Friday, 3 September 2021

Field day 4 Sept 21

Saturday 4th Sept was Field day and Banbury Amateur Radio Society (BARS) went to Balscote Mill to put up a /P station.

I also went along to put up my ELAD FDM-DUO and an AL-705 loop antenna.

SSB

I have updated my old MacBook 12" to run Windows 10 Pro and install the ELAD FDM-SW2 SDR suite. Looking to make any contacts on 40-30-20m.

FT8

I switched to my new MacBook Air and WSJT-X and try for FT8 contacts.

Most of the day was a disaster. We were located in a deep dip with little take off. I was heard in Croatia but no contact confirmed. The main station's G5RV  antenna broke in the centre and was irreparable!



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