Friday, August 22, 2014

New DX-Cluster site

There is a new DX-Cluster site on the Web. Make your way to:  https://dxheat.com/dxc/  and check it out!
Easy to use and up to date...

73,

N2OMK - Bob

Monday, August 18, 2014

9:1 Ununs

I wound 3 of the 10 T130-2 Toroids with 9 trifilar windings to make 9:1 UNUNS for end fed antennas...
I tested one, and it handled a 5 minute keydown with 100 watts CW into it.....It did not get hot at all....
I will have to wait until next month to put one up outside and test it out on all bands...I need a better tuner and cash for the PVC parts and hardware.


Here is a site that explains what to do with these:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0aGV3b29kbGFuZHNhbWF0ZXVycmFkaW9jbHVifGd4OjYzMDVmODk0NjQ0Zjkz


73!


Monday, August 4, 2014

Doing well with just my 20M dipole...

I can tune it on the 40M, 20M, and 10M bands...It does best on 20 where it was cut though. I have been working quite a few DX stations as of late. Just take a look at the bottom of this blog and see my recent contacts...

73,


Hopefully Back in Bidness!!!

  I ordered a fully assembled  uBitx V6.1  last month from  India . When it arrived, the encoder shaft was busted, and the screen was cracke...