Contesting from the West
On June - 30 - 2014 0 Comment
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.
End of paper QSLs from VA7ST
On August - 5 - 2011 0 Comment
The cost and environmental impact of paper QSL cards makes this aspect of ham radio part of our history, not our future.
The 80M elevated wire vertical array
On August - 26 - 2010 0 Comment
Here’s a great 80M antenna: a pair of raised 1/4-wave (68′) verticals in the pine woods, using Christman phasing, and capable of firing in either of two directions. Mine aim east and west.
A cheap 40M DX machine: the twin half-square array
On August - 19 - 2010 1 Comment
This may be the cheapest, lowest, no-radials-required, no fancy networks, way to get great gain on 40M. If you have some rope, trees, junkbox wire, a couple of DPDT relays, and some coax laying around, you have all it takes to build this antenna.
