Month: June 2024
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Fancy Ass RG-58 Coax & PL-259-Plugs
I’ve decided to upgrade the coax and PL-259 connectors running out to my end-fed random HF antenna. I’m going to stick with RG-58 coax as it’s only a short distance from my shack to the antenna so cable loss is not a massive concern, but instead of the junk I got from Amazon I’m going…
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Today I Have Mainly Been…..
Today I have mainly been soldering 2 PL-259 plugs onto RG58 coax. Not the most exciting of jobs but it’s been a long time since I’ve done this and I quite enjoyed it! One thing I did notice was that the liquid flux I used was almost completely useless. It’s worked for now but the…
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Diamond D-130 Discone Up And Running(ish)
Over the weekend I sat down and assembled my new Diamond D-130 Discone antenna and moved it outside for testing with my SDRPlay RSPdx software radio (now my main wideband receive radio). Now, at the moment is is just outside of my office/shack widow and not very high off the ground so it’s not in…