W8TN's Ramblings

Here is how I manage the PTT keying of my 23cm EME station. Software/Equipment:  WSJT-X - Icom IC-9700 - AG6EE Power Ampli...

    Above is a block diagram of my 23cm EME station.  Click on it to see a larger image.  Note that the Leo Bodnar GPSDO injection board is ...

My 23cm EME station is not "permanent."  It is essentially a "portable" station.  All the equipment is located in my gar...

After completing 50 "Initial" QSO's (contacts with 50 "different" stations) in just 2 days of operation, I was real...

Now that I have made multiple QSO's on 23cm EME, I realized I would need a new QSL.  So, I quickly ordered them from UX5UO QSL who I ha...

WHEEEEEE!   My efforts on building the 23cm EME station have been rewarded in a spectacular manner.  I am now active on 23cm EME for the VER...

New feed lines were going to be required for my 23cm EME station.  For transmit I needed something that could handle as much as 700-watts on...

    In order to monitor the current being pulled by the AG6EE 23cm Amplifier, I purchased a Bayite DC 6.5-100V 0-100A LCD Display Digital Cu...

GPSDO Injection Board Installed Since the Icom IC-9700 can experience significant frequency drift, especially on 23cm, and this drift can ...

Theodolite is a multi-functional app that combines a compass, inclinometer, rangefinder, GPS, map, and camera with geo-overlay for augmente...

In the late 1980's I had four CushCraft A32-19 yagis and a kW for my first ever EME activities on 2-M.  I managed to make 5 QSO's (...

With a QSL received from JD1BMH yesterday for 20-M and 17-M contacts, I have now reached the 2,700 point level on the DXCC Challenge.  This...

  What a THRILL to get this entity confirmed on 6-M.  I spent a fair amount of my time on Clipperton (FOØXX) in 1985 trying to make ...

  A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail. If you need to acquire a QSL from a DX station via the...

  A series of "Tips and Tricks" for obtaining a QSL when normal means fail. Why would anyone even go to the trouble of getting a Q...