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Sunday 18 June 2017. I recently purchased a new 2.5 watt 23 cm transverter from SG-Lab in Sofia Bulgaria. The package includes a 2el HB9VC PCB which has turned out to be a great addition for portable work, particularly from a hilltop with a good uninterrupted view of the horizon. Today from the summit of…
I recently purchased two 23cm WA5VJB PCB yagi antennas without SMA connectors, that was a deliberate decision as I wasn’t sure how I would use or mount the PCB antenna. For a recent SOTA activation I quickly soldered a short length of RG174 to the PCB pads which served its purpose for two activations, Mt…
Saturday 24 June 2017. I’m constructing a 1296 MHz 12el 23 Yagi, I got little distracted from the yagi when I decided to take a break and build a 23cm 1296 MHz 1/4 wave ground plane antenna. Here it is.. Materials: N Type flange socket 70 mm length of 2 mm diameter copper wire 300…
How do you get on 23 cm 1296.2 MHz USB for SOTA activations without forking out loads of dough for an ICOM IC-910 or IC-9100? Answer a lightweight all mode 2.5 watt 23 cm transverter from Hristiyan LZ5HP in Sofia Bulgaria. The current unit on offer is version 2.3. The 23cm transverter’s default configuration is…
VK2/ST-017 Mt Wee Jasper 1121 metres ASL, Wee Jasper State Forest Sunday 30 April 2017, Al VK1RX and I are heading to Mt Wee Jasper, our last visit to the summit was in 2013 where on the 7.8 km walk out we encountered a thunderstorm, soaked! The aim of this post is to share the…
Monday 24 April 2017. Mount Marulan VK2/ST-039 868 metres ASL, Southern Tablelands NSW Mount Marulan fire trail ‘G98’ starts at the end of Tickner Valley Road (@700 metres ASL), it’s effectively an extension of Tickner Valley Road albeit with a different name. The public access G98 fire trail is hidden from view behind a clump…
Saturday 15 April 2017 – QRP activation of Booroomba Rocks 1382 metres (4534 ft) ASL, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory. Purpose of today’s Summits on the Air (SOTA) activation is to: experiment with 5 watts on the 17m band (18 MHz) SSB experiment with low power output at 500 mW on the 30 and…
Sunday 9 April 2017, storms over Canberra. No Summits on the Air (SOTA) around Canberra today! Photos: © Copyright 2017 Andrew VK1AD
