2M SSB from SOTA summits.

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 […]

Rebuilding a Mosley triband yagi.

A while back I acquired most of a Mosley MP-33 triband which had been modified to be taken on a DXpedition 20ish years ago. The parts I got were the director, reflector and boom, so my task was to build a driven element. My approach was to try and replicate the original design as accurately […]