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DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013

From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 27, 2025

To all radio amateurs



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This raised a smile...
But we knew this didn't we?

Ok, I'm a Limey who was raised on easy electronic construction with Veroboard, and would you believe, almost nobody here Stateside seems to have heard of it.

It looks a bit like "perfboard" a circuit board with a grid of holes, but don't for a moment think they are equivalent.
Whereas perfboard ...

Some from our club were thinking about active Rx loops, and so here are a couple of easily constructed ideas:

https://www.qsl.net/m0ayf/G8CQX-Loop-antenna.html

https://youtu.be/XNr5Ful8YGg?si=mhni7nkQVXVjeday

Then here are some designs for easy experiment:
(Click any pic to enlarge.)
loop3a ...

PAUL/ANCHOR: Retirement isn’t for everyone and that includes antennas - especially ones used by NASA for many of its historic space missions over the years. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us about one historic antenna that’s gone back into service in Australia.

GRAHAM: Decommissioned almost 40 years ago ...

AUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes us to Greece, where the Mt. Athos SV1GA/A DXpedition team halted their activation shortly after it got under way, amid challenges over whether they had permission to be there. The coveted DX entity has been a World Heritage Site since 1988 and is listed as …login to view the rest of this post

As a 100W, dumb luck and a wire kind of operator, this seems so good advice, practical and realistic.
There's lots more from Randy on Youtube, so let him know you like his efforts to help you!
The Youtube link is below. Must see!
:)


Randy Thompson, K5ZD, is fresh off logging over 6,000 QSOs in ...

The Hamfest was well attended and, as they say, a good time was had by all.
Many of the usual kinds of items for sale, but it seemed that many "boat anchors" found new homes for reasonable prices.
I so nearly bought a Mint-condition Heathkit GR-78, complete with manual -my first real receiver.
Then ...

The "bricks" from phpBB used to build The Hambone have been upgraded to 3.3.14, and php to 8.1.31 .

Why? To cover a vulnerability or two, and improve robustness and functionality of some older code.

Astonishingly, it all appears to work, but with a few minor wrinkles mostly ironed out now.

To do ...

Much to think about. Thanks rob, KC4NYK.
Do you suppose we could increase gain 3dB with maybe some of these diode devices, even a MOSFET pair?

Take a gander at viewtopic.php?t=160 for inspiration?