In January, at the Schertz TX hamfest, I picked up a little oddity: an MFJ-1026 Deluxe Noise Canceling Signal Enhancer, for $25 cash. This magical box takes the input from the main antenna and mixes it with the input from an auxiliary antenna and allows you to shift and invert the relative phase until a …
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1:0 Balun
Severe storms and winds this weekend prompted me to take down one of my two antennas for safety. I have a 20m inverted-V dipole with 1/4 wave 300Ω twinlead as the feedline from the center insulator to a 1:1 current balun mounted on my wall (the twinlead is transparent at 20m frequencies). The other antenna …
2019 Radio Fiesta
Went to the San Antonio Radio Fiesta in Schertz, TX this weekend. First time there. Small convention, but well-attended. It appeared to be slightly disorganized, and many of the vendors folded early, so really it felt like a garage sale. Otherwise, a good way to spend a few hours. They had actual convention talks and …
The Go Forward Backoff
Went to Belton, TX for the Ham Radio Expo held there twice a year. Big swapmeet and convention. Picked up a trunk-lip antenna mount for the car and a multiband antenna for HF — 80m through 2m. Cool thing about the antenna is that instead of using lossy traps to keep the antenna resonant for …