Hi all Lots of things have happened since my last post.. The final countdown came rushing at me, even though I knew it was coming! The fence was erected, the garden was reduced to the size of a postage stamp. No space for any antennas... just stuck on 2m/70cm and 6m with the co-linear.. how dull (I'd rather stick needles in my eyes) Well.. I moved :) no garden no antennas.. = no M0VST At this present time I have no antennas up but the new location is even better than the last. For starters it has a bigger garden more suited to an antenna farm. I only now have 1 neighbor instead of living on a small estate surrounded by houses all emitting various noises(QRM)! I am surrounded by large open fields on the top of a small hill, Perfect. So far so good, preliminary tests on the Buddipole/ft817nd and the Clansman PRC320 with a 2.4m vertical whip seem ok, a very very low noise floor on the bands I've tested with zero QRM. I still have over 100 boxes to unpack before I can even think about building any sort of shack but I will be QRV /P and also out in the sun in the back garden with various antennas (I feel another paperclip session coming on hihi) I will have to see how I get on for time. I look forward to getting some wire in the air and plantin' some copper! Its amazing actually how much I have missed the radio, its just a hobby i know but when it was impossible to even receive i.e. not even any interwebs..... so no SDR's I missed my friends. Take care all I look forward to a QSO in the near future. 73 de Mark - M0VST |
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