On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 08:50 pm, Tom VE3THR wrote:
Hey John...sorry to hear that. Can you hear anything on 40m ?
Oh, it hears fine, and when conditions are good, I've worked some distant contacts. The radio itself works great! I did 80 contacts with it on Field Day.
I've be using a hamstick dipole in the attic mounted about 4' above the foil backed insulation; not a great idea! LOL! I've been working on a 2 turn, 4' magnetic loop, and last night was the first test. Just had it sitting in the middle of the living room though. Not quite ready to move it to the attic yet as I still have some more hardware & software work to do on the Arduino controller.?
No legal limits to more robust antennas, however I have a rather small lot and I'm getting too old to be climbing on the roof! If the loop doesn't improve things, I'll?build a vertical.
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John - WA2FZW
