In the shack

Yaesu FT-817, Elecraft KX-3 and other portable HF radios

I don't know about other people out there, but I use this blog as a personal journal, basically writing about…

10 years ago

About the Elecraft K3 vs Kenwood TS-590 debate

I was just reading earlier Simone IW5EDI's article about a short overview on the K3 and the TS-590. This is…

11 years ago

CQWW SSB 2014 fail

I wanted to take part in CQWW SSB this year, as usual in the SOSB QRP category. This year I…

11 years ago

Ciucas X3 – a good EmComm exercise

Ciucas X3 is a once-a-year trail running event that takes place in Romania's beautiful Ciucas mountains - you might have…

11 years ago

CQWPX 2014 – official results came in

As I was expecting after the claimed scores, I ranked #5 in 21Mhz single-op QRP category. This was my second…

11 years ago

Triband Delta Loop antenna – some theory

Looking for an improvement in my station's configuration, I evaluated a number of antenna designs; the most important thing, wether…

12 years ago

YO9IRF station updates

Giving the fact that I had enough spare time the last two weeks, inbetween the little Christmas trip I took…

12 years ago

Developing a HF transceiver around an Arduino – abandoned project

As you probably know, the Arduino platform is a very useful toy for development of electronic gizmos, and after I…

13 years ago

A bit of solar activity

Hopefully these days we will finally get a bit of solar activity and of course, a bit of 10m openings.…

13 years ago

WSPR and antenna radiation pattern

WSPR seems to be not just a tool for actively monitoring the propagation status, but it can also help you…

13 years ago