The 2026 SOTA “challenge” has been to use SSB and CW on 2m and 7cm bands. Before the first of January 2026 I had never made a 2m SSB QSO: six months in I have made a few totalling 5042km. Last year I tried building a folding Moxon/Yagi, but it was too delicate. Then I […]
All Portable Discussion Zone build #4
Our fourth build project is something I was really excited to get into, and ended up spending an inordinate amount of time on. A transmatch, antenna tuner or ATU: Antenna Tuning Unit. I will try to be consistent in using transmatch. Part of the reason for choosing a transmatch is that it ties in directly […]