The Human Beam
So I was the driven [element] in this bit of fun; We done this before setting up for a 70cm RSGB UKAC from our usual site at Worts Causeway. Radio was a Yaesu FT-817 using internal batteries at 2.5w.
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Fixing 2m Tonna Dipole with Polymorph
What is Polymorph? Polymorph’s full name is Polycaprolactone which is basically a mouldable plastic when heated, normally in warm water. The problem I had, which seems to be a common one, is the threads for the thumb-screw which holds the…
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North Ronaldsay EU-009 Holiday
So my girlfriend wanted the chance to see the Aurora (northern lights) and as it is her birthday on New Year’s eve we decided we should get away for New Year. After a few searches, and shocks at the prices…
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Parrot Asteroid + UNIKA in my Nissan 350z
So I recently changed cars from a Volvo S60 to a Nissan 350z Roadster. The 350z came with the GT pack which includes a Bose sound systems however surprisingly the standard double DIN head unit had a tape deck! It…
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Adding 70MHz (4m) Allocation To Flex PowerSDR
I had a question about how to ‘remove’ the “Out Of Band” message you see in PowerSDR when using it with a transverter on 4m. Natively Flex do not have the 4m allocation in their .XML config file so PowerSDR…
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Camb-Hams Mull 2012 DX’Pedition
So the Camb-Hams headed back to Mull for their 2012 DX’Pedition which I took the main lead on the VHF organising, we booked a cottage in the slightly rarer square of IO66. We initially planned activations on 6m, 4m, 2m…
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