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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...

J-Pole antenna makes contact with the ISS

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...

Great Midwest Blizzard

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...
Painting the J-Pole Antenna

Painting the J-Pole Antenna

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...