The other day when I was testing my brand new Cobwebb antenna I noticed something weird. I worked a few stations (EA7IQQ, RV3DMX and RV9LM) and I was pretty happy with the results so far. So I went on the roof to do some finishing touch on the Cobwebb. A little tape here and there [...]
A while ago I did a first try to build a Cobwebb antenna. I noticed that even on a very low operating height (about 2 meters above the ground) the Cobwebb received very well. Last weekend I did my second attempt to build a Cobwebb antenna for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meter. Gave [...]
Reminder to self: is this interesting to build?
Lately I’m not doing well on the antenna area. I did pull down the multiband dipole because it was really a horrible sight from the back garden. Then I put down the Antron 99A because it wasn’t giving the performance I hoped for (I couldn’t use it for 20m anyway). And the Cobwebb is still [...]
One of my favorite hamblogs must be the one from Julian, G4ILO. Julian always writes very sharp and critical posts, fun to read! I’m so happy he now implemented RSS to his blog so I can keep track. This afternoon I was reading his piece about D-star. I’m not very familiar with D-star. Read a [...]
Last three weeks I’ve been celebrating my holiday in Indonesia. We’ve made a roundtrip starting in Sumatra, Java and ending on Bali. Absolutely beautiful country! Funny thing happened in Ubud on Bali: my lovely girlfriend is making a photo of a nice entry to a house and suddenly I see the house belongs to a [...]