Using the vertical EFHW /P in WalesUsing the vertical EFHW /P in Wales

During a week of very changeable weather in Wales I managed a couple of /P sessions. Setting up in an NT car park right on the coast produced some very good results.

Tuning around the SSB section of 20m produced BH7PFH,VU2DK,VK4TUX,VK2IR,W6CCP,W8XH and on CW W7VV who I think was in QSO with [...]

End fed Half-wave antennasEnd fed Half-wave antennas

I came across the site of AA5TB this week and found his excellent article on end fed half-wave antennas. Like many others I have always thought that it was difficult  to match the high impedance of an end fed half-wave to 50 ohms. Not true! After reading the article I made a simple matching unit [...]

Portable nostalgiaPortable nostalgia

I recently discovered some photographs of one of my first /P events. The pictures were taken on 3 May 1972 at Burton Dasset hills in South Warwickshire. I think it was a 2m contest.

The transmitter was cut from a Pye Cambridge with valves in the RF section and a transistorised modulator. It was supposed [...]

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