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...
by Michael Martens | Dec 27, 2010 | News
The price of copper tubing, the main ingredient for the KB9VBR J-Pole antenna has steadily increased for the last six months. Unfortunately, due to the rise in material prices, there will be a light increase in the price of the J-Pole antennas. I am anticipating...
by Michael Martens | Dec 19, 2010 | News
This past weekend both the House and the Senate passed the Local Community Radio Act of 2009. This bill allows for the construction and operation of Low Power FM or LPFM community based radio stations. The stations will still need to be licensed by the FCC and their...
by Michael Martens | Dec 13, 2010 | News
Today we’re busy digging out from the one of the biggest snow storms of the season. On Saturday the upper Midwest received anywhere from 9 to 20 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. Once the snow stopped falling, the wind picked up with 35 mph gusts and frigid...
by Michael Martens | Dec 5, 2010 | News
J-Pole antennas are an excellent choice as a low power amateur radio antenna. But the all copper J-pole antennas will work great with both low power and high power radios. In fact the 2 meter model will handle 250 watts or more of power. But the antennas really shine...
by Michael Martens | Nov 27, 2010 | News
My busiest time of year for selling antennas is actually the month of January. I think what happens is a lot of hams get new radios for Christmas and then realize that they need an antenna to go along with it. Instead of waiting until after you’ve received the...
by Michael Martens | Nov 20, 2010 | News
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from KB9VBR! My antennas make great Christmas gifts and I will drop ship them to any US address. If you want your antenna shipped as a gift to a friend, just leave me a note during the checkout process of who and where you want the...
by Michael Martens | Nov 7, 2010 | News
The first weekend in December marks the annual National Weather Service’s 2010 SKYWARN Recognition Day. The event celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARN operators visit NWS...
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