January 26, 2021

Lisa’s new antenna

Worked on the ground crew to pull up Lisa’s new antenna. Had some issues with the mast and getting the rotor install but Mike worked through it and we got it up in the air.

January 4, 2021

ARRL RTTY Roundup 2021 – 545 QSOs!

Spent a good chunk of the weekend doing the RTTY Roundup. With the lower RF noise level at my new house I was able to get more contacts on 80m (91). Someone mentioned in the last club meeting that the underground power lines make for a quieter experience, I think that is the case here. With RTTY I do a lot of transmitting and I noticed that the WX Satellite download were getting interference which was interesting. I don’t notice any other interference in the house but the QFH satellite antenna is about 10ft from the ground plane of the HF vertical antenna.