antennas with me this time. Instead, I brought some wire, a couple of nice toroids, a 4:1 balun, and a five meter long telescopic fibreglass pole. "No problem", I foolishly thought to myself. …
Did you notice how the activity on this page dropped after the OJ0T DXpedition? Holy shit. To be honest, I haven't even unpacked all of my gear yet. I guess it's about time to start sorting the cables from the dirty laundry; in about a week's time I'll be heading up north to Helgeland for …
The OJØT DXpedition is now over, and we had a great time. We arrived Friday the 26th, early evening, one day earlier than planned. This gave us time to rig our antennas and be QRV shortly after, even though the setup was not optimal. By the end of the mission we had over 25,000 QSOs …
Tomorrow morning our journey begins, as we return to Market Reef once again. It will be my third visit to this DX entity, and the second time for the rest of the team. For some reason, despite our best efforts, OJ0 has climbed in the ClubLog's DXCC Most Wanted list, and is currently at #155. …
Dates are now confirmed and transport secured. The website, https://oj0.no/ is continuously updated, please consult this page for the latest info. We will also do some antenna upgrades for this DXpedition, still mainly verticals and probably some monobanders, but hopefully be able to reach out to the most distant operators out there. Skeds are welcome …
During our previous DXpedition to Market Reef we had to leave two days early, and everyone felt they left the reef with unfinished business. We all had such a good time there, we decided to return and finish the job - once and for all. April 27th - May 4th 2024 We will return with …
My club, LA2T, attended the CQWW SSB contest this year as LN2T. We were six operators working shifts on two stations, and kept the stations occupied almost 20 hours per day. Like before, we didn't bother to work at night time, since there's not too much activity at those times. Also, our 80m and 160m …
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