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Field Day
This weekend is the annual ham radio field day. Just an excuse for many to go mobile. I’ve decided that I really didn’t give 6 meters enough of a chance last week so I’m going to put in more of an effort this weekend. I’m still thinking of using the Yoyo Vee dipole for this.…
No Contact
So this weekend was a bust. Between Saturday speeding by so fast and bad weather on Sunday Not much got done. I didn’t hear anyone on 6 meters so I took it up to 40 meters. I heard someone in North Dakota, another in New Mexico but was soon pulled away to watch the HBO…
Auto Tuner -Update
So the weekend came and went and I barely had any time to really work with the Auto Tuner. I did get it set up and am hoping to give 6 meters a shot this coming weekend. I’ve seen some reports of people having luck on 6 meters and figured I’d take a shot at…
Auto Tuner
I’ve decided that this weekend I’m going to try out an LDG YT 100 auto tuner with the buddistick on my Yaesu 857D. I used one many years ago and found it to be quite valuable. I’ll be sure to post an update with the results here.
Contact
So I’ve been playing around with the Buddistick and the yoyo Vee -3 band antenna. I’ve been able to hear several 40-meter transmissions using the Buddistick but after several attempts haven’t been able to make contact. I decided to give the yoyo Vee a try. I’m bound by HOA restrictions, living in a Townhouse condo.…