Great amateur radio weekend.

Here is an update on the Magitenna antenna  which is 7,5 meters in length and located in my loft. I have had the chance to use it this weekend and I have had a great time with it. There is a but ? I will get to that.

This map shows most of my recent qso's the important ones for this antenna are Paraguay and Kazakhstan, Greece and Jan Mayen Island.

Over the weekend on which I operated on 80,40,30,20,17,15 and 10 meter bands on PSK31 and SSB over 3 sessions operating about 12 hours overall, I managed 48 contacts.

I already had the USA and Canada on 5W SSB not too long ago and also a great contact with Dubai on other antennas.

So overall a great amateur radio weekend with lots of great contacts throughout Europe and beyond.

 Now for the but , PSK31 was great on 15,17 meters but even though 20 meters tuned fine it kept spiking and causing DM780 to freeze.I did update HRD and DM780 to the latest version but it did'nt make any difference.
 I have no problem on 20 meter PSK31 on my Buddipole so I am not really sure why it is doing this. If I kept the Signalink TX switch really low it was ok ish but that only allowed for about 5w output on a 25w setting.
 The ALC is always zero but spiking to about three on the ALC scale (not good).

So overall a great weekend with operating on most bands. The QSL cards are all done and ready to send to the bureau tomorrow.

This antenna is a great addition to my shack but not perfect. The key for me is that its winter and for a few months I don't have to go outside and set up antennas each time I operate so that is a big bonus.

To see my restricted operating conditions check out www.qrz.com .

If I could sort out the ALC problem on 20 meters it would be almost spot on. Watch this space.