N4KGL - RaDAR

I enjoy Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio, Field Days, QRP, satellites, and CW. I have many friends in the hobby that make it fun. I will keep you posted on what I learn about amateur radio on this blog.

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Destin FL QRP Portable Ops

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I spent some time in Destin FL as my wife was working there and would have to drive herself home late at night. So my first setup was day ti...

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Shortened Dipole with Matching Section

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I tried a shortened dipole (inverted V) by using the IMAXMIN.EXE program on the W5DXP no tuner page . The minimum dipole length the program ...

Saturday, May 28, 2011

QRP session with WD0HDR

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I met my friend Thomas at a park area in his sub-division Saturday morning. Thomas, WD0HDR, is a long time friend of the Lane family and rec...

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Inverted V Checkout for Parking Lot Portable PLP

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It turned out after the morning rain cleared, I setup at George Park in Panama City. One goal was to test various inverted Vs with the 20 fo...

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

My Michigan Mighty Mite

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A very simple transmitter. The circuit is at this link . Mine is for 40 meters. I setup the components each with their own terminal strip. ...

W3EDP Antenna Checkout for PLP

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I tried it and I like it. The W3EDP is a 85 foot long wire and a 17 foot counterpoise. The LDG 817 tuner lets me match it for 40 through 10...

Sunday, April 24, 2011

QRP To The Field 2011

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Well I had a big day QRPing Saturday with the QRP To The Field (QRPTTF) contest. I was Parking Lot Portable (PLP) behind the Mother-In-Laws ...

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