I want a lightweight homebrew 6m antenna for SOTA and Parks activations with a little more gain than the homebrew 6m flowerpot. I know which direction the SOTA chasers or Park hunters operating positions are therefore I’m an not concerned with losing the omnidirectional radiation pattern of the 6m flower pot antenna. Having 2.6 dB…
Thursday 12 January 2017, Andrew VK1MBE and Andrew VK1AD activating SOTA peak Mt Budawang VK2/ST-015, grid QF44XM. Surprising success at working ZL1 on 6m 50.120 MHz at 5 watts QRP SSB, that’s right not CW or digital modes, yep voice mode SSB from SOTA summit Mt Budawang VK2/ST-015 for two ZL1 QSOs over 2340 km…
Saturday 9 January 2016, unplanned SOTA activation of Yellow Rabbit Hill VK1/AC-039 855 metres ASL on 432.2 MHz USB and 439.00 MHz FM. Maidenhead Grid Locator QF44KP Radio: Yaesu FT-857D and Yaesu FT-60R dual band HT Antenna: 7el 70cm Yagi (see photo) Power Level: FT-857D 10 watts, FT-60R 5 watts SOTA Alert: Yes Date posted…
Livingstone Hill VK2/SM-093 932 metres ASL with Sporadic E to VK5 on 6 and 10m. From the Monaro region of NSW (VK2) a fantastic Sporadic E opening this evening from Livingstone Hill on 6m 50.150 MHz and 10m 28.480 MHz. The VK5 Adelaide beacon on 28.260 MHz was S8, a marker indicating good radio wave…
Sunday 22 November 2015 – A nice 6m Sporadic E opening at 02:30 UTC on 50.125 and 50.160 MHz USB between VK1 (Canberra) and VK5 (Adelaide). I worked Phil VK5RM in Adelaide approximately 960 km (600 miles) as the crow flies due west of Canberra. My rig is a Yaesu FT-897 operating at 80 watts…
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