KB5WIA Amateur Radio

Now that I'm using the dual receivers for EME, it's time to optimize performance to get the most out of the small antenna system tha...

This last weekend I upgraded the EME / Satellite station by adding a separate receive line to the 2-meter antenna array. This means that th...

I've been upgrading my station to improve EME (earth-moon-earth) capabilities. Many components of the station are already set for E...

This weekend I spent a few hours in the ARRL August UHF Contest. The contest ran from 11am PT on Saturday, August 4th to 11am on Sunday. ...

The 2012 ARRL June VHF contest was a lot of fun again this year! As in 2011, I camped near the summit of Mt Diablo (grid square CM97) and o...

As described in an earlier post, a few weeks ago I burnt out the azimuth portion of my Yaesu G-5500 rotator (similar to a G-5400) after the ...