Pattern and Match

This is the second in what may become a series of articles about my preparation for a larger antenna farm, perhaps as soon as 2016. The firs...

Shortly before dawn this morning the smoke alarm sounded for a couple of seconds. It's almost impossible to sleep through, just as desig...

There is a long tradition in ham radio of making modifications to commercial equipment to add features or improve performance. It is often v...

I have an explanation below regarding why the pace of articles has slowed recently. This is temporary, and mostly for good reasons. What I w...

Now that the 80 meter half sloper is reconnected (I had borrowed the coax for the 6 meter yagi over the summer) I am reminded how awful an ...

Fall is rapidly approaching. For me that means preparing the antennas for fall and winter contests, and the occasional DXpedition. Summer ha...

Over the past couple of weeks the number and quality of sporadic-E openings has drastically declined. While there may still be a few good on...

For my recently-purchased Cushcraft XM240 40 meter yagi I speculated on modifying it for improved performance. The primary options are to c...

In the description of my roughly laid out long term ham radio plans I did say I would like a significantly larger antenna farm. That is a t...