VE9KK Blog

At our old condo the loop loops like a covered piece of furniture. Good afternoon everyone, it's time to have a look at getting on t...

Original shape of coupling loop  My last couple of posts have been dealing with extending the bandwidth of my MFJ 1788 loop antenna. Wit...

Homemade vertical mounting....."thing" After doing some "playing" with the location of my 1788 mag loop on the balco...

A FT8 contact Well I took the FT 8 plunge this weekend, I have read many blog and twitter posts about it and it's such a cool digi m...

40m from 7am-7pm local time With the Solar cycle heading on a downward trend I have been reading how 40, 80 and 160m may be the bands of...

Good afternoon from VE3WDM, it's a Sunday afternoon and the weather is sunny with a high of +10C. It was a nice day for a walk which m...

I always enjoy participating in this contest and in years gone past it allowed me add to my DXCC list. This year was a whole other story.....

I have been using a PC program called Morse runner and going to the LCWO website to increase my contest cw receiving speed and keyboard ...

The roll top radio desk The ARRL DX CW has come and gone and I took a part time approach to the contest. I was operating single op, non...

My wet noodle on 40m WSPR on Dec 30 2200 UTC 30m results at 2100 UTC Dec 30th     Over the holidays I was able to get some time to a...

The QRP setup I had a great part time effort in the CQ WW CW contest, I was not concerned with score or putting in a major amount to tim...

Not the best shot but it's an evening shot I was able to get the loop on the air today after work and I was very much wanting to see...

Taking a close look at things It's the fall and time for some antenna maintenance for me there is no tower to climb or any outdoor w...

I was feeling under the weather this weekend and thought it would be nice and relaxing to spend some time on the radio. It so happens a CW...

I had some down time over the weekend and felt it was time to spin the K3's VFO and see what was out there. I started on 15m it really d...

Oliver is asking……"Ahhhh dinner!!! I took part in the ARRL CW contest this weekend in a part time way, I was not able to go full t...

Monday was a stay in and stay warm day oh and also I was able to fit in some ham radio time as well. Next weekend is the ARRL CW DX conte...

Steam coming off the water down at the lake The little motor in the antenna Today is supposed to be one of the coldest days this win...

Screen shot of my first ever JT65HF contact! I was shocked to see that my last blog post was almost a month ago! I have been on the radi...

The armchair setup There have been evenings when Im relaxing and icing on the cake to the evening would be the added flavour of ham radi...