Today was the second day of teh Annual VKFF Activation Weekend. Unfortunately I had more than a few things to do today (including two trios to Jaycar to pick up some bits for my new nanoVNA; one to get some cables and BNC adapters, and the second to pick up the second BNC adapter that … Continue reading 2019-12-01 VKFF Activation Weekend – Bouddi National Park (VKFF-0049)
Today was the first day of the annual VKFF Activation challenge. You bet I was going out today. I had grand plans for doing multiple parks a good distance from home. Those plans died with the weather. Relatively strong winds when I left home and a 70% chance of rain. I really wanted to go … Continue reading 2019-11-30 VKFF Activation Weekend -Wyrrabalong National Park (VKFF-0550)
I was supposed to drive back to the Central Coast today. Given the current fire situation, I thought it best to remain until things quiet down a little. This freed me up to do the other park that I meant to do yesterday but couldn't get to. It was a bout a 40 minute drive … Continue reading 2019-11-10 Samford Conservation Park (VKFF-1639)
I spent this week working in Brisbane. I had planned to get out in to a couple of parks last Sunday but the drive up the previous day left me too tired. So, today I had planned to do this one and a park near it. A slow day put pay to that plan. I … Continue reading 2019-11-09 Bunyaville Conservation Park (VKFF-1493)
That time of year again. VKFF Team Challenge! Again I joined forces with Gerard (VK2IO). This year we entered as The QRParktivators. As the name implies, we did QRP again. The advantage about that is that we can get away with being relatively close geographically without interfering too badly, as long as if we are … Continue reading 2019-10-26 VKFF Team Challenge – Munmorah SCA (VKFF-1361)
Given that I've now wound the balun that I wanted and it's come up pretty well for a first attempt, I've finally started cutting the new antenna. This one appealed to me for a couple of reasons. It's small. It will do 80m, 40m, 30m, 17m, 15m and 12m without an antenna tuner if I cut it … Continue reading G7FEK Limited Space Antenna
As mentioned in the previous blog, I had some issues trying to tune my 22m end-fed with the L-match. So, let's do some testing. First let's check for continuity from centre conductor to the active. Given it's switched inductances, it should be a short circuit to DC. Well, that's how this meter displays an open … Continue reading L-Match Issues
