The IARU Region 1 Field Day (SSB) Amateur Radio Contest is a great idea for a joint club activity, with friends or individually. It is a chance to test yourself in many areas: field work, emergency power supply, design, antenna construction. Above all, it is good fun and often new experiences. If the contest is […]
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HF5L/p in IARU SSB R1 Fieldday 2023
It was not possible to gather a team for the CW part in June, but there were several volunteers for the SSB competition on September 2-3, 2023, including: Marcin SP5ES, Andrzej SP5DDF, Mirek SP5GNI and Adam SP5UFK. This time, we chose a fallow, forested plot of land owned by one of our colleagues as our […]
HF5L/p in IARU SSB R1 Fieldday 2022
After a compulsory covid break, the HF5L Club reappeared with the Fieldday 2022 SSB contest in the forests of the Bolimów Landscape Park near the Rawka River. This time we organized the stand in a version with a minimum amount of equipment, based only on the FT991 radio, battery power, dipoles on the surrounding tall […]
Mosley MINI-32-A antenna test
Mosley MINI-32-A antenna test: assembly, failure, repair, measurements and start of HF5L/p in IARU SSB R1 Fieldday 2019 contest Field work, e.g. FieldDay contests – is a great opportunity to check in practice the suitability, strength and equipment parameters. We have made some test for the Mosley MINI-32-A antenna. Why did we choose this antenna? […]
HF5L/p in IARU SSB R1 Fieldday contest 2019
On the 7/8 September weekend, the HF5L team took part in the Fieldday SSB contest organized by DARC. This time in the preparations and the contest took part (in alphabetical order of call signs): Ewa SP5-1593, Andrzej SP5DDF, Mirek SP5GNI, Sławek SP5ICS, Marek SP5ISZ, Marek SP5IXS, Zbyszek SP5JSZ and Maciek SP5LCS. The place of installation […]
HF5L/p in IARU CW R1 Fieldday 2018 contest
Updated on 2019-06-18 by SP5GNI Field work of ham radio is an attractive form of action within our hobby. For stations slashed by “p” and “m”, the Fieldday competition formula assumes a number of restrictions, such as non-stationary work without using mains power, distance from the nearest buildings and power lines greater than 100 m, […]