Field Day

A field day was held on saturday 15/12/2018 Somewhere in G.Gaube near  the beach. .

Participants were BAL,BAN,DM,FO.

BAL tested successfully his homebrewed 5/8 40m antenna while BAN had successful contacts using his mini G5RV for the first Time.

As for FO,he could not perform his data tests as his laptop had some issues with recognising the com ports to talk to his radio and audio interface.The laptop has not been used for ham communication for a long time and FO might have fiddled with the software configurations.Lessons learnt,be well prepared before the event and always have a ready backup equipment as havoc can occur at any time.

A picture of the day can be seen at https://rrts630515025.wordpress.com/photos/

Propagation tests with WSPR

Getting very good  propagation on 40,30,20m  while 80m is almost dead.

I am now using inverted L monopoles on all these bands instead on my original inclined monopoles.

The new antenna setup performance is much better that the previous one.

Some screenshots of  wspr results can be seen at  wspr tests

Station grounding and lightning protection

Ground protection

Lightning and surge protection manual

Coaxial inline protection

Technical information and ideas applicable to electronic technology for Amateur Radio Enthusiasts

https://www.bwcelectronics.com/main/page_w5bwc_electronics.html

Safety Compliance Distances for VHF Antennas

https://www.hamradioandvision.com/rf-safety-with-vhf-antennas/

Ham support during California fire

Emcom services during California  fire as depicted by  below links.

http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-emergency-service-volunteers-assist-in-california-fire-response

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/repeaters-amateur-tv-play-communication-role-in-california-fire-emergency

Emcom training scheds

3B8FO is  inviting you to the following scheds.

As from Tuesday 13 /11/18  the following scheds for training/practicing /fine tuning emergency communications and procedures shall take place.

Every morning 07.30 hrs LT.

VHF 144.550 voice-- 10 mins

VHF 144.550 --10 mins data transmission using thor 16 of FLDGI.

HF NVIS at  7.045 Mhz USB  centered on 1500--10 mins data transmission starting with Thor 16 and decelerating to Thor micro in case of bad propagation.

3B8FO shall be the directing station and shall send a standard ARRL message.

Every evening 20.00 hrs LT.

VHF 144.550 voice-- 10 mins

VHF 144.550 10 mins data transmission using thor 16 of FLDI.

HF NVIS at  3.585 Mhz USB centred on 1500--10 mins data transmission starting with Thor 16 and decelerating to Thor micro in case of bad propagation.

In case 3B8FO  is not available he will let you know who will be the directing station.