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Friday 3 January 2020

First fully homebrew EME contact.

I'm having a happy 2020😀hope you are too. My first EME contact with fully homebrewed station📡 Antenna, amplifier and hybrid SDR.

I've spend ages working on this. There was never any rush but at last I had the contact that has made it worthwhile. Since I took the photos I've worked another, EA6VQ.

WSJTX screen shot

Hybrid SDR and small 144MHz amp which drives the 400 Watt homebrew amp.

Screen shot of the EME chat after the contact.

Monday 30 December 2019

Tropo lift gives chance to air homebrewed setup

FT8 144MHz. Another what I worked ,sorry. Antenna, amplifier, rig all homebrew.

Worked

Hybrid SDR amd driver amp used.

Amateur Radio

Amateur radio, commonly called “ham radio”, is a hobby enjoyed by many people throughout the world; about 3 million worldwide, 70,000 in Germany, 60,000 in the UK, 5,000 in Norway, 57,000 in Canada, and 700,000 in the USA.
A holder of an Amateur Radio license has studied and passed required tests in his or her country and been issued a call sign by its government. This call sign is unique to the operator and is often a source of pride. The holder of a call sign uses it on the air to legally identify all voice and data communications.
Amateur Radio should not be confused with CB radio which is limited to voice operation, allowed lower power limits, fewer frequency allocations, and is unlicensed in most countries.

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Friday 3 January 2020

First fully homebrew EME contact.

Monday 30 December 2019

Tropo lift gives chance to air homebrewed setup