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In most cases, radio amateurs love it when their antenna resonates, because a resonating antenna is usually also an efficiently working antenna. Alt least, when we talk about electrical resonance and not acoustic resonance. Because the latter can cause considerable nuisance, even Continue reading Is your antenna making noise? Use a rope!
In a previous post I did a review on the X-phase QRM eliminator. I quickly found out that the antenna for receiving QRM, the auxiliary or secondary antenna, holds the key to maximum performance of the QRM eliminator. A single Continue reading Boost your QRM eliminator performance with an active antenna
If you see figures regarding solar activity, you could conclude that we are very close to the start of a new solar cycle. That means within a few years my beloved 10 meter band will open up again for DX. Continue reading Review of the QRM Eliminator X-phase
Spring 2015, there could be a crisis on its way. I home from work to find out my next door neighbour installed two solar panels on his roof. A ‘DIY plug and play’ type which you only need to plug Continue reading When the noise came banging in
Most modern high end transceivers come with a nice display showing you a bit of spectrum analysis. This bit of displayed spectrum can be very handy when looking for activity on one of the bands. Even more when you are Continue reading How to setup a panadapter for the Kenwood TS-480
Quite a long time ago since I posted on my blog. People around me know I had quite some issues past years with my wife’s health. She had a stroke in 2016 and things changed for our family. I had Continue reading Upgrading the vertical for the lower HF bands
I have a license to operate all HF bands, but my Hustler 4BTV 4-band trap vertical only covered 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m. Now the 80 m band is the only band which allows me to work NVIS night and Continue reading CG-3000 remote auto tuner on HF vertical review
It took me a while to do it, but I designed a new QSL card. I am intrigued with solar activity and the influence on HF propagation, so I took a spectacular photograph taken by the NASA SDO observatory in Continue reading New PA9X QSL card
The NCDXF and IARU founded the International Beacon Project. It consists of 18 beacons around the world. Each beacon transmits every three minutes, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon Continue reading How to run an NCDXF IARU Beacon Monitoring station
If you have mobile devices like your smartphone, or you have a laptop, you probably run a wireless network. Concrete, bricks and metal will limit the range of your WiFi signal. Installing one or more WiFi repeaters guarantees a strong Continue reading Why WiFi repeaters do not guarantee fast internet