SEP 2026 - Season starts...
So season is here, or isn't it? or perhaps, was it there already and all the time? ;-) As you are all aware my issues with local QRM took a turn to worse, with my neighbor installing expensive filters from Germany, but since he doesn't believe in grounding anything, results are somehow mixed. It helped a lot on 160,80 and somewhat 40 and made it worse on higher bands, mainly 30/20 are a mess if I listen locally on TX antennas. So my plan was simple. I played with CAT5e ethernet cables for a while and so did Steve VE6WZ and I decided to move everything away from the soures of noise as possible. Results are: The main 245m beverage@3m bi-directional, 120 / 300deg NA LP/SP stayed. 2nd - BOG 90m long @ 5cm above GND - 155deg (reversible) in the forest. 3rd BOG - 90m long @ 5cm aboveGND - 0deg/180deg reversible. 2 x LZ1AQ Loops - 12m spacing as you see 9 Circle has been put down. It is great array, dont get me wrong but needs lot of space and is sensitive t...
