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I built a form for the concrete base for my new tower

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on June 27, 2017 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, tower

Last summer I purchased a 48ft aluminium tower and an antenna rotor. This year I purchased a tri-band yagi to put on top of it. Between work, kids, life, and perpetual procrastination, I haven’t been able to get my prep …

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End of the year update

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on December 28, 2016 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio, HF, hf transceiver

Wow it has been a while since I’ve posted anything. I guess it’s time for a bit of an update. The most important thing is that I got my TS-570 fixed! Thanks to a local ham who figured out there was a …

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Welcome to 2016 – My Ham Goals For The Year

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 4, 2016 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio, HF, station

Happy New Year! Now that 2015 has come to a close and we have a whole new year ahead of us, I’ve decided to set some ham radio goals for the year. I am probably being overly ambitious but if …

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70 cm Crucifix Antenna

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 30, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with 70cm, Antenna, Antennas, UHF

So I recently decided that I to build a new antenna for my 70 cm rig to replace the dual band magnet mount that I was using as it did not fit well in my new shack. I ended up …

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Happy New Year!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 6, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Ham Radio, HF

I guess it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. The last time was way back in July. A few things have changed since then. I’ve not come into possession of a Kenwood TS-570SG (HF + 6m) and have moved …

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Working some DX with an old Atlas 210x

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on July 29, 2014 Posted in Amateur Radio 5 Comments Tagged with 20m, Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio, HF

I’m fortunate enough to belong to a club that is willing to lend out spare gear to those of us who are a bit underfunded. I had been using a Kenwood TS-120 but there turned out to be an intermittent …

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Starting the new year with some new gear!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on February 19, 2014 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio

The last few weeks have almost been like a second Christmas for me. I’ve picked up a bunch of new radio gear and I’m now on my way to being on a new band and back on another. Thanks to …

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The antennas are up!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on July 23, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio, Packet Radio

It took longer than expected to finish my “Saturday evening project” but none the less the mast is up and so are the antennas. As you can see in the picture below, there are two of them. One is a …

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A Saturday evening project

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on July 7, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio No Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, digital mode, Ham Radio, Packet Radio

Now that I have set up all my VHF, UHF, and Packet gear, I’ve come to realize that I need to make a better effort to get my antennas mounted properly. I currently have two antennas mounted on the side …

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VHF Packet Racket

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on June 13, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio 3 Comments Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, digital mode, Ham Radio

Packet radio has been something I have always wanted to get in to. When I first got licensed, back in the late 90s, we had a fairly active packet scene at the local club (VE1YAR / VE1GX) but I was …

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