That was amazing propagation on 20 m band. On video you can see that I use my mobile station and his signal is strong S9+.
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K6VHF/M in NAQP contest.
South shore of Big Bear lake. Was strong rain. 20m band and a lot of station in the contest. N2BJ calling CQ NA… Worked on 50 watts. FT-857 and lovely ATAS-120 did a great job! Thanks for QSO N2BJ!
10 m band in Death Valley, CA
Good propagation on 10 m band. Worked with ZL, VK, JA, FK from the middle of Death Valley, California Mobile set-up: FT-857 and ATAS-120.
FD-2011 at WA6IRC
Check this video. I’m at club station WA6IRC in Field Day 2011 near Big Bear Lake, California. Operate on VHF and UHF bands. 73, Alex K6VHF
10 m band is OPEN
Check it out. My mobile station at home. Rig is FT-857 and antenna is ATAS-120. As you can see there is 2 wires 2.5 m long each. It helps to get 1:1.1 SWR. I heard many stations from east coast, CX, PU, LU and ZL on my mobile antenna. 73, Alex K6VHF
Disassemble and Assemble of Baofeng UV-3R
Check my video instruction of disassemble and assemble of Baofeng UV-3R. It is easy. You need just a small philips screwdriver and tweezers. Enjoy in Full HD! 73, Alex K6VHF
FO4BM CQing on 10m
Check this out. FO4BM on 28 MHz on my mobile set-up FT-857 + ATAS-120. Thanks for QSO and QSL card!
Vintage Film – The World of Amateur Radio
Dick Van Dyke, Barry Goldwater K7UGA, Arthur Godfrey K4LIB and many others extol the virtues of amateur radio in this vintage film from the 1970’s. On YouTube Tim Verthein KC0JEZ writes: I converted this old and somewhat damaged 16mm film to video tape many many years ago when the technology to do that was rather […]