Monday, November 15, 2004
Getting Ready For The Surf
Good evening. Im going to look up baluns tonight and focus my attention on directed surfing tonight. I need a good balun for my antenna and it has to be able to do what it takes to handle 2mtr and 70cm. It has to be of the kind that lends itself to both a good solder connection and can support the...
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Sunday, November 14, 2004
Its Right There In Front Of Me!!
Good evening. I just can't figure out why, when something is right there in front of me that I dont just accept it and take advanatge of it. The answer to my stealth antenna exists in a clever adaptation of aviation antenna technology and it has been right there in front of me for the past three...
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Sunday 12:34 hrs est Getting Ready
Good Morning. Doesnt it just figure that when you find this really great book on antennas that it is published by a house so obscure that even a giant like Barnes and Noble cant find it!!! I really wanted this book called "Urban Antennas " By Igor Grigorev, I really did and I was actually willing to...
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Saturday, November 13, 2004
It Has Got To Be In Here Somewhere!!!
Another day of web surfing looking for clues on Stealth antennas. I learned about copper foil tape today and how it is used in the stained glass business but can also be used to conduct and transmit radio waves. Copper foil flexible tape antennas are being used on the international space sttation to...
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08:46 an est Another Day Of Clandestine Surfing
Good Morning. The day has begun here in the shack and I am monitoring the 146.520 simplex calling frequency for 2mtr fm. I have begun to be able to plot my coverage area by listening to this frequency and recording the locations of the stations i am able to actually converse with over the air. By...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Copper Foil Tape Might Be The Answer
Yet another day off eye popping internet surfing looking for clues and information on how to construct a stealth antenna system for vhf/uhf. I think I might have found a solution and it is called copper foil tape. I have it in mind that a copper foil tape antenna could be blended into the scheme of...
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Clandestine Adventures In Simplex
I am elated. At 11:35 am est I loged my first simplex contact from the condo on 146.520, the national calling frequency for 2mtr Amateur Band. They had to work at listening to me and actually had to up their power output for me to hear them but I was able to carry on the QSO with QRP power of five...
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The Difference That is Simplex
I began my first tests on the 146.520 national 2mtr calling frequency this morning. I listened for a while and heard nothing but then the conversations started to come in through the squelch on the radio. A repeater is able to hear weak signal and ampilfy and rebraodcast them but when in simplex...
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Stealth Begins At The Home QTH
I havent really been able to do Ham Radio for some time do to the situation I have been in but now that I can, I find it a process of self discovery. Its like having to learn the hobby all over again. I am finding that the process of discovery is fun and informative at the same time. I am learning...
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Thursday, November 11, 2004
Dipole, Phased Dipoles, or Magmounts
What a day. Im still here several hours later searching the net for answers to my quest to have the ability to enjoy my amateur radio hobby from my condo. Never did get out to the League but did see plenty of success stories while surfing. I know firmly believe that I can make Amateur Radio a...
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