Showing posts with label Moxon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moxon. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ferdy HB9DSP's 5 band Moxon -- The Moxhorn!

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  Click on the image for a clearer view Wow, I couldn't even build a 2 band Moxon, but Ferdy has built a 5 band version.  He told me tha...
Friday, September 15, 2023

HB2HB -- A Contact with Denny VU2DGR (video)

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At first I didn't realize it was Denny .  On September 11, 2023 at about 2330Z I had walked back into the shack after dinner.  I think D...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The Wizard of Kerala (India) -- Denny VU2DGR -- SDR and HDR

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  His signal was just booming in on 20 meter SSB yesterday evening.  It was one of the strongest signals I've heard from India.  I wasn...
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Saturday, December 19, 2020

A Very Clever Way to Build a Moxon for 17 and 20 meters

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Jim AB9CN sent us Dan Zimmerman N3OX's page in response to my plea for help in SolderSmoke #227.   I think this is a very clever and att...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Adding 10 kHz of Coverage to My BITX 17

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  Solar Cycle 25 is underway.  The Solar Flux Index and Sunspot numbers are up considerably.  I have dusted off my old BITX17 transceiver.  ...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The Moxon Files from L.B. Cebik W4RNL

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I had thought that the Cebik files were lost to us in some sort of legal copyright struggle.  But in my effort to better understand th...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Understanding Antenna Directivity -- Help from Canada

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I am in the process of repairing my beloved 17 meter fishing-pole Moxon.  It was taken out of service by the last Nor'easter of the wi...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

Moxon Destroyed

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The north-east region of the U.S.  is experiencing a very strong winter storm.  These storms are called "Nor-Easters"- that desc...
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Monday, October 9, 2017

DL1YC's Flat Moxon with Armstrong Rotation

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DL1YC Moxon I had a very nice contact on 17 meters yesterday with Jan DL1YC.  It was a rare Moxon-to-Moxon contact, with homebrew 17 met...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Les Moxon, G6XN

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I was on 40 SB tonight talking to Don KC5YR. He is the creator of the web site known as the Moxon Antenna Project: http://www.moxonante...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Antennas and National Monuments

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We started SolderSmoke 185 with a brief description of my recent ascent to the top of the Washington Monument.  A few days later I was ...
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Friday, October 2, 2015

Old Spark (But Thankfully Not Forever)

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For the last couple of weeks I have been plagued by noise on the HF bands.  In spite of being in a very built-up area of Northern Virgini...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Cutting Edge Regens! No, really.

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Bill -  Thanks so much for featuring The Sproutie on your blog. I heard through my friend Jason NT7S on Twitter that you had built a r...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Moonlight Moxon

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Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm Our coffee mugs, ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

My Moxon on Hackaday!

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I was really pleased to see my Moxon on Hackaday.  Their write-up was a lot of fun. http://hackaday.com/2014/07/23/fishing-for-radio...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Moxon Aloft!

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We put it up on the roof this afternoon.  I think it looks great!   The neighbors have not yet risen up in opposition to the new sky...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

Scrap wood, some wire, four fishing poles and an old tripod: Moxon Update

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  It is not up on the roof yet, but we are getting close.   Above you can see he center "hub" -- just some scrap plywood and ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Latest Project: 17 Meter Moxon

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17 Meter Moxon by AE6AC That's what I have in mind.  I ordered four fiberglass "crappie" poles yesterday.  I have a trip...
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