I have an acre lot and that sounds like a pretty good size, but actually space for antennas is at a premium. The the house sits fairly far back on the lot and the lot is fairly long and narrow, almost a pie slice shaped, coming to a point in the backyard. Further complicating the […]
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Comments(2) I was looking for an inexpensive dual band VHF/UHF antenna to use with my go box radios. I came across a dual band antenna from TRAM on Amazon that was half the price of similar Diamond and Comet dual band antennas. The specs for the Tram were advertised as follows: Gain: 6 dB […]
Read More..>>I have a number of pieces of “Vintage” Amateur Radio equipment that I have collected, repaired, and use regularly on the air. A lot of my time on the air is on CW, or Morse code for the non ham readers out there, and I use headphones to copy weak CW signals from time to […]
Read More..>> Comments(2) RMS Express is a program for sending Email via Amateur Radio via the Winlink network. It has capability of sending Email over the internet, over a High Frequency (HF) radio link, or over a Very High Frequency (VHF) radio link via AX.25 Packet Radio. This program is used by many of the hams that are […]
Read More..>>I really love the older “Vintage” ham radio gear. I especially like the Drake radios. Drake produced some really fine radios, but went out of the Ham Radio business in the 1980’s. The radios are still great radios and perform nearly as good as some of the very latest ham radios made today. In particular […]
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