Author Archives: James

Lesson Learned: Trust your planning

Posted on 2012-01-23 by James

So this past weekend, I was off camping with my brothers, my cousin and a couple of friends. We were two hours north of Ottawa in an area which is poorly serviced for cell phone coverage. As one of my … Continue reading →

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Excellent reports while mobile (/M)

Posted on 2012-01-15 by James

Well, during my “co-pilot” phase of the road trip, I was able to make some PSK-31 contacts on 20m and 15m. The farthest I bothered to pull in was to Los Angeles, CA however, thanks to pskreporter (a reverse beacon … Continue reading →

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Testing out the air-wound choke

Posted on 2012-01-14 by James

Yesterday I managed to get out to a home renovation store to purchase a three foot length of 4″ diameter ABS sewer pipe for my mobile installation. I cut a 6″ section from the pipe, drilled some tie-down holes and … Continue reading →

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Roadtrip preparation ..

Posted on 2012-01-13 by James

It looks as though I have some work to do in preparation for a 5+ hr road-trip Julie and I will be making in the next couple of days. Last night I reinstalled my FT-857D in the FJ Cruiser and … Continue reading →

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