This weekend saw a family visit (wife, grown-up children, and in-laws) trekking across the Pennines to the Sunderland Air Show, and a Jolly Good Day Out was had by all.
As with the Windermere Air Show we attended a couple of years ago, the only flying Avro Vulcan XH558 once again stole the show. What a stunning aircraft, and what an impressive noise!
Today, in between watching the Hungarian Grand Prix and listening to the Second Test against India at Trent Bridge, I managed to get the prototype Voltage Probe Antenna completed and fired up for a quick test.
It certainly works, and in the brief period of time I had to test it before I packed up for the weekend, I had received amateur signals at good strength on all bands from 160m to 15m ,with the exception of 60m.
This first version doesn't have the required circuitry to be powered from the output coax cable, this will follow in due course, no doubt.
As with the Windermere Air Show we attended a couple of years ago, the only flying Avro Vulcan XH558 once again stole the show. What a stunning aircraft, and what an impressive noise!
A fly-past with the bomb bay open
It certainly works, and in the brief period of time I had to test it before I packed up for the weekend, I had received amateur signals at good strength on all bands from 160m to 15m ,with the exception of 60m.
First VPA lash-up
I also had broadcast signals on Long Wave and Medium Wave at decent strength. Next week I hope to carry out a more extensive evaluation, and naturally I will probably report back here.This first version doesn't have the required circuitry to be powered from the output coax cable, this will follow in due course, no doubt.
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