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 …
I recently spent three weeks in Herøy, Norway, combining the family's summer vacation with a little participation in the RSGB IOTA contest. I was active as LC1R from a small island named Øksningan in IOTA EU-062. I had to work barefoot this time, as my PA needed a bit of TLC, and to top it …
In late March I was active from Svalbard, Norway, in order to attend the CQWPX SSB contest as JW2T. Outside the contest periods I could be heard as JW/LB5SH on SSB and FT8. It really started as a coincidence, as I stumbled across JW5E's website and found that their booking calendar was not checked for …
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