HF

I have been QRV on the HF bands since the end of 2003. Since then, the solar cycle has declined, so activity on 15m/10m has decreased. Hopefully after 2008 conditions, and activity, will improve! Combined with aerial problems on 160m/80m, my activity has been mainly confined to 40m/20m.

DX Cluster activity

Solar data & HF band conditions

During IOTA 2008 contest

As of the end of May 2009, I dismounted the HyGain AV-14AVQ and removed the top section vertical and top-hat redials. I replaced this with a shorter vertical section with longer top-hat radials, and a coil with long top-hat radials. This is known as the MK-80 modification for the HyGain AV-14AVQ. This is what it looks like now:

AV-14AVQ + MK80

The up side of this modification is that the vertical now tunes up on 80m. The down side is that the SWR starts to rise above 7.050MHz and needs to be manually retuned to reduce the SWR below 1.15:1. Not a problem! I only need to put up the wire when trying to play on 160m.

Summary of DXCC entities worked by G6CSY on 10 to 160 m.
Type of propagation: All Mode: All mode
From 01/01/1900 to 24/03/2008

to be done

HF station as of March 2009