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Holiday expedition
Radio hobby can join a HAM perfectly on any holiday. Last expedition was Madeira Island in May 2010. CT9/PA3AM Madeira Island 2010. You can find the modified Madeirian Flag as a QSL-card on my QSL-card page on third position. Holiday Expedition from the 29th of April until the 13th of May 2010. RIG:IC706 / 100 Watts / Dipole 2 x 25 M / S-match. (10 – 160M) IOTA: AF 014 QTH Camacha 700 Meters ASL Preferred mode CW, but also QRV in Phone, especially for the NOV and APD friends. QSL card is shown else on this site, design was…
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Operating on the low band
The Low bands 40, 80 and 160-meter I just call these bands the Wire-antenna-bands because these low-bands are not as easy to explore as 10 to 30 meters, just because the size of the desired antennas. For 10 to 30 meters, I’m using a Fritzel FB23 (FB33 within a few months) tribander Yagi and for the three WARC bands a Fritzel UFB13 triband rotary dipole. I’m using a crank-up type tower of abt 25 meters height, which can be layed down in our garden. Working (QSO’s to DX) on 40 to 160 meters is done with my homebrew wire dipole,…