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Amateur Radio

I was pretty excited to enter the ARRL VHF Contest this past weekend. I'd heard that we shouldn't expect much if any sporadic E...

Jim Wilson - 27-January-2015

Amateur Radio

I've been wrestling with adding an FM filter to my Elecraft K3 main receiver for a few years now. Mostly I've been looking for...

Jim Wilson - 10-January-2015

Antennas

Through some miracle my 100 watt 6 Meter CW signal, powered by a 2-element moxon, made it all the way to New Zealand. Of...

Jim Wilson - 26-December-2014

Antennas

I just had the experience of communicating over 600 miles using the ionized trails from meteors to bounce my signal to its destination. It's...

Jim Wilson - 12-December-2014

Antennas

I've just installed a Yaesu G-450A rotator to point my six-meter stressed moxon in the right direction. The last time I put a rotator...

Jim Wilson - 10-November-2014

Amateur Radio

You may have read my previous posts about getting more involved with VHF and in particular 6 meters. After my latest encounter with the...

Jim Wilson - 22-September-2014

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