Sunday 8 October 2023. I decided to dust the cobwebs off my homebrew EFHW antenna for an activation of the 2nd most popular VK summit, Mt Stromlo VK1/AC-043, 782m ASL (2566 ft). This EFHW version...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/end-fed-half-wave-efhw-antenna-at-mt-stromlo/
I have constructed a QRP 1:1 current choke for a new homebrew 28.4 metre ZS6BKW antenna fed with 11.1 metres of 300 ohm window ladder line. The choke is placed at the end of the 300 ohm cable as ...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/construction-project-qrp-11-choke/
This post was inspired by a discussion at the UK SOTA Reflector on a small commercial telescopic pole support (fishing pole support), ideal for lightweight VHF or HF antenna poles. https://reflec...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2023/09/13/construction-project-lightweight-telescopic-pole-support/
I want a lightweight homebrew 6m antenna for SOTA and Parks activations with a little more gain than the homebrew 6m flowerpot. I know which direction the SOTA chasers or Park hunters operating p...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2023/05/11/antenna-project-6m-50-2-mhz-oblong-loop/
8 January 2023. In 2023 VK1 is celebrating 10 years of the amateur radio Summits on the Air (SOTA) awards program which for VK1 officially commenced on 1 February 2013. To help celebrate the 10 y...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/my-first-outing-with-vi10sota/
Since building a 6m coaxial dipole in January 2016 and later a 2m coaxial dipole in February 2018, I have often thought how a monoband half-wave vertical coaxial dipole would perform on 28 MHz. S...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2022/12/02/28-mhz-antenna-project-10m-flowerpot-antenna/
This 2m yagi antenna is light on the back-pocket and relatively easy to construct. This project starts with an old VHF TV antenna purchased from a local ‘Green’ recycle depot for $5.00 AUD. T...
My FT-890 is once again on the shack bench for more distinguished service. 3 years ago I foolishly boxed the radio for an early retirement, well it’s now back in service. I have to say the ‘w...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/yaesu-ft-890-returns-to-the-bench-from-retirement/
I am constructing a lightweight 40/30/20/17/15m trap style inverted V dipole antenna for SOTA purposes. Can you use an antenna analyser to check the resonant frequency of a HF trap? Yes you can, ...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2021/03/26/rf-trap-resonant-frequency/
Saturday 13 March 2021 – working DX SOTA chaser stations in New Zealand and Indonesia, SSB voice mode. Equipment – Yaesu 2m HT, Yaesu FT817ND, 7m telescopic pole, homebrew 40/20m inverted V l...
https://vk1nam.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/sota-vk1ad-at-isaacs-ridge-vk1-ac-041/