Over the last few months, I have participated in an increasing number of discussions, either on local repeaters or in zoom meetings, about newly licensed hams interested in operating in the HF bands. Two main questions kept coming back: what radio to buy and what antenna to use. It is …
A few months ago, I installed a new 40 and 80-meter dipole. My shack and my antennae are on opposite sides of the house. My feed line goes through narrow spots inside the house and runs underground from the house to the antenna. Installing a new feed line for this …
I have been working on building a remote antenna switch to switch from my 40-10 meter to my 80-40 meter antenna —more on the switch in an upcoming blog post. My remote switch will be sitting at the base of the antennae and needs to be powered by 12-volts. I …
This article was also posted on the San Mateo Radio Club monthly news letter. In California, the majority of new hams come from an EmComm1 group. In this article, I am not going to talk about EmComm. It is a vast subject and your EmComm group is better suited …