Month: August 2014

Better quality video of my HF antenna setup…

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I shot this for N4UJW at Hamuniverse.com. It’s a better quality video of my HF antenna setup, with Ugly Balun as described at that site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-qMoHAbIQ Hopefully, he either adds the video to his site or at least links to this blog posting. He didn’t like the first video for some reason. Kinda lame, if

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Skywarn mode at Station K8CPA

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We have severe weather coming this way. So, I am in Skywarn mode here. If you do not know what Skywarn is, please go here and check it out. Should be an interesting evening. To take a look at what’s happening and what’s coming go here to look at the national weather service radar. Wish

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Video: Why you have to run an amplifier on 75 meters in the summer

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I love 75 meters, I have been using it since I got my general class license in 2000. But, the summer months; it is quite rough and without an amp, at night, it is almost impossible to use on voice. (I bet it’s the same with CW too…) Here’s the video to explain: Unfortunately, I

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20 meters is terrible today

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I’m dictating this from my cell phone, so if it comes out looking a little funny that’s why. As you can see from the photo captured above, 20 meters is not in good shape I’m running psk31 and it just is not doing too good. I worked two stations so far, probably about 150 miles

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