No wonder my cup isn't empty yet. I went on family vacation in a hurry and I left behind one imporant item. A case containing the antenna tuner, power amplifier, multiple cables, baluns, power supply, and pretty much everything I need to operate the radio except for the radio, about 5 meters worth of coax …
Okay, let's both ignore my horrible attempt of a wordplay in the title, and rather dig into what's happened, and up for the upcoming month. It's been a few busy months with very little activity. I'm still a bit bummed that the JX Jan Mayen expedition got cancelled, but I'm on a constant lookout for …
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with Akademisk Radioklubb (ARK) as LA1K/P in the Swedish portable test, SSA Portabeltest. LA1K mainly worked the 80m and 40m bands for the contest, while I kept a third station busy by calling CQ POTA on 20m. We managed to get Festningeparken a POTA id and did the …
I received a message from the operator, literally minutes ago, informing me that the planned trip to Jan Mayen is cancelled due to a lack of passengers. This is a decision I fully understand, and it's beyond their control. They said they will try again same time next year, and I'm already on the booking …
As you may know, my plan is to hitch-hike with a team of mountaineers, travelling from Svalbard to Jan Mayen in late June, 2022. However, a couple of weeks ago, I received a notification from the operator that the trip is at risk being cancelled, due to a lack of reservations. At the time being, …
The CQ WPX RTTY contest was held a few days ago, and despite being occupied with other duties that apparently are, quote, "more important than sitting infront of that radio all day", I logged 100 contacts on low power. This should ideally be tenfold that number, but I'll get there next year. The antenna used …
Last week I bought a few cheap aluminium pipes and decided to build a discrete vertical antenna for my post stamp backyard. The goal was to make something that looks a little bit more professional than a cobweb of wires, and at the same time support the 10, 15 and 20 meter bands. If that …
This was my first contest weekend of 2022, and I was taking it easy with the goal of attending the Baltic SSB contest only. This is a 80m/40m contest, and since I don't have a good antenna for 80m at home I used the LA2T club shack and used the opportunity to QRO. The Baltic …
2021 is over, and let's take a look at what happened, and what we have ahead of us for 2022! Looking back through my contest QSOs, I found that I'm just shy of 10k QSOs from various contests, for my own log, and my club's. I have no intentions of letting my foot of the …
Today I signed up for a boat ride from Svalbard to Jan Mayen in late June, 2022. The entire journey is expected to last about 15 days, whereas 4-5 days will be spent on the island where I will operate as JX/LB5SH. Jan Mayen, image courtesy of Google Maps This was originally planned as a …
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