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 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...
by Michael Martens | Dec 27, 2010 | News
The price of copper tubing, the main ingredient for the KB9VBR J-Pole antenna has steadily increased for the last six months. Unfortunately, due to the rise in material prices, there will be a light increase in the price of the J-Pole antennas. I am anticipating...
by Michael Martens | Dec 13, 2010 | News
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...
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