Radio Contesting

Antennas

I ran the ARRL September contest as a limited rover. I had been thinking about this option since activating a few satellite grids. The...

Jim Wilson - 11-September-2017

Radio Contesting

I will be entering the Limited Rover Category in the ARRL September VHF Contest, September 9 to 10. I will stop and set up operations...

Jim Wilson - 5-September-2017

Antennas

As you are probably aware, I've been activating a few grids for satellite operations. This time I decided to activate EM11 at Meridian State...

Jim Wilson - 17-August-2017

Antennas

I worked the ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest this weekend. Managed to get 13 QSOs in the log, all on 432 MHz....

Jim Wilson - 6-August-2017

Amateur Radio

I had been looking forward to the ARRL June VHF contest. It's always fun to get on the air when there is a great...

Jim Wilson - 12-June-2017

Antennas

The ARRL VHF Contest is often full of surprises. Not so many this year. The highlight was working my first 1296 MHz SSB QSO with...

Jim Wilson - 23-January-2017

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