EI9FEB
EI9FEB@mastodon.radio
<p>Radio Amateur since 1972<br />BBC Communications Engineer<br />Many years Electronics, RF (up to 10.5 GHz) and Telecom R&D (Analogue & ISDN) as well as IT and programming.<br />Retired from R&D but still experimenting and also writing fiction.</p>
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#meshcore Recommendations for buying and installing a solar repeater, but not on your own property. Some hilltops in Co. Limerick need one! EU suppliers (e.g. BerryBase) preferred to avoid customs issues.
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Later I&#39;ll set up a proper intro, images, alt text etc
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Experimenting with getting a whip working from 160m to 6m. It&#39;s a multisection alloy tent pole. The Inner elastic cord is replaced with a spring made from net curtain hanging stuff with plastic removed. Cord was too stretchy so brassed picture hanging wire cord is used. 160m to 30m use loading coils and transformers on toroids. An 11 way switch selects band. two trailing counterpoise wires are used, one is via a loading coil. 17m is bypass. Surprisingly one of the band positions works...