Spent a fun afternoon up at Jack & Jill on Friday. Checked into the Lunchtime Net at half-one, and when that was done, I set up my new (old) SGC SG-230 antenna tuner on the roof of my car, and attached it to about 8m of wire held aloft by a 10m fibreglass pole, itself supported by a drive-on mount.
I picked up the tuner off eBay a while ago, and although most of them seem to be cream-crackered in 2025, this one still works pretty well, though like most of us old folks, it does seem to need a little RF up it's coax to warm up before it'll behave properly.
Another antenna system to add to my growing collection. My long-suffering wife now refers to my car as the 'radio van'.
Anyhow, 2 hours operation on FT8, 39 contacts made on 9 bands. Yes, 9 bands I tell you!
My last article on POTA raised a little bit of interest in a couple of members, so come on you lot - get to a park near you soon!
Berni M0XYF
