Just a quick update regarding the CQWW RTTY contest. I tried my best but many hours had to be invested in house chores and other miscellaneous family duties. You know the saying: happy wife, happy life. I managed to log 221 QSOs from my QTH, peaking 100W using an EFHW tossed up in a tree. …
The trip to OY is over, and the experience was a roller coaster like no other. But, before I begin, I'd like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who contacted me during the stay, and a thanks for every QSO made. I worked FT4, FT8, SSB, and CW as much as I could …
My flight from Bergen to Faroe Islands was cancelled and postponed due to heavy fog. The airline company will give it another try tomorrow morning. This unfortunately means I've lost one day of preparations (setting up the equipment, warming up) before the SAC CW kicks in. For now I'm stuck in a hotel in Bergen, …
Today I took yet another Covid-19, this time the variant which includes all the official paperwork required for international flights. The test results were negative, so OY/LB5SH is on schedule. I've also booked a rental car and have packed my bags - the luggage is borderline overweight, let's hope it slips through.
I accidentally fried my KL405V during my trip to Svalbard earlier this year. About a month ago I was browsing for replacement transistors, and stumbled across a seller on eBay with lots of HG branded SD1446 transistors for a reasonably low price. I've read warnings about all about the fake transistors you buy out there, …
These days I'm preparing for the OY mini expedition. Just to spice things up, I recently received a notification from the airline that they've changed my flight schedule. My heart raced, but it turns out the plane is now taking off two hours earlier than planned. Other than getting up two hours earlier, I'm still …
My kids have a big trampoline in the backyard, and its built from a massive metal frame. In the beginning I joked about turning it into a magnetic loop antenna, but have settled with using it as a ground plane/counterweight for some antenna experiments. I've done 17m and 20m verticals with this one without problems! …
This weekend I attended the WW Digi DX contest as LC1R and LA2T, as I were the operator for my club as well as myself. I managed to nail 65 QSOs with my own call (only QRV for a few hours) and 131 for LA2T. I only worked the 20m bands. At first I thought …
This weekend I attended the WAE CW contest as LC1R, partially because I wanted the CW practice, and a little for testing a new antenna I designed and built a couple of days ago. The contest was a poor choice for antenna testing, and this is clearly reflected in the participation. Contest QSOs could only …
On August the 7th I attended the European HF Championship as LC1R, single-op, high power, SSB only. I used the LA2T shack so I had plenty of power and good antennas, and was able to work 20, 40, and 80 meters. 15 and 10 meters was just playing the greatest hits of The Whitenoise on …
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