Radio Contesting

Who needs sunspots when you've got 6 meters Es? During the ARRL June VHF contest there were fabulous openings from Texas to the east coast...

Jim Wilson - 13-June-2016

Amateur Radio

One of the key rules of radio sport is to maintain a high level of BIC, butt-in-chair. ARDF radio sport doesn't even have chairs...

Jim Wilson - 7-April-2016

Radio Contesting

I had some fun this weekend on the NAQP RTTY contest. My HF antennas have been reduced to just an MA6V offset vertical dipole...

Jim Wilson - 28-February-2016

Radio Contesting

I was looking forward to the VHF January contest to once more join the fray in the Single Operator 3 Band category. I did...

Jim Wilson - 1-February-2016

Radio Contesting

I had some fun this weekend with the ARRL RTTY Roundup. I enjoy the fast exchanges on RTTY and the slight degree of automation...

Jim Wilson - 3-January-2016

Radio Contesting

Listening to white noise on 3 bands For this year's September VHF Contest I deployed my new Icom IC-910H on 2 meters and 70 centimeters...

Jim Wilson - 14-September-2015

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