Amateur Radio

Radio Contesting

Normally when you find a headline on my blog referring to degrees it's referring to longitude and a satellite rover operation from a grid...

Jim Wilson - 23-July-2018

Radio Contesting

I'll be roving in this weekend's CQ WW VHF Contest. it's the same route that I followed in the ARRL June VHF Contest. You may...

Jim Wilson - 17-July-2018

Antennas

After the ARRL June VHF contest, I realized that I needed a better 2 meter antenna than the Diamond yagis that I'd been using. Nothing...

Jim Wilson - 13-July-2018

Rover

The results for the September 2017 ARRL VHF Contest have been available for a couple of months, but today the certificates are available for...

Jim Wilson - 12-July-2018

Rover

You may have caught my earlier post titled Satellite Roving — 104° Longitude. That rover operation stemmed from a trip to visit my daughter...

Jim Wilson - 10-July-2018

Satellites

I've observed a few satellite operators that have mounted a pushbutton on their Arrow antenna to simplify the QSO process. For the past few...

Jim Wilson - 27-June-2018

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