KB5WIA Amateur Radio

It's amazing how much UHF power can be consumed in sub-optimal connectors! A week ago I measured the 70cm power output at the Az/El an...

The ARRL January VHF Contest was the weekend of Jan 22-23 this year. Last year I operated from Mt Vaca (CM88), but this year I decided to o...

This weekend I replaced the 4-element Arrow VHF beam antenna with a 7-element M-Squared 2M7 VHF beam. The main reason for this was because ...

I spent part of the New Year's weekend moving the satellite array from the testing location (next to my garage, between two houses) to i...

Dates: August 6-9 2011 QRV: Aug 7-8 2011 Modes: Satellite (+?) Plans Plans are coming together for a satellite mini grid-expedi...

Now that the weather has started to turn wet here in Northern California, operating with the portable satellite rig in my backyard is gettin...

This is a trip report from a mini satellite "DX-pedition" to the remote valleys in northern Death Valley National Park. The entire...