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Ready for Low Bands season ! Plus some QSOs... :)

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, one month break with radio ! Time flies !! My last QSO was dated on July 23rd... On August 24th, I went back on HF to log YW5X from IOTA SA-054 La Orchilla on 17M SSB (my 431st worked IOTA ! ) On August 27th, I contacted CX1AA on 12M CW who was...

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Message from Eduardo CO8LY

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Par F8DZY

This week I received an e-mail from CO8LY, Eduardo is looking for 572 B tubes for his linear amplifier YAESU FL 2100 that he can't use for now... If anyone can help, it would be a very nice Christmas for him ! Feel free to contact directly Eduardo on...

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Antennas are up again !

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, all is OK again, I could repair my vertical HF3B with a new insulator... It is now strongly shrouded in the ground... and I also put my 5 elements 6M up the Optibeam... I finished to erect correctly the vertical just before the night... rocking...

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Big winds and damages !

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Par F8DZY

Hi, today we had strong winds in France, unluckily for me, my HF3B vertical didn't appreciate it very much... It certainly falled on the Optibeam which was down the pylon, and the upper 1/3 of the vertical is now looking like a lucky fishing rod ! The...

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HF3B and radials...

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Par F8DZY

That's it ! Today I finished to install my 48 x 24m. radials ! Ouuf... long job !! I am ready for low band season, just need to wait for it now... Chris F8DZY

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OB9-5 photos

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Par F8DZY

As promised, some photos with sunny WX... really better ! The 6M beam will join the Optibeam later : winds still cause damages to its mast... Chris F8DZY

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Optibeam OB9-5 @ F8DZY !

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Par F8DZY

Hi, this was a long time I talked about a new antenna for HF... it is done since this week beginning with the arrival of the Optibeam OB9-5 model (9 elements 5 bands 20-17-15-12-10M) ! Last Tuesday, I disassembled my TH3MKIII from the pylon... ...and...

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HF3B radials

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, (I am in Paris till January 19th, so sorry if not much new articles during this period... ) Here are some photos of my actual radials' system, 24 x 24M in >< configuration... I could notice a perfect SWR of 1.0 and a very low X, with R=50 on 3.500MHz,...

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Items for sale @ F8DZY ! ;-)

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Par F8DZY

The page has been updated... Chris F8DZY.

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Big works @ F8DZY !

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Par F8DZY

Hi all ! Yes, finally it's done ! My 12m. pylone is up, my HF3B vertical too, and I cutted 48 x 48m. radials for it ! I actually only put 4 radials for test, I will correctly match the vertical tomorrow and maybe start the Cubical Quad... Let's see some...

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