All the way back in July when I last posted, I definitely had a ton of stuff to update on. I guess now I have […]
Tag: Antenna
I built a form for the concrete base for my new tower
Last summer I purchased a 48ft aluminium tower and an antenna rotor. This year I purchased a tri-band yagi to put on top of it. […]
End of the year update
Wow it has been a while since I’ve posted anything. I guess it’s time for a bit of an update. The most important thing is that […]
Welcome to 2016 – My Ham Goals For The Year
Happy New Year! Now that 2015 has come to a close and we have a whole new year ahead of us, I’ve decided to set […]
70 cm Crucifix Antenna
So I recently decided that I to build a new antenna for my 70 cm rig to replace the dual band magnet mount that I […]
Happy New Year!
I guess it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. The last time was way back in July. A few things have changed since then. […]
Working some DX with an old Atlas 210x
I’m fortunate enough to belong to a club that is willing to lend out spare gear to those of us who are a bit underfunded. […]
Starting the new year with some new gear!
The last few weeks have almost been like a second Christmas for me. I’ve picked up a bunch of new radio gear and I’m now […]
The antennas are up!
It took longer than expected to finish my “Saturday evening project” but none the less the mast is up and so are the antennas. As […]
A Saturday evening project
Now that I have set up all my VHF, UHF, and Packet gear, I’ve come to realize that I need to make a better effort […]
VHF Packet Racket
Packet radio has been something I have always wanted to get in to. When I first got licensed, back in the late 90s, we had […]
Getting excited for spring weather!
With the spring fast approaching, I am finally getting excited. This means that I will finally be able to put up my old 80m inverted […]
How to build a 2m antenna from a coffee can!
I love watching KG0ZZ’s (Dave Tadlock) antenna videos (he covers other topics as well). He comes up with some pretty neat concoctions. Here are a couple […]