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A couple of days ago, I managed to work the OJ0AW on Market Reef on 30m. Market Reef is a small piece of rock in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.
This is Market Reef’s 50th year as a DXCC entity and, so I’ve read, many DXpeditions will be made to this piece of rock in 2019. So, if you don’t already have it in your logs, now’s the time.
I worked OJ0AW on 30m after calling for only about five minutes. Good thing, too, given my short attention span. :)
Read MoreDo you need a unun with an end-fed wire?
I get a fair amount of email about my earlier posts. Recently, a reader asked:
I was reading your post about end-fed, long-wire antennas, I think it was from 2016. I have a couple questions about end feds. Do you mind if I ask?
I replied:
Read MoreA couple of days ago, an interesting article popped up on reddit’s /r/amateurradio: 20 reasons why intelligent radios like Gotenna Mesh / Pro have some serious advantages over Tactical Ham / walkieTalkies for short range tactical unlicensed volunteer use in disaster zones (in concert w HF): #ares #races #cert #redcross #arrl #ham #amateurRadio #elmers #disasterrelief #ics #nims.
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