Sunday, 31 May 2015

The Island Activation that wasn't......

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Today started as a dull, rainy and cold day and continued as such as Mark, VE3EOG, and I drove up Hwy 15 to Upper Brewers Mill Island on t...
Saturday, 30 May 2015

Forans Island Activation

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Our old friend John, VE3ISE, will be doing a first time activation of Forans Island, FN03, near Grimsby, Ontario .  This is a small island...
Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Island Activation coming up.....

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I'll be heading up to Upper Brewers Mill Island on the Rideau Canal system this coming Sunday, May 31st to activate the island.  This is...
Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Bouvet Island DXpedition - 2016

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Sad news today that Mark, ON4WW, will not be doing the Bouvet Island DXpedition next year.   Mark's plan was to do a solo DXpedi...
Tuesday, 5 May 2015

An interesting morning....

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It's been a beautiful day here in Kingston, 20C under mainly blue skies.  I have been busy over the winter season trying to lose some ...
Saturday, 2 May 2015

Buddipole Experiments Part 2

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16' 8" fully extended whip The last piece of equipment that got tested today was the SkyWhip Portable Telescopic Antenna tha...

Buddipole Experiments

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A dirty truck bed!! It’s a beautiful day here in Kingston, blue skies and 17C, just a great spring day.   In fact it was so nice I deci...
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Thursday, 30 April 2015

9N1 Emergency

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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Some New Toys .....

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Received a couple of new toys today from Buddipole  to add to my private stock of their parts. I ordered the mini-coil which is perfect ...
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Sunday, 26 April 2015

Busy Weekend.....

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What a great weekend for the QRP to the Field event!  There were lots of QRP stations calling CQ, more on CW than SSB....as per usual, but...