A piece of hidden radio history

The early days of radio was a pretty wild time of experimentation. Back in the early teens, most stations were informally licensed, the Federal Government was granting experimental licenses at the time and didn’t start licensing commercial stations under after...

Merry Christmas from KB9VBR J-Pole Antennas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from KB9VBR J-Pole Antennas. May your holiday season be filled with peace and joy and plenty of rare DX. Did you get a new radio for the holidays? Don’t forget the antennas. The KB9VBR 2 meter J-Pole antenna or 2 Meter Slim Jim...

Snowpocylpse hitting the Upper Midwest

I woke up this morning to find the car like this. Fortunately the snow is pretty light and fluffy, but the winds are expected to pick up in the afternoon and we’ll have falling temps and drifting snow. I measured just under 8 inches of snow at 10:30am this...

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