Recent event: 16-17 October Jamboree On The Air
Operating on 20m from the beach at Landguard fort during JOTA.
G8BLS + scouts erecting fishing pole antenna.
We returned to the warmth of Raven Hut at Hallowtree!
Station locator: JO02pa82
Equipment:
Station: Yaesu FT847, DB6NT transverter for 23cm + G4BAO PA, Eddystone EC958 receiver (10kHz – 30MHz)
Mobile: Yaesu FT-2200 (2m FM)
Portable: Kenwood TH-D7 (2m & 70cm FM + APRS)
VLF: UKRAA VLF receiver
Other kit: MAC-200 antenna controller
GPS disciplined oscillator NTPX26AB 06
Antennae:
VLF (22kHz): loop
2MHz: 160m – Rx loop
3.5 – 3.8MHz: 80m – dipole
10MHz: 30m 1/4wave fishing pole vertical
14, 18, 21, 24 and 28MHz bands – CobWebb antenna
50MHz: 6m – triangle
144-146MHz: 2m – 9 element Yagi
432-435MHz: 70cm – 19 element Yagi
50/145/435MHz – colinear for FM
1296MHz: 23cm 10 element yagi (Kent Britain design) + 23 element Tenna yagi (thanks, Sam!)
3400MHz: pending tx/rx construction
10GHz: 3cm – 80cm offset dish
Modes: FM, SSB, PSK31
Projects:
Working on equipment for 1296MHz and 10GHz
Completed “The Bernie Box” – a 10GHz LNB-based receiver-converter.
Built and now tested: G4BAO 23cm PA
Building G4DDK Very Low Noise Amplifier and Source for 23cm
Repairing Eddystone EC958 receiver (10kHz – 30MHz)
Still have Ionica bricks for 3400MHz (9cm) transceiver.
Meanwhile see http://www.microwavers.org/3400mhz.htm
The Bawdsey Research Station project
Member of:
30MDG 30 Meter Digital Group, member 1175
Old Codgers Association – formed in 2006 by Sam G4DDK See the newsletter for what we get up to.
RSGB The Radio Society of Great Britain
South Anglia Repeater Group (SARG)
Suffolk RAYNET - part of RAYNET, the Radio Amateur Emergency Network
UKµG - the UK Microwave Group (I just volunteered to be General Secretary)
Radio Astronomy Group (part of British Astronomical Association) and the UK Radio Astronomy Association (new web site in preparation)
Links:
N0NBH solar data and HF propagation