by kb9vbr | Jul 4, 2025 | Activation Log
I’ve deployed a whole lot of different antennas in the 25 years that I’ve been an active participant of ARRL Field Day. Some have been utter duds and others have worked great. Some antennas seemingly should have worked well, but where the wrong choice for...
by kb9vbr | Jun 12, 2025 | Activation Log
Operating from the USS Cobia, a WWII Gato class submarine has been a bucket list item for me. The Cobia is docked at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, WI and I’ve long known that there is an active group of hams that put the sub on the air for the...
by kb9vbr | Jun 10, 2025 | Activation Log
This week we put the Radioddity HF-009 Vertical Antenna on the air. The HF-009 is a portable, center loaded, antenna that is ideal for POTA and SOTA activations. Frequency range is variable between 5 and 50 Mhz and power handling capability is 150 watts sideband and...
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...
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