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Radios in use by me
New SQR on 2m
The 2016 Perseids shower has began. At the evening get a QSO with Vladimir RW1AY/1 in KO68nj, QTH St.Petersburg on 2m, FSK mode. This is my 447 sqr worked on 2m.
10GHz activity from JO38
Today me and Tore LA8GT activated JO38xb on 3cm band. QTH is island Flekkerøya with connection to fastland and location is old military radar station place, now it is free area . Very good take off to SM and OZ . Tropo condition was below expectation. Got only QSO with OZ7Z in JO44. Heard SK7MHI very
ES0/DM2ECM in log
After second attempt I got today QSO with ES0/DM2ECM, Detlev, in KO08xl….this is my new square and no.445 on 2m. It is his holiday activity from Saaremaa Island. Below pictures from the island, looks very nice. Photos – credit Wikipedia.org and Lembit Michelson
The Eta Aquarids
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower occur each yera as a result of Earth passing through dust released by Halley’s Comet. This year , peak is predicted on the night of May 5/6. I did 6 QSO´s, unfortunately no one is a new sqr for me.
10GHz Personal beacon
My personal 10 GHz beacon is ready for use. QRG=10.36890 GHz, Pout=200mW, CW mode with keyer by K1EL.
New WSPR odx swl report
Today my WSPR signal received by VK2COW on 20m band. Running here only 100mW and broadband sloppy dipole antenna. Below a part of report from WSPRNET.
Digital SWR meter kit
Ultimate3S transmitter expended with very nice Digital SWR meter. The kit is available from Radio-Kits and is very easy to build. Now need only an enclosure for it. Features HF coverage – 1.8-30MHz Displays SWR, forward power, reverse power and supply voltage Peak reading power meter Bar graph or numerical format Reverse power alarm with adjustable
IMPRESSIONS OF THE VNWA3
This is a very versatile instrument and it is worth his weight in gold. It provides me with the possibility to test and measure the impedance and transmissions characteristics of almost any circuit or network up to at least 500MHz with good accuracy and from 500 to 1300MHz with sufficient accuracy to give a good indication of circuit
Vector Network Analyzer
Today received a package from SDR-Kits with VNWA (Vector Network Analyzer), developed by Tom Baier DG8SAQ. The instrument offers possibility for measurement up to 500 MHz with usable performance up to 1.3 GHz.