Month: June 2017

I’ve broken my Hexbeam – Again!

The broken end section of my Hexbeam with the aerial in the sky

Last Updated on October 6, 2020 by g6nhu With the title to this entry, I can imagine a collective sigh from my readers, followed by “Oh no, not again”. This time is different though, this time it was nothing to do with RF or with melted insulators.  A few weeks ago I decided to add […]

Are you transmitting illegally on 70cms?

Last Updated on December 27, 2024 by g6nhu An interesting subject came up on our 70cms voice repeater earlier today following an incident on a local DMR box yesterday and it got me thinking. There are a lot of 70cms repeaters in the UK with input frequencies between 430 MHz and 431 MHz and many […]