Tea?

[classic33]

Went out for my daily hike earlier than usual today - big mistake

Canna be that bad! stop complaining

 

[Bobby Mhor]

International Pillow Fight Day, folks...
Get yer PJs on, grab a pillow and fight...

With my luck, the pillow will win

 

[Maverick Goose]

Canna be that bad! stop complaining

Och weesht and get oan wae it big man!

 

[classic33]

Och weesht and get oan wae it big man!

Sup'up?

 

[Blue]

Canna be that bad! stop complaining

It's that bad when walking hard uphill - didn't do the coastal paths today. Sun down now though - time to get into the black. Thinking about it, getting into too much of the black stuff last night may have been part of the problem this morning ) Still, I'll soon forget about that tonight . It's a hard life!!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

It did, it works ok on 10m and really well on 6m, on other bands it's better as a RX antenna than a TX antenna.

@the_mikey
Diameter?
It'll be quiet for an urban environment....

I'm still on the ADSB kick..
I've built these

Works a treat, each of the copper wires is 68 mm, 45° legs, just over 120 mm tall.(N socket)
The most efficient is

Note the use of the butchered coke can, the SDR dongle is attached to the collinear and fits into a right angle USB extension. It works well out to about 220 nm, I'll keep saving the data and get a footprint of the coverage.
I've some other things to try but I can catch almost everything except to the S, SW and SE. At 1090, drop off is quick plus LOS isn't an option. I'm getting over 400 individual planes most days.

 

[classic33]

@the_mikey
Diameter?
It'll be quiet for an urban environment....

I'm still on the ADSB kick..
I've built these
View attachment 345136
Works a treat, each of the copper wires is 68 mm, 45° legs, just over 120 mm tall.(N socket)
The most efficient is
View attachment 345138
Note the use of the butchered coke can, the SDR dongle is attached to the collinear and fits into a right angle USB extension. It works well out to about 220 nm, I'll keep saving the data and get a footprint of the coverage.
I've some other things to try but I can catch almost everything except to the S, SW and SE. At 1090, drop off is quick plus LOS isn't an option. I'm getting over 400 individual planes most days.

That "Bear" that came close earlier this week?

 

[the_mikey]

@the_mikey
Diameter?
It'll be quiet for an urban environment....

I'm still on the ADSB kick..
I've built these
View attachment 345136
Works a treat, each of the copper wires is 68 mm, 45° legs, just over 120 mm tall.(N socket)
The most efficient is
View attachment 345138
Note the use of the butchered coke can, the SDR dongle is attached to the collinear and fits into a right angle USB extension. It works well out to about 220 nm, I'll keep saving the data and get a footprint of the coverage.
I've some other things to try but I can catch almost everything except to the S, SW and SE. At 1090, drop off is quick plus LOS isn't an option. I'm getting over 400 individual planes most days.

IT's a shimano R500 rim, 700c , so about 0.62m across...

I got a box of bits from India this week, and a metal box to put it all in, hopefully it'll go together to make a 40m QRP transceiver this year.

 

[172traindriver]

See You

 

[classic33]

See You

Sithi

And @Bobby Mhor will keep an ear open for the "Bear" in the air.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Sithi

And @Bobby Mhor will keep an ear open for the "Bear" in the air.

Simples!

 

[welsh dragon]

Good morning folks. A rather chilly day here, but it promises to be sunny and fairly warm later.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

That "Bear" that came close earlier this week?

My S, SE, SW pickup is negligible

 

[172traindriver]

Morning Folks

 

[172traindriver]

My S, SE, SW pickup is negligible

No realignment possible??