They look like silver loaded rubber? 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/

NE9000.....100mW NE9001.....200mW NE9002.....400mW NE9004.....1.25W All measured at 14.5GHz 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/ Gents 2 questions Does anyone have an data on

In GM land in our 3cms wideband days when George GM3OXX/P did "summits" he used to take along a homebrew ~0.5W SSB 2m rig not much bigger than an FT817 and a three element 2m "back -packing" beam and

Interesting....... but would propagation issues on site such as wet moving bushes and reflections off the tower not be a problem? 73 de Chris G8BKE

I quite agree Sam.... C

Ah yes Ian....but will the fishing contests be on a Saturday or a Sunday........??? 73 de Chris G8BKE

A good idea and worth a try ...but I suspect what would happen would be portables would tend to take out only equipment for bands where contacts were "guaranteed" such as 23 and 3cms. Unless some prio

A few comments peaking purely from a portable operators point of view :- 1. The inclusion of yet another band with 5.6 and 10Ghz risks the "complaint" from the 5.6/10Ghz only operators that time will

Surprised there are no takers for these on eBay? Item number: 160193096889 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/

Slightly off topic but this looks good at the moment:- http://salmon.nict.go.jp/live/aurora_cam/live_aurora_cam_e.html

Yes the Royal Mail just seems to give up on trying to maintain delivery times at this time of the year. Maybe a day late for 1st class but 6 is pretty ridiculous C

Received by snail mail today okay Peter 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/

Andy, I prefer David Taylor's Wxtrack as the visual presentation is much better and it will also do automatic updates. I cannot get Orbitron to update the Keplers off the web. I suspect a Firewall iss

There seems to be a discussion going on on another Newsgroup about the use of the ISS as a passive reflector for contacts on 10GHz. With much UK 10GHz equipment "laid up" over the winter months, perha

Somewhere I still have one too. It came from a chap who was using it as a heavy duty rectifier in a battery charger................................ 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co

Eisch in Germany have Neosid coils... http://www.eisch-electronic.com/index.html 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/

I used a Big Wheel antenna quite successfully mobile for some time...the design originated in VHF Comms magazine Edition 4, 1979. It comprised 3 wire loops each 22.2cm long in a clover leaf configurat

There is one for sale on eBay:- Item number: 2558039371 Try asking the seller if he knows what it is? 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g8bke/

Farnell make many PSU's..........which model is it? 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://www.qsl.net/g8bke/index.html

I have had similar problems with this company Chris...so beware if you use this company Michael 73 de Chris G8BKE Web Site:- http://www.qsl.net/g8bke/index.html