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Wide Screen Panoramic Adaptor
The Elecraft P3 is the most useful accessory in the TF4M Shack. The Green bar on the display shows the Receive VFO and the Red bar shows the Transmit VFO when operating Split. A close second is the Bandmaster III from Array Solutions, which controls my Harris RF110A Linear Power Amplifier automatically as I change [...]
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Aurora 13 January 2013
As I was going to sleep last night, I looked out the window to see the most spectacular Auroral display I have ever seen. By the time I was ready to start shooting, the event was over, below are the images I managed to capture. This may explain the strange conditions on 160 Meters in [...]
ContinueAmazing Conditions on Top Band
Yesterday morning I heard Paul, VK4MA and I was able to determine that his signals were coming from the South along the Gray Line Terminator – i.e. Long Path instead of the usual Short Path. We were not able to QSO this time for what would have been the first ever QSO on LP between [...]
ContinueD3AA in Angola and VP2MSW in Montserrat
Today I received my QSL cards for my contacts with TT8TT in Chad and 7O6T in Yemen. Top Band conditions are finally improving. I monitored the band all day since early morning and first worked Kevin, KL7KY in Alaska and then I started calling CQ to work on my goal to reach 1,000 QSOs with [...]
ContinueT6LG – Afganistan
As my country totals on 160 Meters slowly increase, new countries are few and far between. Today, I worked T6LG in Afganistan for a historic first ever contact between TF and Afganistan on 160 Meters. The Arctic King continues to rule the North. This contact brings my country total to 185 worked, 182 confirmed on Top [...]
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Storm Damage
Today, January first, the weather had calmed down and it was possible to go outside and inspect for damages. It turns out that I was a bit hasty in pronouncing that no damage had occurred at my farm as 4 poles of the 11kV high voltage line which had fed my QTH and Bildudalur Airport for [...]
Continue2012 Stew Perry 160M DX Contest
The 2012 Stew Perry 160 Meter DX Contest coincided with one of the worst storms to hit Iceland for years. Power distribution lines broke in several places during the storm and the weather prevented maintenance crews from repairing the damage. The entire West Fjords area was powered by emergency generators during the outages. Wind speeds in excess of [...]
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