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Yesterday I installed my first BOG (Beverage On Ground) at Hilltop. Russ, NN3Q, was kind enough to loan me two 200-foot BOGs with transformers that he had taken out of service on 160 meters. So the BOGs are a bit short for 630m and 2200m, but i figured that I would give them a try. …
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I heard my first signals and got my first decodes last night on the 2200m / 0.136 MHz band! My first decode, which came immediately on my tuning to this band, was from WH2XND in DM33, 3356 km away from my QTH, with a signal strength in WSJT units of -27 dB. WH2XND was copied …
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One of the first questions I have had as I am getting started with 630m is, “How well am I doing in terms of my receive system”? Fortunately, there is a great tool available to all of us for testing our receive systems. That tool is WSPRNET, and we can use it to compare our …
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