Amateur Radio

Radio Equipment

My New Year holiday was spent moving my ham shack and getting the satellite eggbeater antennas all set up. You can see the driving...

Jim Wilson - 3-January-2019

Radio Contesting

I've been watching the CQ WW VHF website for the 2018 results. This morning I discovered that the score database is populated and that...

Jim Wilson - 31-December-2018

Antennas

As you may have read, my satellite yagis with fixed elevation bit the dust. See Push Up Mast Becomes Pushover for all the sad...

Jim Wilson - 29-December-2018

Antennas

As you can tell from this blog, I've been taking some big steps to elevate (so to speak) my VHF-UHF rover operations. Part of...

Jim Wilson - 12-December-2018

Audio Podcast

One of the legendary characters from P.G. Wodehouse's stories is Mister Mulliner. In this one, set in the bar parlor of the Angler's Rest,...

Jim Wilson - 3-December-2018

Antennas

I've now officially entered Phase III of my VHF contest rover setup. Phase I involved running Diamond Yagi's for 2m and 70cm on a...

Jim Wilson - 1-December-2018

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