I own Flex since Sept 2019. The goal was to have SO2R capability onsite, and possibility of a remote operation. First years were painful. Remote connection was iffy; sometimes I could not connect in half an hour. Crashes. New firmware Read more…
My EME setup on 2m is 2 x M2 9 el Yagis, Dow Microwave preamp, FT991 and a 1 KW Beko amp. Until a couple of months ago I was able to make many EME contacts. Sometimes I would not Read more…
I needed a multiplier beam for the Southeast for working Caribbean multipliers. At best far away from my main tower. However the best spot was full of trees shedding branches, and a regular tower would be risky. I remembered constructing Read more…
Flex 6xxx series is advertised as having a powerful transmit audio because of CESSB implementation. This is one of the reasons I bought the radio. A regular speech processing with IF clipping produces some peaks that need to be suppressed. Read more…
Nov 12-13 was the ARRL EME contest. In contrast to the last year, the moon was visible, the weather was excellent, and I had a 1 KW Beko amp. I could make many QSOs. My EME system is set up Read more…
I use 3 BEVFLEX boxes for bidirectional beverages using the RG6 cable. One extra plus of the BEVFLEX system is that the boxes can be in the middle of the cable. The beverages work every well. Recently the Western direction Read more…
My JK Mid 40 includes “shorty forty” that has low SWR in the CW subband on 40m but up to 3.0:1 at 7.2. That was not a problem when I used the Expert amplifier with the built-in tuner. However I Read more…
With my SO2R setup ready, I started testing. Transmit on 40m and receive on 20m. A 40m meter signal has a harmonic on 20m but is it attenuated by both the low power and high power bandpass filters. So with Read more…
I wanted to do SO2R contesting. My Expert 1.3k can do sort of SO2R but with a substitute antenna like a vertical. So I purchased PG XL, a SO2R amplifier designed for SO2R. I expected an amplifier that would generate Read more…