Articles by Mike

RTE 1 LW is gone though the running cost was 1% of the top (overpaid) RTE presenters. The only Irish station with universal portable coverage on the island of Ireland, which also was received in Great Britain. BBC R4 LW is to close this year (2024). Internet is fragile and […]

This was made for 70 MHz (without matching). The FC-40 matches it usably on 40m (< 1.5), 30m (1:1), 20m (1:1, but need to retune across the band), 17m (1:1), 15m (1.25), 12m (1:1) and 10m (1.1). The 6m (50 MHz to 52 MHz) varies across the band from 1:1 […]

I made a vertical whip for 70MHz by adapting the fibre glass chassis and the radials of a dead Watson 300. The internal colinear of the Watson 300 was a bit corroded and the capacitor on the base loading coil had disintegrated. I extended the three radials with sliding alloy […]

Got a 22m approximately end fed aerial up between chimney and a flagpole at the front gate. Tuning / matching with an FC40  on a FTdx10. Some contacts from 16:15 UTC; All good reports. Lithuania Slovenia Austria Manchester Donegal (started good and faded to noise)