Today I made my first qso on 4 meter with Jan PA0VAJ.
We had some difficulties finding why we had so bad rx. We txed on 14.040 and found that with a small wire as antenna we had more rx as with the HB9CV witch is situated on a small pipe outside. We looked at the yagi with I not had aligned yet and Jan found a shortage at the connector. We have put in a better capacitor and a better connector now it is working fine.
Last year I already build a 4 meter transverter. I only had to connect it to an HF radio. I decided to make a switch box so I can choose between the standard FTV1000 who is behind the FT1000MP and the 4 meter transverter. This is working fine Now. Jan PA0VAJ build me a small PA so I have now 2 watt. No I am not going to run qrp. A bigger amp already is build but I need more drive power.
To start working some sporadic E on 4 meter I need an antenna.
As I do not want to put a yagi on the towers right now I build a HB9CV as a temperary antenne. I put it on a 6 meter pipe with no rotator.
Worked Eltje and Rene as 5X1EME by moonbounce. They told me my signal was strong. That’s nice to hear but the receive side here is not working fine.
With help from Thomas PA1M the camera is up again.
It seems XS4ALL has done something with the IP-number.