Pattern and Match

The next step in the development of my "antenna farm" is putting up another antenna support. This allows for some experimentation,...

Earlier this week I worked BY4IB/4 on 15 meters, shooting over the pole on a summer path that is daylight almost all the way. It was in part...

On Friday July 19 I finally got what I've been waiting for: high winds. Hams with towers and HF antennas tend to fear potentially-destru...

Maybe I should have checked first, since it seems there already is such a thing as a Hy-Gain TH-1 antenna . I suspect there is potential for...

Since my previous posting I have decided to move ahead and do something productive with my small tower. As I mentioned at that time I first...

Over the past week I have been gradually working on completion of tower guying. The tower is small so this is nothing elaborate. The challen...

The weather was finally conducive to tower work today, without rain, high winds or lightning. I also had no business or other responsibiliti...

I had a couple of hours last evening, just enough time to build and install the floating base for the opportunistically-guyed Site-C tower ....

You have likely heard the old saw that goes: no matter how long the legs, a 3-legged stool never wobbles . While true, sitting on such a sto...

As time has allowed I have been making decisions on siting, constructing and erecting the tower at (what I am calling) Site C . I think I no...