Pattern and Match

The anniversary snuck up on me. It was almost exactly 10 years ago that I returned to amateur radio after being away from it for 20 years. I...

The speed of the CW we send in a contest is strongly correlated to our CW skill level. It's true even though we rarely use the paddles, ...

I bury cables every time it is practical. This includes both transmission lines and control lines. I have thousands of feet of buried cable...

When I raised the first of my big towers in 2017 there was no direction indicator for the chain-driven prop pitch motor rotator. I made one ...

Of the many types of articles on this blog, the statistics tell me that contest reports are among the least popular. Well, too bad, because ...

Lightning destroyed 2 out of 3 of the Beverage antenna head ends. These home brew devices select the normal and reverse direction. They als...