by kb9vbr | May 23, 2025 | Activation Log
Hamvention is undoubtly the world’s largest amateur radio event, and for many it is more of a ham radio home coming than a vendor show and flea market. I wanted to know more about what others thought about Hamvention, so as Chris and I wandered around the...
by kb9vbr | May 9, 2025 | Activation Log
I love origin stories. Stories that detail all the thinking and hard work that goes into a successful product. I always feel that this glimpse into the creative mind and how the process evolves tells us more about the person and product and gives us those deep...
by kb9vbr | May 2, 2025 | Activation Log
In the little over five years that I have been active with the Parks on the Air program, I’ve just accomplished my 500th POTA activation (502 to be exact). There are many that have more activations under their belt. Program wide, I am in about 280th place of the...
by kb9vbr | Apr 25, 2025 | Activation Log
REZ Antenna’s Scout is a versatile antenna system that can be deployed horizontally and vertical. I’ve been recently playing with its delta loop configuration and have found that adding a simple 4:1 transformer or UnUn at the feed point makes a big...
by kb9vbr | Apr 19, 2025 | Activation Log
Rez Antennas Scout Antenna is more than a feed point. It’s the core component to an Innovative antenna system that can be deployed four ways: wire dipole, rigid dipole, ¼ wave vertical, and delta loop. In working through this antenna system for an product...
by kb9vbr | Apr 10, 2025 | Activation Log
I’ve long been an advocate for Greg, KJ6ER’s, POTA PERformer antenna. Over the last 8 months or so, I’ve used this antenna in a variety of situations and locations and have often been impressed by how well it works. But in using it, I’ve also...
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