santa

Well christmas is coming and top of my list to santa is the Bandhopper 2 linked dipole from sotabeams

At a glance Bands 20, 40 (other bands possible) Power rating 125 Watts ATU needed? No. Connects direct to your radio SSB, CW, data? Yes. Fine for all modes
(Ripped from the sotabeams site)




If this appears in my stocking then I will post a review after its first outing.

Of course I could make one much cheaper myself but  I have RA so working with components or anything fiddly is a bit of a problem..  :-(  Its just as well this is available..

It is worth checking out the sotabeams website as they seem to be expanding their range everytime I look them up. They also seem to be doing a new FT817 mount that I have my eye on.

FT817

Hello and welcome to my blogg.

To start let me introduce myself. My name is Paul and I am a licenced radio amateur. I was licenced in 1993 with the call G7OSI followed shortly after by my currant call of G0UFV.

After a long absence from the radio hobby I returned about two years ago when I purchased a Yaesu  FT817.
This was a revelation as I had been away for so long things had moved on at a great pace. Apart from this little radio doing everything that I needed in one box there were all these new modes to think about.. Digital modes, loads of great computer programmes available Apps for the tables, the list was seemingly endless.

After a little time getting to know the radio I started to play with Satellites, cw and sota activations, although the latter is very dependant on being able to drive to the summit and work from close to the car.

I have started this blogg to document my activities in the radio world and to pass on information about my equipment, new products etc etc.