I live in the centre of a reasonably busy village, near a sub-station for the electricity board. My main antenna for 160m is an inverted ‘L’ with a fair earth system, but it’s a noisy receiving antenna. With little prospect … Continue reading
On 2009-11-07 at around 18:00Z, I had the great luck to contact TX3A on the Chesterfield Islands on top band. George and Tomi’s month-long expedition to this remote island is an extraordinary achievement, but their salt water grounding has clearly … Continue reading
While operating on top band at ZD8UW I had quite a few problems getting the inverted “L” to match at 50 ohms. Even after adjusting the element length this is virtually impossible due to the nature of the antenna. To … Continue reading