NY4G - Ham Radio, QRP and Summits On The Air

I got a chance to play with the vertical dipole array cut for 10m and turned out very well.  There is a resonance dip at 27300 kC as I cut...

When I say complete - I mean I have all the cards and LOTW confirmations plus assured LOTW confirmations through the Clublog OQRS System. ...

FP/NY4G DXpedition A great deal of thanks to ND7J for constructing the website.  The page in this blog dedicated to the DXpedition has bee...

Took Inventory of All my gear and practiced set-up and take down.  So let us break it down Steppir Bag - Weight 16.4 lbs Contents - 16 ft...

It was first published by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club.  Thanks to Kevan Nason N4XL for posting it into the Swamp Fox Contest Group Refle...

Rig: KX3-KXPA100-PX3 PS: Gamma Research HP100 Powergate: KI0BK Battery: Battery Tender Li-Fe-PO4 24 A-h Computer: Toshiba Laptop Softwa...

The question is how much power output is needed?  Is 25 watts output enough?.  Not sure how long this will extend the operating time at 50...

The first bit of good news is the confirmation of Navassa on all 9 bands in LOTW.  This brings the total confirmed on 12m to 92 and the cand...

Here are some pics of how I configured the rig for the DXpedition.  I was able to shoehorn everything into a Pelican 1520 case - KX3 , KXPA ...

I thought I had written about this once before but I looked into my archives and found nothing.  I did do tests previously on 44 feet of wir...

(1) Never assume that anything is admissible to the airline as far as checked baggage goes Case in point – I assumed that my tiny 450 wat...

I have researched the airline regulations concerning small generators in checked luggage.  Generators have never been small enough to be pac...

Aerial Tour of Prince Edward Island Bill N4IQ, Bob ND7J,  Phil AC4Q It would be a good idea for us to take a similar tour and do a vi...

Omni-Angle I put up the 17m OmniAngle to see how it would perform in a real world situation.  Height AGL is about 27 feet.  SWR was 1.2 at...

March 16:  I was able to get more support.  Supporters  now include the following: Don C Johnson Matt Collier WM4AA Tom Rouse N0TR Dave...