by kb9vbr | Aug 1, 2025 | Activation Log
This week’s video takes us on a rove of three different parks in Southwestern Wisconsin, using three different antennas. It’s also a race against time as I try to activate these parks in advance of an impending rainstorm. You can watch this week’s...
by kb9vbr | Dec 9, 2024 | Product Focus
The K4QCD Dually is two antennas wrapped up into one package. On one side you have an End Fed Half Wave with a 49:1 transformer. Flip it over and on the other side is an End Fed Random Wire antenna with a 9:1 transformer. The dual transformer concept is the best of...
by kb9vbr | Jan 24, 2024 | Product Focus
The folks are Coffee and Ham Radio did it again! This time with their Ares End Fed random wire (non-resonant) antenna. What’s a random wire antenna and why would you want one? Let’s talk about that as we put this antenna together. Coffee and Ham Radio (CaHR) Ares...
by kb9vbr | Oct 4, 2023 | Parks on the Air
What’s your favorite part of camping? The fire, the food, the ham radio? Chris and I share that and more as we explore the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Southeast Wisconsin. The Kettle Moraine State Forest POTA K-4352 and Long Lake Recreation Area K-4260 is a...
by kb9vbr | Sep 6, 2022 | Parks on the Air
A late November, 2021 activation takes me to Council Grounds State Park (POTA K-1447) near Merrill Wisconsin to get on the air before ARRL Sweepstakes obliterates everything. I also show how to quickly deploy, in the parking lot, an end-fed half wave antenna. Like...
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