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QMX Two Way QSO
I was tuning around last night, after adding the 40m trap to turn my EFHW Inverted-L into a dual band 40n/30m antenna, on 40m.
On 7030kHz I heard a CQ from G4NNJ and I replied. It took a couple of tries but then we got into a QSO.
Allan told me he was using a QMX and EFWH…
Radio Clubs
I've been a member of the G-QRP Club on and off since the early 1980s. I let my membership lapse for several years, after starting work, getting married etc…., while I wasn't active in the hobby. I rejoined after I came back into the hobby in the early 2000s. It took some digging to find my original membership number.
Antenna Changes
Now that I'm turning my attention back to QRP I decided that the antenna I've used for many years - an Inverted-L held up by (over the years) different supports, and currently a 10m SOTA-pole with the top few sections removed - tuned against a mess of radials and ground rods by a CG-3000 Auto-ATU - was due for a change.
Radio Update - QRP etc
After setting up a basic station in the small “office” - just one rig and my keys - I decided to make a “real” hamshack with more radios, some tools, test equipment etc.
I added two shelves above the desk to hold radios, PSUs, 'scope, tools etc. I've now got a “one-desk shack” that can be used for operating on air and building & repairing equipment (on a small scale)
The Fediverse
I restarted my amateur radio hobby recently, on a small scale, just HF CW.
I had a QSO with Julian G4VHJ on 30m CW and he reminded me of the You Tube videos I'd made a few years ago when I was fairly active on CW and making You Tube videos of CW QSOs seemed a nice niche thing to do.
