Amateur Radio

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

Radio Scouting

The image above is the QSL card for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree and the official amateur radio station NA1WJ. The call sign stands...

Jim Wilson - 25-June-2018

Amateur Radio

Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, the host of the QSO Today Podcast has recently celebrated his 200th weekly hour-long podcast. These are the tales of amateur...

Jim Wilson - 20-June-2018

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