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Month: November 2019

My ultraportable HF station flies to California

Posted on November 25, 2019 by K8UA

Earlier this season, I have successfully taken my high-power 100 watt portable HF station on a number of adventures – both short outings not too far from home and longer road trips. Inspired by the spirit of field radio, I… Continue Reading →

Amateur radio amateur radio, Elecraft KX2, field communications, Packtenna, portable radio, POTA, SOTAbeams

First experience using a logging app

Posted on November 20, 2019 by K8UA

Last weekend, the weather offered a very mild Saturday afternoon that was very hard to spend indoors. Plus, I haven’t done any field radio since my trip to Michigan, so it didn’t take too much for me to get set… Continue Reading →

Amateur radio field communications, ham radio, MFJ-1979, POTA, SuperAntenna

Arctic cold and Mercury transit

Posted on November 16, 2019 by K8UA

On Monday, November 11, we had an opportunity to witness an interesting and relatively rare celestial phenomenon – the transit of Mercury across the Sun. This event is essentially an eclipse of sorts – except Mercury is much farther from… Continue Reading →

In the sky Mercury, planets, transit

How much does a longer whip add? A little propagation test

Posted on November 10, 2019 by K8UA

Even since I got a longer 17-foot whip to try with my Super Antenna, and did several park activations with it, I wanted to perform a more or less objective comparison of the antenna’s performance with its stock titanium whip… Continue Reading →

Amateur radio field communications, FT8, MFJ-1979, propagation, SuperAntenna, vertical antenna

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