by Michael Martens | Aug 19, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas, emcomm, GMRS, Land-Mobile, Scanner, UHF
How do you provide communications support for an event that involves over 1,600 motorcycles and thousands of spectators? With a dedicated ARES/RACES team and a slew of KB9VBR J-Pole antennas. On August 16-18, 2012, Marathon County ARES in conjunction with ARES/RACES...
by Michael Martens | Aug 11, 2012 | Antennas, Land-Mobile, Scanner
Our county is currently going through a process that is happening throughout the country. The FCC has mandated that public safety communication systems be switched over to narrow band and preferably digital communication modes. This switchover needs to be completed by...
by Michael Martens | Jul 29, 2012 | Amateur Radio, emcomm, Scanner
So, you want to get your ham radio license. Welcome and thank you for selecting amateur radio as a hobby. Ham radio operators are a widely varied group involved in a full range of activities. The great thing about ham radio is that their is something for just about...
by Michael Martens | Jul 22, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas
Quick, what are the attributes of a good repeater antenna? Most people will come up with things like durability, low noise floor, high gain, low takeoff angle, etc. All of these are good things to look for in choosing an antenna for your repeater system. But have you...
by Michael Martens | Jul 12, 2012 | Amateur Radio, Antennas, Scanner
Great question I receive is how to split the signal from the antenna for two or more radios to use. If you live an area that doesn’t allow for multiple antennas to be installed, or have multiple radios that you would like to share a common antenna with, then...
by Michael Martens | Jul 8, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas, News
KB9VBR J-Pole Antennas and Hamuniverse.com are giving away one of our popular 2 meter Slim Jim antennas. The two meter Slim Jim features 5db of gain and a low noise floor with its folded dipole design. This special drawing is on now through Saturday July 14, 2012. To...
by Michael Martens | Jul 3, 2012 | Antennas
All of my J-Pole and Slim Jim antennas are constructed out of Type-M hard copper tubing. Type-M, also known as Red Copper is primarily used in the plumbing industry for supplying drinking water in homes and businesses. Although with the cost of...
by Michael Martens | Jun 25, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas, emcomm, News
Well, another Field Day is in the bag. This year our club pulled out all the stops and showed the community what amateur radio and Field Day is all about. Setting up in a large public park in the Wausau area, the Wisconsin Valley Radio Association not only had their...
by Michael Martens | Jun 22, 2012 | Amateur Radio, emcomm, News
ARRL Field Day, always the 4th full weekend in June is fast approaching. Starting at 19:00UTC on Saturday June 23, 2012 and running for 24 hours, over 10,000 amateur radio operators in the US and Canada will be on the air looking for contacts. Field Day is a big...
by Michael Martens | Jun 17, 2012 | 2 meter, Amateur Radio, Antennas, VHF
I love reader questions and I had a great question this past week that I wanted to share with the rest of my readers. I’ve recommended installing antennas in the attic if you don’t have an adequate location outdoors or if you have to deal with homeowners...
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