Pattern and Match

It seems everything I do takes longer than expected. This is essentially a progress report on the construction of a 3-element, 4-direction 8...

It may seem premature to pen a write-up of the summer sporadic E season while the band continues to open periodically, helped along by the a...

Last year I purchased a used Hamplus AS82 2×8 antenna switch from a fellow contester. The specs are good and the brand seems to be in good ...

So you want to put up a wire yagi for the low bands. All you need is two sufficiently tall structures -- trees or towers -- tie a catenary r...

For those who have followed this blog for the past two years may recall that my primary objective in building my station is contests. HF DXi...

I did not make a substantial effort in the IARU contest this weekend. Not only do I not enjoy warm weather contesting -- too many opportunit...

An insurance contact is when you work a DXpedition a second time on a band-mode. This is generally frowned upon since it takes time away fro...

Six months ago over the Christmas holiday I downloaded WSJT-X to give FT8 a try. Since quite a lot of CW and SSB activity has moved to this...