#hive-138472Unmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutsjoerhino in #hive-138472 • 2 years agoHAM-IN' IT UP WITH MY BOYWeather was finally tolerable enough to get out and put up his TRAM Browning 1487 VHF antenna. We only got it up about 15 feet or so for now. Wxplosive in #hive-138472 • 5 months agoMy first QSO (two-way radioamateur contact) in 2023 (2023.01.07)The last time I made a QSO (two-way radioamateur contact) was 11 days ago (on 2022.12.27). Today afternoon I made the first in 2023 with a Spanish special radioamateur station…xplosive in #hive-138472 • 5 months agoTwo kind Hungarian words from France (2022.12.27)As a Hungarian, it is a real delight for me to hear kind Hungarian words from foreign people. Today evening I made a two-way radioamateur contact with a French radioamateur…xplosive in #hive-138472 • 8 months agoTesting the 30 meters long wire antenna on the 160 m (1.8 MHz) band (2022.10.10)This blue wire is my antenna. It is 30 meters long. Currently its highest part is around four meters or five meters above the ground.  (OD5OJ Bassam) on 24.940 MHz today afternoon (2022.10.08, 11:53 UTC)The propagation was good, but my current antenna is not ideal on the 12 meters (24 MHz) band. This is why I heard him just above the noise level, while he gave me 59, and 55 to…