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Visit to G0OUR

8/24/2010

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I spent a couple of days last week at the Open University in Milton Keynes working. I am a part time member of the G0OUR radio club there and managed to sneak into the shack to play with the club’s new Elecraft K3.
 
First impressions for the radio were good, but I find it difficult to be objective as the radio is attached to a linear and a fantastic Optibeam 16-3 for 10/15/20 a bi-square for 40m or high (100ft) dipoles on 80 and 160. This puts all of my experience with bits of wire at home into the bin as this is a different league!
 
Better still was that I managed to work an all time new one Brunei (V85RY) on 20m SSB. I made it through the pile up second call – unheard of from home.
 
A couple of pics below shows the yagi (and smoking security guard) on a cloudy day with the towers for the 40/80/160 antennas in the background.
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Julian, G4ILO link
8/23/2010 08:37:04 pm

Wow! Antennas like that most of us in the UK can only dream of.

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