Pattern and Match

The best laid plans are no match for Mother Nature. November has been less than kind in this part of the world. November began cold and wind...

In the ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest last weekend I operated SO2R using two keyboards. This was a first for me. Several months ago I purchased...

After selling my Elecraft KX3 earlier this year (as planned ) I was left with one rig that could be dialled down to 5 watts for entering con...

Traps on Hy-Gain HF yagis are not really designed to be serviced by users. Of course we're hams so we do it anyway. Despite a lot of di...

First the good news. My new 140' tower is complete. At the time the adjacent photo was taken the only thing left to do was to tighten t...

Those who have been reading this blog lately will know that I've been very busy lately with tower and antenna work. That time mostly com...

Be warned: after reading this article you'll probably abandon your home brew HF yagi project and buy a commercial product instead. I am ...

I cut a lot of pipes and tubes building towers and antennas. Most of the time I do rough cuts with a hacksaw or cutoff saw since the angle o...

My one step back a few weeks ago continued to the point where I had just one HF antenna: the 80 meter vertical. This kept me off the air an...