Author: TF1EZ

  • Fagradalsfjall Eruption

    Fagradalsfjall Eruption

    Yesterday, accompanied by a good friend, I hiked up to Fagradalsfjall in Iceland to see the eruption that started there a few days ago. His wife dropped us off at the trail and in about 45 minutes we were both in awe of natures display. The color of the lava spurting out of the ground […]

  • QFH Antenna Build

    QFH Antenna Build

    Last weekend I was at a cabin with a few good friends and we built the 137MHz QFH Antenna. The build was simpler and more straight forward than I had expected. Well, to be fair, one of my friends who helped out is sort of a human swiss army knife and we were well prepared. […]

  • QFH Antenna Build Prologue

    QFH Antenna Build Prologue

    Every now and then I have tried to receive images from weather satellites, like NOAA and Meteor, using a v-dipole. On a good day I can just about see my home country, Iceland, but my images are clear only when the satellite is at a fairly high elevation. At first that’s all it took to […]