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An interesting portable NVIS antenna

Posted by Doug — February 6, 2018 in Amateur Radio

I have been researching NVIS antennas and have encountered a few interesting military versions. The AS-2259 is one example which uses a 3m mast and set of two offset fed dipoles (7.56 m and 11.22 m) The dipoles…

SOTA Equipment

Posted by Doug — February 5, 2018 in SOTA

I’m relatively new to the whole SOTA hobby, so I am still learning as I go. My main portable gear is based on the following; FT817 – A beautiful 5W radio for HF, 15, 144 and 430 Mhz…