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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