Category Archives: Equipment

All Elecraft remote station coming …

Posted on May 12, 2014 by dh8bqa

I have been a user of the Elecraft K3 for about 5 years now and really like the radio, UI, performance, etc. Never had a radio for such a long time (except my little “Swiss knife”, the Yaesu FT-817), usually … Continue reading →

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Automatic 4 x 1 antenna switcher page added

Posted on May 8, 2014 by dh8bqa

Having had a few minutes time tonight I decided to add another project page to this website: BX-162 automatic 4×1 antenna switch controller. I developed it a few years ago to automatically control a 4 x 1 antenna switch that … Continue reading →

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HA1YA transverter & DFØFA 2 m contest results May ’14

Posted on May 4, 2014 by dh8bqa

Condx were poor, lots of long and slow QSB, i.e. stations calling with s3 signals and vanishing into the noise, returning only 1-2 minutes later. Made it hard to work real DX, a lot of the usual suspects missing this … Continue reading →

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FA-SM and sequencer pages added

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dh8bqa

Making some progress in adding content to this new website. Managed to transfer the pages for the FA-SM as well as the sequencer tonight. The FA-SM aka FUNKAMATEUR Station Manager is a versatile station accessory uniting a 4 memories voice … Continue reading →

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BX-184 – voice keyer in MH-31 microphone enclosure

Posted on March 13, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just added the description of my MH-31 microphone integrated voice keyer into this website’s WordPress design. All other content is still available on the old pages. To convert everything and make it fit, i.e. good looking, takes a bit of … 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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