J-Pole survives the blizzard of 2010

Today we’re busy digging out from the one of the biggest snow storms of the season. On Saturday the upper Midwest received anywhere from 9 to 20 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. Once the snow stopped falling, the wind picked up with 35 mph gusts and frigid...

Christmas antennas

My busiest time of year for selling antennas is actually the month of January. I think what happens is a lot of hams get new radios for Christmas and then realize that they need an antenna to go along with it. Instead of waiting until after you’ve received the...

SKYWARN Recognition Day

The first weekend in December marks the annual National Weather Service’s 2010 SKYWARN Recognition Day. The event celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARN operators visit NWS...

Simulated Emergency Test 2010

Once again the KB9VBR J-Pole Antennas played an important role in the Marathon County ARES/RACES Simulated Emergency Test. This year we decided to set up a fully functioning incident command post and operate five net control stations during the SET. At the same time...