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Wray VE3EO’s new Begali Spark
The Begali Spark has arrived and is now in operation. Actually it took me over a year to decide because I really wanted an example of fine Italian machinery.
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Random Wire Antenna Lengths – A University of Delaware resource worth bookmarking!
When on the trail, at Field Day, or whenever a good antenna is unavailable, a random wire can save the day.
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Building a 6m “Squalo” antenna
I have never had a very big interest in the 6m band, but since my return to the hobby in the summer of 2022, I learned that that is where the good old Pot Lid Net moved to. My 100 foot long attic doublet does work on the magic band but has multiple lobes at…
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Update on Solar Cycle 25
Many avid DXers will know that propagation conditions have been rather good of late now that we are fully into Solar Cycle 25.
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Final Scores OVMRC Field Day 2023 Report
This is a report on the club’s performance in the June 2023 ARRL Field Day as listed in the final scores posted in the December 2023 on-line version of QST Magazine.
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POTA Activation in memory of VA3KS/SK
As I was unable to attend Kieran’s memorial service on Friday 8 December 2023, I thought I would activate one of his favourite POTA parks in his memory.
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Kieran Shepherd, VA3KS (Silent Key)
Known to many in the amateur radio community and loved dearly by his family, Kieran Shepherd died in the early hours of Friday November 24th.
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Slow Scan Television: “Who says hams should be heard and not seen?”
From the launching of the concept of Slow-scan television in the late 1950s, slow-scan television has had a lasting appeal.
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