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Items for sale @ F8DZY ! ;-)

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, a new menu on the right & down side : FOR SALE ! All is in the title, hmm ? Chris F8DZY.

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Pylon soon ready !!!

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, it's a long long time I wait for this ! I am really happy to have seen my future pylon today : it only remains to solder some plates of aluminium for the motorization... I think it will be done once up because bad days are coming and we have to...

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W2IHY EQPlus & 8 Band Equalizer settings

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Par F8DZY

How to configure your W2IHY EQPlus & 8 Band Equalizer ? A lot of people are using or would be interested in using this very nice equipment, but a few know HOW TO CORRECTLY CONFIGURE it ! I thought it would be interesting to publish this page... I want...

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F8DZY shack & installation beginnings...

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, As promised here are the very firsts photos of my new shack & installation... Starting from 0 : I first have to build the desk for the shack ! You will notice I already put my little vertical at the place of the future pylone... You maybe don't...

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F8DZY soon QRV 2M !

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, all is in the title and it is my "little surprise"... I will soon install my very first OM antenna, an 11 elements VHF F9FT Tonna which was unused since 2004 ! Up 7 meters from my ground, but my QRA is 171 meters ASL, on the top, and clean 360°....

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The concrete is poured !!!

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Par F8DZY

Hi all ! This week, we poured the concrete for the pylon ! About 2,7 m3 were necessary for the hole of my 12M pylon... "Come here, nice truck..." "Yes, there..." Let's go ! Filling the hole... And at the end of the morning : Next step : THE pylon !! In...

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"Working at home"...

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, 2 days ago we finally dug the hole for the iron framework of the pylon ! A very HOT day in SW France, luckily the job was done with an excavator... Previously 20 meters from the house, we moved the hole at 40 meters from the QRA. I lost about...

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The garden is cleaned ! ;-)

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, Well, it's over : I finished to clean the undergrowth at my future QRA garden ! It was a hard job but finally done... What I had to cut... Future installation... (HF3B with 48 x 48m radials...) To be continued... Chris F8DZY.

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Firsts steps of new F8DZY installation (outdoor)

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, Well, if you noticed I don't post too much these times, it's for a simple reason : I was not on air ! I am busy with next QRA garden (undergrowth to be "cleaned") Before : After some hours of "gardening": In the same time, I did receive 100 meters...

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Vertical HF3B by IT9ZMX @ home !

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Par F8DZY

Hi all, this week I received my new vertical antenna for low bands : the HF3B by IT9ZMX ! Covering 160-80-40M, I was in hurry to discover how it works... In my QRA location till April, I won't be able to install radials, or maybe 1 or 4 maximum (20 meters...

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