The yearly tradition continues, and I had the pleasure of joining my club at this year's CQWW SSB contest last weekend. Even though we mainly had two stations on the air most of the time, there were periods where we had three, so we ended up in the multi-multi, high power, all bands category. We …
Once again the family vacation is set to Herøy, Nordland (JP66ca / IOTA EU-062) for a two week holiday at the in-laws cabin. As always I brought some radio equipment with me, and this time I'll be using an Yaesu FT-100D along with a homemade vertical antenna. Let's talk about the antenna for a bit. …
To my surprise (and probably yours too?) I recently had the privilege of being invited as one of the operators in the upcoming 3YØK DXpedition to Bouvet Island, taking place in February, 2026. This was an offer I simply could not decline. Shut up and just tell me where to sign. Understandably, a consequence of …
Here's a story about two foolishly naive operators that went to Svalbard, not knowing what they threw themselves into. Saddle up and prepare for a roller-coaster of emotions! Witness the diet that makes Dr. Now from "My 600lb life" break down in tears! Experience the pain from sleep deprivation and stress! Wait, am I selling …
Despite our previous unsuccessful attempt at setting foot on Svalbard, we haven't lost all hope and will try again in about two weeks. This time failure will not be an option. With high hopes for good conditions, we'll be QRV on January 24th around 15:00 UTC, until QRT the 26th around 10:00 UTC. Operators will …
As some you may have noticed, we didn't make it to JW as planned. Kristoffer, LB0VG, and I were supposed to go to Longyearbyen in September, but didn't. I'm not in favour of pointing fingers, all I can say is that it wasn't Kristoffer's fault, so let's leave it there. Okay? Fine - it was …
As the tradition goes, my amateur radio group LA2T participated in the CQWW SSB contest this year as LN2T. We were a bit short on operators this year, unfortunately, as three of our most active contest operators were out of town and unable to join participate. We were left behind with three operators with family …
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 …
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