"I'll give up CW when I'm dead! MAYBE!" (Rick, KC8AON)
It’s been three months since my last OKFF activation, the weather got better in the afternoon – a good time for a new activation. I’ve been on the OKFF a few years ago but only had an FT-817 with 5W and INVEE. As far as I remember, I barely made 44 QSOs that are needed […]
This Maraton was great! Thanks to my family I could spend most of the weekend on the air. Unfortunately, no beams here, only multiband vertical at about 28m (84 feet), dipoles for 20/17/15m in the same height and sloper for 80/160m. Pictures are on https://www.hamqth.com/ok2cqr.
The first activity this year was on a sunny morning with my son Petr. I used KX3 with an EFHW antenna on a tree. Finally, I made 57 QSO. The weather was superb but after midday, it gets worse, even started snowing. Propagation was quite good, I made QSO all over Europe.
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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 […]
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 […]
It took some time but custom holder is on the roof. Everything took about 4 hours but the holder can handle even multband yagi. Maybe one day… .
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 […]
Another nice trip with my youngest son Dan. The OKFF-1952 Nerestský lom was close to our destination. Finally, we made 50 QSO on CW. There are a few photos.
My first activity this year. The OKFF-1571 is about 7km on food from my QTH. We had a sunny day and after a very busy week, I need some time to relax :). I already had LiPol battery charged, packing KX3, EFHW antenna, paddle and other stuff was ready in a few minutes.
