Month: September 2019

Anderson Powerpoles

Amateur radio, Construction
Comments
Powerpole tail all ready for my PSU

Last Updated on September 26, 2019 by g6nhu Some time ago back in 2012 I first heard about the Anderson Powerpole in episode 53.5 of the Practical Amateur Radio Podcast and I immediately bought a load of them to use in the shack. I have a number of tails hanging off my PSU, all terminated […]

Replacing my hexbeam with… another hexbeam!

Amateur radio, Broken aerial, Construction, FT8, HF
2 Comments
My new hexbeam with 40m

Last Updated on September 15, 2019 by g6nhu At the end of July, I happened to glance up at my aerial and noticed the 15m element hanging down. It was broken. It didn’t look serious though and I was sure that it was just that the connector on the end of the element had snapped […]