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The Battle Creek Special Antenna
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- Published on Monday, 14 May 2012 11:28
There are 2 versions of the Battle Creek Special shown - a wire version. which will work out first. The traps are made of coax cable as described by W1FB. The second version is a 'real' vertical make of tubes complete with a description of the traps... I hope to unsecret the mystery of the Battle Creek Special and the construction of it.
GENERAL
This antenna is designed for 40, 80 and 160 meters to complement a tri-band beam normally taken on DXpeditions for 10, 15 and 20 meters, so six bands can be worked with only two antennas.
The VE3DO receiving loop
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- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012 11:51
The first look recalls the K9AY diamond receiving loop, just in another (rectangular) shape. The antenna fires in the direction toward the matching transformer (opposite to a Beverage and the same as the K9AY Loop). The first installation at VE3CSK has the bottom wire 18" above ground which is moist clay loam.
The G3XGC Receiving Loop revisited
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- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:20
Geoff Cottrell, G3XGC, describes his coaxial receiving loop in the March issue of Practical Wireless [1] (download here). This article is widely available over the internet, which is a good point. The less pleasing fact is that this article contains a 'bug' - the primary of the transformer T1 should not be connected to C1 but to the other end of the loop (ie. to the ground).
ERRARE HUMANUM EST
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- Published on Monday, 14 May 2012 09:25
To err is human
That aphorism by an ancient Roman philosopher contains an unexpressed thought: that man, recognizing his error, can correct it, surpass himself, and approach perfection.
And here is another term, circulated by the operators of rare DX stations who reside in exotic locations and by those who spend time and money on DXpeditions and contest operations. It is "European behaviour", this term is used by our friends across the pond and assumes too much. "European behaviour" negatively characterises the conduct of amateurs from more than 50 European nations, so different in origin, culture, language and temperament, that it is difficult to find for them a common denominator. These operators firmly allege that in most every occasion the much-trumpeted amateur spirit of friendship and international co-operation is forgotten, when arises Hamlet's question, To work or not to work a new one?