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An overview of my SB-221 amplifier repair project — a notebook about what it needed and what I did.

Here’s a homemade, lightweight but full-size triband yagi (with directors and reflectors in V configuration) interlaced on a 32-foot boom. And it works like a dream.

Expand a 40M rotatable dipole into a 2-element yagi with a fixed wire element. Add a relay to the wire and get instant 180-degree rotation, too.

Tired of burned-out bulbs in your CDE rotator meter? Replace the bulb with an LED strip — it’s inexpensive and LEDs will last a very long time.

Big plans for the radio “shack” at VA7ST… will it ever be built?

Want to know what that “blind” power supply is putting out? Add a digital volt/ammeter to your meterless Astron power supply

Here’s my perspective from the West Coast, looking at what we do that may be different from the tactics of contest stations located further East.

Morse code is a joy, and with the right “paddles” it is pure bliss. Here’s an essay on the pursuit of ham radio happiness.

If you’re new to radio teletype (RTTY) contesting, you’re about to fall in love with it. Here are some quick tips to help you get started.

Want to see how VA7ST has done in contests since 2002? It’s all online in a sortable database — check out my contest scores, and read my 3830 stories about each contest.