OK2CQR

"I'll give up CW when I'm dead! MAYBE!" (Rick, KC8AON)

Elecraft KX2 on my desk

I’m so happy to have this radio on my desk! I sold TS-590SG to have enough money to buy it. I don’t regret it at all. It took almost six months to new radio arrived. KX2 will be my radio for portable activities like GMA and OKFF. I’m looking forward to my first activation with […]

New antennas installed!

It took almost a year. I had to use sloper for 80M for all bands but finally, new antennas are installed. It took us almost 3 days to install everything including all cables etc. I could not do that without help from my daddy Franta, OK7WA, and my friend Zdeněk Faltýn who took most of […]

GP7DX antenna arrived

I had been using GP8 for a long time. Last year I had to take the vertical down because of roof repairs. It’s in a good shape but sometimes after heavy rain, there is a problem with SWR on some bands. Maybe some of the traps are not completely waterproof after all the years. Last […]

Vertical is down

I had to put down my multiband vertical because of roof planed roof repair. I’ve been using it for 14 years and it worked fine. Last years there were some problems with SWR but nothing what I could not fix. It should takes about three months and I’ll put it back. New place should be […]

New toy landed on my desk

I had been dreaming about this radio for long time. Finally the dream comes truth and the Elecraft KX3 is on my desk. It takes some time to adapt to a new radio but right now I can say, it has the best receiver I’ve ever had!

QCX QRP Transceiver

I ordered this excellent QCX QRP TRX from QRP Labs (40m band version) at the beginning of December 2017 and had to wait almost two months but finally got it. Order volume of this kit was (and is) extremely high. You’ll get very good radio for very low price. Especially the RX is really good.