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A better weatherfax

Yesterday I was unable to solder my connecting wire to my antenna effectively so today I bought a butane based soldering iron and used the mini blowtorch tough thoroughly solder the two wires together. I then went back to playing with the weatherfax. Boston was back on and much clearer than on Saturday – probably […]

Further progress with radio

A few further accomplishments on Sunday. I managed to cut six lengths of cable to have counterpoise radials for each of the HAM bands between 40m & 10m that support voice. I then strapped them all together so they really only take as much space as the longest wire. These were all hooked to the […]

My first weatherfax

A few more steps taken today. Not being able to wait for the final part (the antenna connection between the M802 and the AT-140) I drove round to radio shack to get a substitute. I connected all the parts and made an antenna out of some mains cable I had spare. The weather in NJ […]

Trip Updates

It’s slow going but I’m beginning to update some of the past blog entries. So far I have only managed to edit Day 1 of our trip. I’ve changed the text a little, added a couple of photos and added a Google Earth track of our first days sailing. To make it easier to track […]

Packages

I arrived home today to be greeted by packages. These are always fun moments and in particular, given what I am awaiting, this got pretty exciting. Arrived today was my SSB (the ICOM M802 + AT140 auto tuner) and my sextant. The radio gear was unpacked and looked at. Actual contact must await the weekend. […]