“This was part of the ARRL International DX Contest for SSB at our hunting lease, operating as KN5TR. We used the Icom IC-705 pushing a Xiegu X125B Amp, and it ran on the Bioenno battery and solar panel all day long. The antenna of choice on this trip was the BuddiHex from Buddipole.”
Antenna
EVER WONDER IF A FULL-SIZE 40M YAGI MAKES A DIFFERENCE? by AA7XT
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Green Heron Rotator Controller RT-21azel
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C31XR-JK Tribander 10/15/20m – Re-Designed, Optimized & Improved
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Review
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RSPduo gives outstanding results vs a rig costing 10X the price!
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Equipment
The DUC/DDC HF/VHF SunSDR2 transceiver
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Anan-100BE SDR multi-mode transceiver
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News
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