Jeff  VE1ZAC        

Gary   VE1RGB

An engineer and compulsive builder( geek for sure) . Mostly operates CW, likes dxing, builds as much gear as possible, actually does antenna modeling and wants others to do it too ! Also engaged in fishing, golf, deep technical diving and rebreathers. One son, one dog. Both participate in hobbies.

 Another engineer ( save yourself, switch sites !). ONLY operates CW, keen contester, recent convert to modeling and has one of the more esoteric antenna farms, on a small lot, in NS. Climbs towers, chops wood and is far to fit for his age.

                 Jeff's Articles

• Practical Gain
• The Old Power Myth
• EZNEC modeling notes
• Quick 6M antenna array
• Part 1: Jeff’s Beverage Experience
• Part 2: Short Beverage F/B evaluation
• Part 3: Improving the SWA
• Part 4: Improved Improvements to the SWA control
• Part 5: Yet another Improvement ( last one!)
• The Three  Tube  Mini Boat Anchor Experience(Published in Winter 2009 QRP Quarterly)
• Part 1:  Adding a Director to a ¼ wave HF vertical antenna 
• Part 2: Adding a vertical parasitic element
• Part 3: Notes on parasitic vertical
• The "WindoVert" is born !(Published in Winter 2009 QRP Quarterly)
• Snakes in the yard
• Adding a 160M Bandpass filter
• The Home Receiver Lab
• Transmission Line losses, revisited
• Our 2008 Field Day experience
• QRP and a flashlight(Published in Fall 2008 QRP Quarterly)
• Part 1: IC7700 and PRO 3 as second receiver
• Part 2 : Further IC7700 Adventures with an SDR-IQ
• UPDATE Part 3:  More on Second Receiver for the IC7700
• Working the WindoVert
• Phase Controlled Receiving Array For QRP
•  Part 1 IMDR tests on my ICOM 7700
• Part 2 Further adventures with IMDR
• Measuring Phase Noise of Test Oscillators
• Pennant Loop adventures
• A Note on Performance of the Short Misek-Style SWA
• Diode Protection of Varactor element in Loop Terminations
• The Two Ear Two Receiver Headphone Mixer
• I Finally  Build a K9AY Loop
• LF Up Converter for K9AY
• Another Review of Portable RF analyzers
• Coax connector losses ( PPT as html..only works with IE for now.. apologies)
• My IC 7700 Meets a K3.. a users tale.(Update # 2: July-2011)
• Arduino IC7700 and remote tuner
• MFJ 998 review and fix up
• Refinements to Icom 7700-Arduino hookup
• Inaugural Maritime QSO Party contest.
•  An easier 2nd receiver scheme for IC7700
• NEW ! Dallas Lankford inspired receive arrays

Stuff to look at: (caveat emptor, for all)

  SOTA Activities  ( Apologies: a bad knee has limited my SOTA activities.. it is slowly improving)

VE1 SOTA is approved and active as of May 1, 2010 !

• New VE1 SOTA Association

• Summits on the Air web site