Category Archives: Antennas

DFØFA – IARU Region 1 VHF Contest September 2014

Posted on September 8, 2014 by dh8bqa

Another contest is done, this time on VHF. 😉 It’s been time for this year’s IARU Region 1 VHF Contest. So we went up our local hilltop again to participate. “We” that were Heiko – DG1BHA and Uwe – DL3BQA … Continue reading →

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DAØHQ in July’s VHF contest 2014

Posted on July 6, 2014 by dh8bqa

We had the honor to activate DAØHQ on 2 m during last weekend’s VHF contest. DAØHQ is the German Headquarters station during next weekend’s IARU HF World Championship. So we used the call to be active on 2m, too, and hand … Continue reading →

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Current antennas

Posted on June 6, 2014 by dh8bqa

Leaving the QTH this evening we had a wonderful blue sky for a change and after closing the gates and looking at the antennas I couldn’t resist to take a photo although not too good a quality as taken with … Continue reading →

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Holiday activities … getting things done

Posted on June 4, 2014 by dh8bqa

It’s been a while since my last blog entry. Reason is simple: I am on holiday 700 km away from home in JO73, about a hundred kilometers north-east of Berlin, where we have our contest station. Have been busy doing … Continue reading →

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Melting more solder … 10×2 Antenna Controller

Posted on May 18, 2014 by dh8bqa

  Last year I published a few articles on station automation in FUNKAMATEUR magazine. One of them (FA 5/13) was about a 6×2 antenna controller unit I had developed that allows using a 6×2 antenna switch from two different shacks … Continue reading →

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ARRL-DX-SSB – quite a fun weekend!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just returned from my 2 x 700 km roundtrip to the contest station. Have been active in the ARRL-DX-SSB contest as planned. Here’s my report … Equipment Elecraft K3, PA and 160m lazy loop, 80 & 40 m dipoles @ … Continue reading →

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