Having run the active antenna for a month or so it seems fairly obvious that it’s just not pulling in the signals. I’ve swapped it for a wire antenna with a 1:1 balun. The wire is approximately 25m long with a 10m coax feeder. It’ll be positioned in a suitable spot in the garden. From early results it’s head and shoulders above the active and electrically small loft one.
Archive for October, 2008
Samuel David Hume Hill
Posted 13 Oct 2008 — by Alex
Category Urchin
Category Urchin
I’m very happy to say that our latest addition decided to make an appearance this evening. weighing in at a svelte 4.31Kg he’s obviously enjoyed something!
Samuel David Hume Hill
SSN’s still very low
Posted 07 Oct 2008 — by Alex
Category Radio
Category Radio
The suns having a lazy autumn. or spring depending on you hemisphere. The numbers through on the ARRL propagation bulletin make for a fairly low reading with what is reported to be a a bit of a pattern where a sunspot appears for a few days then is quick to disappear. The chart below shows the decline and makes for interesting reading / viewing. As expected there are a number of theories but as yet I’m not sure what it tells us.
HF Lite v9.0 receiver available
Posted 03 Oct 2008 — by Alex
Category Radio
Category Radio
Searching through the emails?I receive during the day can sometimes be a bit of a chore. Other times some really useful informations comes to light. The softrock yahoo group has the latest news on the various softrock product but now they’ve annouced that the v9.0 if the HF lite has been released. the official softrock radio website has information on how to purchase the kits.
