by Michael Martens | Jun 18, 2011 | News
The ARRL Field Day is fast approaching. This year’s event (always the 4th weekend in June) is scheduled for June 25-26, 2011 and is expected to be bigger than ever. I’ve been an active participant of Field day just about every year since I got my license...
by Michael Martens | Jun 9, 2011 | News
While my J-pole antennas where primarily designed for transmitting on the amateur radio bands, over the years I’ve increased the models available to cover other VHF and UHF radio bands. One underlooked band that is very important to public safety is the NOAA...
by Michael Martens | Jun 3, 2011 | News
If you are a user or a prospective customer of the KB9VBR J-Pole antennas, you can help share the love by clicking on the little +1 button on the upper right of each post and page. The Google +1 button is a great way to share this site and it also helps other amateur...
by Michael Martens | Apr 26, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
On Sunday, April 10 one of the largest one day tornado outbreaks hit the State of Wisconsin. 14 tornados where recorded, including an EF-3 twister that hit the city of Merrill, WI. Amateur radio operators from Marathon and Lincoln counties where pressed into action...
by Michael Martens | Apr 1, 2011 | News
Amateur radio operators now need to join the fight and let their elected representatives know about their opposition to H.R. 607. This bill in congress will allow the FCC to auction off a portion of the 420-440MHz amateur radio band, limiting our ability to...
by Michael Martens | Mar 30, 2011 | News
The KB9VBR J-Pole antenna Facebook page has been active for about a year, but many people don’t know about it. Check it out, it’s a great place to join the community conversation and learn more about the J-Pole antennas and related items. Become a fan...
by Michael Martens | Feb 4, 2011 | News
Making a contact with the International Space Station can be a bit of a challenge. between the astronauts schedule and the narrow window of opportunity we have when the station is overhead; it’s more about luck than using fancy equipment to communicate. Here is...
by Michael Martens | Feb 2, 2011 | News
Southern Wisconsin and the Windy City are socked with snow. Yet in Northern Wisconsin we are experiencing blue skies and temps of a balmy 16 degrees. As an advisory, many of my antennas are shipped through the USPS sorting facility in Milwaukee. If you ordered an...
by Michael Martens | Jan 17, 2011 | News
The J-Pole antenna is an excellent choice for a low cost scanner antenna that is capable of picking up signals from a wide range of frequencies. Many scanner aficionados prefer the discone antenna, but the J-Pole has some distinct advantages over discones for scanner...
by Michael Martens | Jan 4, 2011 | News
I get a lot of questions about the 2 meter copper J-Pole antenna related to painting it. Many users have different reasons why they would want to paint the J-Pole antenna, but the majority of reasons usually boil down to ways in which to hide the antenna, make it a...
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