JI1FGX/DU9 Mindanao, Philippines Amateur Radio Diary IOTA OC-130
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25/06/07  Introducing the Shack
25/06/06  A portrait illustrated by ChatGPT
25/05/26 Windows full-width half-width switching
25/05/17 OK2ZAW BCD to 16 converter
25/05/16 For 3.5MHz zepp antennas
Stepping motor this and that
25/05/15 3.5MHz stepping motor plan
25/05/14 3.5MHz tuning coil installed
25/05/11 3.5MHz antenna installation completed
25/05/03 JTDX automatic operation program Ver0.4.3
25/04/26 Drone Habsan ZINO
25/04/25 Time setting Ver0.3
25/04/24 AutoCWType_Ver1.3
25/04/23 FTDX3000 LCD repair preparation
25/04/22 Installation plan for 3.5 MHz Twep antenna
25/04/21 AutoCWType_Ver1.1
25/04/20 10,14MHz antenna installation completed
25/04/19 JTDX automatic operation program Ver0.4.1
25/04/19 Antenna pole installation at 14 MHz
25/04/18 ThinkPad X390 repair completed
25/04/17 Search is now available.
25/04/15 Preparation of 10 MHz dipole
25/04/12 Hexbeam Part8
25/04/06 ThinkPad X390 is broken.
25/04/05 Time Setting Program
25/03/31 JTDX Automatic Operation Program
25/03/30 Automatic log sending from CWType to Hamlog
25/03/21 Hexbeam Part7
25/03/20 FreeDV Part3 First QSO
25/03/18 FreeDV Part2 QSO in shack
25/03/16 Hexbeam Part6
25/03/15 FreeDV Part1 installation
25/03/09 Hexbeam Part5
25/03/07 Hexbeam Part4
25/03/05 28MHz antenna modification
25/03/01 FTDX3000 is broken!
25/02/28 Pile up at 50MHz FT8
25/02/28 DXV500ZS linear amplifier repair
25/02/27 Pipe and rebuild plan for tower
25/02/26 Direction of Japan from Ozamiz
25/02/26 28MHz does not fly.
25/02/23 DXV500ZS linear amplifier repair
25/02/22 Hexbeam Part3
25/02/21 Hexbeam Part2
25/02/18 28MHz antenna construction
25/02/17 18,24MHz antenna height construction
25/02/16 Z26NS Cosovo
25/02/14 21MHz FT8
25/02/12 Antenna repair at 7,21 MHz
25/02/08 CW operation at 21MHz
25/02/05 DXV500ZS linear amplifier failure
25/01/19 Input Director
25/01/14 Temporary License Renewal
Height construction of 18,24 MHz antenna (2025/02/17) 
Fan-out Dipole Antenna at 18 and 24 MHz
The 18 MHz element is about 5 meters high on a pulley mounted on the garage roof
The 24 MHz element is only about 4 m high
I decided to put up a pole because the stones are not flying 24MH
1 1/4" metal pipe at a hardware store in Clarin for 1,131 pesos (about $3,000)
Also purchased 35 meters of rope for 210 pesos (about 550 yen)
I took it to a local tricycle factory and had them weld in rebar to hang the pulleys.
Rebar and welding work cost 100 pesos (about $265).
I was able to purchase the hardware store and order welding all by myself.
I'm always at the mercy of Google Translate when my pronunciation is so bad that I can't get through...
We tied it to the back of a Mitsubishi Strada with a rope and transported it.
Pipe length is 6m
welding operations
We had a 6m pipe attached to a 3m column. The height of the pipe is 9m.
Pipe installation welding cost is 400 pesos (approx. 1060 yen)
Total 500 pesos (1,325 yen)
The 24MHz element, which was roof height, is now 9m above ground level
Until now, I've been getting empty CQs and almost no response on 24MHz when I've called.
It has been called quite a bit since we made it 9 meters above ground level.
(Maybe today's conditions just happened to be better?)
I wish I could make it higher, but I will have to live with it for a while.
Next we would like to consider installing a 28 MHz antenna and a 3.5 MHz antenna.
February 14, 2024   February 18, 2025