“Antennas should be heard, not seen”
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The Shack |
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The shack setup. The computer is for logging only as well as lookups in QRZ.COM a. o. Soldering iron and screwdriver? CW on a PC? Never, I want to have fun. |
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Shack window view |
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View over the Baltic Sea (looking towards NE) from my shack window.
On the flagpoles, left: The Bornholm Island regional flag and right: The Danish flag “Dannebrog”, which celebrates its 800th anniversary June 15, 2019. As you can see, it was a nice spring day with a calm wind from N/NW, sunny with abt. 8 dgrs. C. |
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Messy CW? |
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Here’s why I sometimes mess around a bit in my CW.
He loves to push my hand while I’m sending CW and it happens that I get hold of his -…/.-/.-../.-../… instead of the paddles. His name is “DX” and his motto is: “It is not necessary, but I need” and at the same time looking at his food bowl. (Maybe he uses CAT Interface?) |
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Elecraft K-Line = K3 – P3 – KPA1500
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From left: K3 Transceiver – P3 Panadapter – Dual Paddle Hex Key – Elecraft KPA500/KAT500 – Boya mic. on KW MC-50 stand. The lights under the desk is my Elecraft KPA1500 Amplifier/ATU. The KPA1500 fans are very noisy, so it¨s banished to a life under the desk, it helps a bit. The K3, amplifiers and ATU’s can be controlled on the PC with the Win4K3Suite application. Paddle = Elecraft Dual paddle HexKey. On the shelf to the right a Yaesu FT-450D. Only used as spare radio and non-home QTH activities. Barefoot operation: The P3, Panadapter, which gives me an excelent wiew over the band I’m working on. The radio has 11 bands, 6 m through 160 m. The optional 2 m module is not implemented in my radio. Power Amplifier operation: On February 12, 2019 I got my first external PA-unit ever. Normally I will use the KPA1500 Amplifier/ATU when I’m QRV. Transceiver/Panadapter PSU: Electronic log:
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Yaesu FT – 450D |
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Are used as my spare station and non-home-QTH activities, like fielddays, ILLW etc. Bands: 160-6m, incl. WARC and 60m bands. Output power: 100 Watt. |
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Racal RA17L |
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Vintage tube communication receiver.
Freq. range: 0.5 through 30 MHz. |
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FD4-Windom for 6-80m bands.
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Vertical for 6/10/12 m bands. |
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Vertical for 6, 10 and 12 meter bands. The antenna is an old antenna for CB-band, but modified to 6/10/12 meter bands. The antenna is installed on the Chimney, abt. 8 meters up from ground (15 meter ASL). |
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Vertical (all bands 6-160m). |
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I have modified the originale design as vertical antenna to a kind of “Inverted L” antenna. The antenna is 14 meters + the 10 meters long wire and should cover 160m to 10m bands, but works also on 6m band. The antenna is self-supporting, but since my QTH are very close to the coast, sometimes with very strong winter storms, the antenna are equipped with guying ropes. The antenna is installed with the feed point at ground level (up 25 cm) and with 20 burried radials of different lengths. Due to the lack of space, the radials are not evenly distributed, but mostly in the western and southwestern direction. |
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NVIS Dipole for 60mPrimary for domestic QSOs (No photos, testing). |
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Elecraft Dual Paddle HexKey |
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Magnetic tension, just a dream! Elecraft, but made by Bencher. | |
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Bencher BY-4 paddle. |
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Perfect for my stiff fingers (hi). |
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Kent Twin TP1-B paddle |
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Very heavy and solid. Nice to use.
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Vibroplex Original |
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Including round vario arm.
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Vibroplex Square Racer, Iambic paddles. |
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Magnetic tension, easy to ajust and use.
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CWtouchkeyer, P1PAD, Iambic paddle. |
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No moving parts or contacts, you just have to touch the paddles.
You have to pratice a lot, not easy to use. It CAN be very sensitive to HF on some bands, but else nice to use. Is available in many configurations, with and without internal keyer Electronics. My model have only the paddle Electronics and I use the internal keyer in the K3 transceiver. |
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Great Northern Telegraph (GNT) handkeys |
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Two different models.
The black one (model 605) is similar to the one I – for many years ago – learned the art of CW. My arthritis wrists do not allow them to be used daily, but they are touched once in a while. |
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Previously used stations.1969-1973: 1973-1974: 1974-1977: 1977-2011: 2011: 2011-2013: |
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