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New capabilities added to the club remote station!

Mark Ehr \| K0EHR All Messages By This Member #31 Hi all, Passing this note along from Mark Edwards W0QL, our remote station guru. This is awesome and thanks to Mark for all of his efforts to improve the station! Note: if you haven't yet "signed up" to use the remote station, drop Mark a note at?mark5293@.... Remember that using the remote station is a free service to all active club members. ---- Hi everybody, The antenna tuner was added to the antenna this afternoon and it has added some new bands for us. ?We now have 20, 17, 15, and 12. ?Baby steps. ?It will be a couple of weeks before we can get 40 back, and get 10 meters added. ?We're lucky that 12 is within the capability of the tuner. ? When I was testing on 12 meters, I called cq and two Japan stations came back. ?Nice. ? New operation. ? You must click the TUNE button on the radio screen after you change bands. ?Watch the swr until it settles down to a low reading, and click the TUNE button again to stop the tuning. ?Then you can transmit as normal. ?As usual, you can receive on any band. ?The bands you cannot transmit on are blocked by the radio so you can't hurt anything if you make a mistake. ?Try it out and have fun with the new high bands and let me know if you have any questions. ? Thanks, Mark - W0QL ? ?
Mark Edwards \| W0QL All Messages By This Member #33 开云体育 Mark, Thank you?for posting this, and for the kind words.? I appreciate it. 73, Mark - W0QL Sent from toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Ehr \| K0EHR <mark@...> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2023 9:06 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [na0tc forum] New capabilities added to the club remote station! ? Hi all, Passing this note along from Mark Edwards W0QL, our remote station guru. This is awesome and thanks to Mark for all of his efforts to improve the station! Note: if you haven't yet "signed up" to use the remote station, drop Mark a note at?mark5293@.... Remember that using the remote station is a free service to all active club members. ---- Hi everybody, The antenna tuner was added to the antenna this afternoon and it has added some new bands for us. ?We now have 20, 17, 15, and 12. ?Baby steps. ?It will be a couple of weeks before we can get 40 back, and get 10 meters added. ?We're lucky that 12 is within the capability of the tuner. ? When I was testing on 12 meters, I called cq and two Japan stations came back. ?Nice. ? New operation. ? You must click the TUNE button on the radio screen after you change bands. ?Watch the swr until it settles down to a low reading, and click the TUNE button again to stop the tuning. ?Then you can transmit as normal. ?As usual, you can receive on any band. ?The bands you cannot transmit on are blocked by the radio so you can't hurt anything if you make a mistake. ?Try it out and have fun with the new high bands and let me know if you have any questions. ? Thanks, Mark - W0QL ? ?
Mark Ehr \| K0EHR All Messages By This Member #34 I had a lot of fun playing with the new-and-improved remote station this morning. I ran FT8 on 20, 17, 15, and 12 meters, and my signal was heard all over the planet. I'll attach my pskreporter map and my QRZ log from this morning's round-the-world tour. (Note: the colors indicate the various bands and the "bubbles" indicate time elapsed (in minutes) plus the received SNR). I had successful QSOs with South Korea (received a +5 dB signal from him!), Indonesia, Belarus, Anguilla, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and Hawaii, and I nearly closed on Morocco, which would have been a new country for me.? So yes, the new and improved antenna and tuner combo is working GREAT. Thanks again to Mark for all of his hard work! 73, Mark -- --------------------- Mark Ehr \| K0EHR VP, 285 Tech Connect Radio Club Littleton, Colorado k0ehr@... Check out my ham radio blog:
Jed Baer \| KD0YMG #35 Please remember to let me know about any updates, so I can keep the club web site current. If 40M is gone, that implies - to me at least - that the fan dipole has been replaced.
Mark Edwards \| W0QL All Messages By This Member #36 开云体育 Hi, Jed, Did not mean to leave you out. ?I sent an update to the remote participants and Mark Ehr forwarded it to everyone, which I greatly appreciated. ? The antenna is a work in progress. ?Yes, the fan dipole has been replaced. ?Actually, I left the 20 m portion in place, removed the 40 m portion, and added a tuner. ?I replaced the coax feeding the dipole with ladder line. ?That gives us 20 thru 12 m right now. ?The next work is scheduled for this coming Friday when Larry, the coffee guy, and Jim will help. ?Our goal for the day is to turn the mast into a 40 m vertical using Larry, K0NA’s, ideas. ?The same day we will attempt to add 10 meters on the dipole with the tuner. ?If all goes well, when we’re done we will have antennas for 40 thru 10 including every band in between. ?People should love that. ?I’ll put out an update and I’ll make sure you’re on the list. Thanks for the inquiry, Jed. 73, Mark - W0QL -------------------------------------------------------- One thing is certain: ?The future is uncertain. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Mar 19, 2023, at 8:25 AM, Jed Baer \| KD0YMG <KD0YMG@...> wrote: ?Please remember to let me know about any updates, so I can keep the club web site current. If 40M is gone, that implies - to me at least - that the fan dipole has been replaced.
Mark Ehr \| K0EHR All Messages By This Member #37 Thanks for the update Mark! That sounds awesome. The remote station is improving by leaps and bounds! 73, Mark -- --------------------- Mark Ehr \| K0EHR VP, 285 Tech Connect Radio Club Littleton, Colorado k0ehr@... Check out my ham radio blog:

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