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November 2022

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Broken 2m antenna for ARRL EME contest

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 outside as I do a manual positioning. I turned the Read more…

By no9e, 3 yearsNovember 17, 2022 ago
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Dead West beverage with BEVFLEX boxes

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 stopped working.  Was it a broken RX8 switch from Green Read more…

By no9e, 3 yearsNovember 17, 2022 ago
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CW WW SSB, shorty forty and broken tuner

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 upgraded to the Flex combo of PG XL amp and Read more…

By no9e, 3 yearsNovember 17, 2022 ago
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