CQ-Jena
We got all the pieces together and made it happen: A working, solarpowered APRS digipeater to cover the valley around Jena. For years noone heard the few packets we transmitted in and around Jena. Then, last year, DK1SEV finally „heard our prayers“ and build an RX-only IGate to send all our packets to the Internet.…
Hi Guys, starting this weekend, I will be able to set up different HF Stations in Germany and therfore I would like to talk to you! I will use this page and APRS to let you know where I am and what mode I am operating in. I want to experiment with NVIS…
A week ago I asked our german readers to participate in the DARC 10m Contest. I case they had no antenna for it, I pointed towards the so called LHKA (Lambda half koax antenna); an endfed halfwave design without radials. It works great an is easy to build. There is a german artikel by Robin…
Anyone who knows my EDC set up, has seen this tiny black device called WolphiLink, that is part of it. It is one of my, if not THE most usefull (ex. the TRX itself) ham radio item. Anyone who knows what such an interface is meant to do, can just skip the next paragraph. If…
Well the answer is simple: With >Jörg Spraves Rambone slingshot<. In his >Youtube channel<, Jörg turns wood and rubber into deadly „Anti-Zombie-Devices“. One of those is the Rambone. Jörg developed this slingshot for everyone to build or >buy<, but he strongly encourages everyone to build ones own Rambone slingshot. Now the procedure itself is not…
„Buzzwords sell products“ – A lesson I learned from SurvivalTech Nord’s product review comparing the Chameleon MPAS and Alpha Antenna’s EZ-Military. In the German Version of this article, I sumed up what was going on on youtube and STN’s Blog but you, being able to read english, are kindly asked, to get your own picture…
As you might have seen in other posts and or red in my page about my EDC kit (Every Day Carry), I carry the ATX Walkabout antenna with me just about every day and every where. With this Antenna I can do (80m)40m-10m with a maximum of about 20W out. The basic principle is an…
I have been a subscriber of the youtube channel of SurvivalTech Nord and frequent reader of his page survivaltechnology.net since I started with ham radio. I really like the way he works, talks and thinks. So I was very happy when he proposed a sked on saturday just a few minutes after I replied to…
From a small package, which looks even smaller in the huge as trunk of my Scoda Octavia, to a nice big Buddipole Antenna. The galery below shows step by step, how to set it up. the whole process is less than 10minutes.
The yellow stand for my OLD 2.4m Buddipole mast (they changed them in 2009) is by no means an original part. It’s just a simple stand for what we in germany call a „Baustrahler“ – a lamp for construction sides. One can buy it for less than 20€ here in germany in loads of hardware stores or amazon. Eventhough the package displays the legs to be angled differently, one can only fix them to a 90° angle. I actually am happy with that, as it makes for a better support and it might make it possible to set the whole thing up without guying wires. (MIGHT POSSIBLY…As I had to learn, the whips of the Buddipole break, if it falls, so don’t ever go without those guying wires and tent stakes) The top part of the yellow stand slides right in the lowest part of the Buddipole mast, a little chip of wood or a stick keeps the mast from turning, as it has a little play. Setting it up is easy. Just put the stand in place, put the mast atop, screw on the Versatee, the arms etc. and then extend the mast’s and stand’s sections. Don’t forget to fix the coax cable to the mast and Versatee! Getting the Buddipole back down within range for your hands, so you can adjust whip length and coil clip position, is very easy and done within seconds. So once again, leave that tuner at home and make your antenna resonant by itself 😉
From now on, some of our blog posts and pages will be translated in english. This will take some time and effort, so please be patient about the progress. If there is a special post you would like to read in english, just let us know via the contact form. We will make that post…