VU2JO Jon

Quickly homebrewed a 5W fifty ohm dummy load using twenty 1K resistors, each of 0.25W, in parallel. The combination was soldered on to a PL259 connector attached to a small piece of 50 ohms coax. youtu.be/VVQWxiJjmVI

Back to back G3 Geomagnetic storms! Only hope is that there would be a good 6m opening after that. But the 6m window may be short and easily missed?

@N4JAW @Youkits I have an ATU-100 and has read about ATU-1000. So there is an ATU-10 as well! Wonder how many more versions are there?

As Mrs. Doubtfire might say #amateurradio #hamradio #hfbands were "Wicked, Wicked, Wicked" due to #geomagneticstorm but at least I could test recent #km4cft 9:1 unun build & #randomwire with @Youkits #hb1b into ATU-10 Autotuner on a beautiful 1st full day of Spring.

@W4HO_ Wonder whether it will charge while running on the highway as well?

You can just charge things from the sun

QRP Dummy Load for Testing Easy BITX TX! Two 100Ω resistors in parallel, mounted on a PL259 connector to suit the SO239 antenna socket: youtu.be/jp9g15WJNWg Bought from VU3YDA, radiohub.in

Oh! A sigh of relief, it has started subsiding. Expecting a 6m opening after the storm subsides!

Geomagnetic storm getting stronger!

Heard that another one is due on March 19!

What an amazing antenna!

@jamiemillington Happy Birthday!

My Berfday today… and I didn’t get any balloons..

@rickmcmichael Congratulations!

I passed my Amateur Extra exam. My new callsign is NA4AV.

Another G2 Geomagnetic Storm going strong!

BITX means bidirectional transceiver with classic bidirectional topology developed by VU2ESE, where most circuit blocks are used for both transmitting and receiving by simply reversing the signal flow. youtu.be/mrd8aqx8dU4 Has anyone out there assembled or used Easy BITX?

Here is a head to head comparison of half wave dipole antenna and full wave loop antenna, both working on third harmonic, the odd harmonic principle, on 15m. youtu.be/41_hUkW5kOM