Category: DX Commander

It’s Friday again and I’m on HF. I have NO idea what conditions will be like but we can try for some contacts. Join in, chat or call me. I don’t mind. I just love my hobby! Using club callsign M0XXT and logging software is N1MM. 73, Callum.

It’s Friday again and I’m on HF. I have NO idea what conditions will be like but we can try for some contacts. Join in, chat or call me. I don’t mind. I just love my hobby! Using club callsign M0XXT and logging software is N1MM. 73, Callum.

Rember the Starduster? Why don’t we make a copy of this out of wire and put it up 18m or 60 feet? We can make this from wire and have the legs as guys! Let me know what you think and if there is enough support, we’ll build it. Callum, M0MCX.

Any hobby done well is expensive. Fishing and Golf cost about a THOUSAND notes to get into – so does Astrophotography (for instance). But how much can we build our first station for? Let’s have a look. 73, Callum, M0MCX.

I’m getting rid of all this wire (it’s gone now already!). If you want 2nd reserve in case Aaron can’t make it, leave a comment 🙂

Not all PL259s are the same. The newer designs are a superior design and accurate. Anyway, I nearly cock this up. Perhaps rate me out of 10! Callum.

It really doesn’t matter to me, but you can make the hobby more pleasurable by following some basic rules of the road and chosing to follow some best practices. Find a role-model that you enjoy listening to, don’t fall into the trap of taking short cuts. On the other hand, this is not life-or-death! Callum, M0MCX.

The TS-590SG is a lovely radio. I felt it needed more accuracy on the higher HF bands, which could have been calibrated I suppose without this TCXO but at least now I am cock-on when it comes to frequency accuracy. Also the military looking side plates are a cool addition. Looking forward to getting out and about with this and seeing how it performs.

Here are the side-plates: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325234490051

Regards, Callum.

They both work differently. A dipole will generally produce excellent gain perpendicular to the dipole element and a vertical will display an all-around-gain. BUT it all depends on the frequency and the height above ground. Let’s take off the covers and find out. Callum, M0MCX.

This is my 2nd blast on the IOTA contest. I failed to do an over-night 40m/80m. So I have failed! Islands on the Air is called IOTA and this weekend is the IOTA contest where anyone can contact anyone else. Island staions give their Island number. I am entering the 12-hour section with 400W and using N1MM as my logging software. Join in and see what you can do yourself! 73, Callum. PS – I have switched on 1-min Live-Chat Sub mandatory – only to stop the bots spamming the Live Chat.