by kb9vbr | Feb 11, 2026 | Activation Log
Over the years, I’ve demo’ed countless end fed half wave antennas. Operation on most of them is pretty much all the same. I’ve said numerous times that an end fed, is an end fed, is an end fed. Despite minor differences, you are going to get similar...
by kb9vbr | Jan 28, 2026 | Activation Log
Between Christmas and New Years typically affords us a bit of down time and this video is our third annual holiday POTA rove. Putting a string of new parks together is getting a bit more difficult as we’ve pretty much done everything within an hours drive of...
by kb9vbr | Jan 21, 2026 | Activation Log
My first real exposure to the Rybakov antenna was back about two years ago. I was playing with the Chameleon URT-1 remote tuner and needed a portable vertical to demonstrate the tuner’s usefulness. I ended up combining the Chameleon 17 foot whip with the...
by kb9vbr | Jan 14, 2026 | Activation Log
I’m a long time Heil Headset user. I love the fit of the BM-17 dual side headset and it has served me well for many, many years. But that model was discontinued last year and a replacement is not yet available. I’ve gotten countless requests on what is a...
by kb9vbr | Dec 26, 2025 | Activation Log
I’ve been making annual top ten lists of my videos for many years. I find it really interesting, when I crunch the numbers, which ones resonant with the audience and which ones don’t. Sometimes I know when I have ‘lightning in a bottle’ and...
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