KB5WIA Amateur Radio

In the days prior to the ARRL 2014 Field Day, there were postings on the internet indicating that crew on board the International Space Stat...

Yesterday marked a successful launch of the UK's FUNcube amateur radio satellite.  The satellite contains both educational experimen...

Here is an updated article for installing the FUNcube Pro+ receiver and MAP65, this time without using Linrad.  In this article, we'll ...

This last weekend was the first (144 MHz leg) of the 2013 ARRL EME Contest.  The contest scores 100 points for each two-way QSO via the ...

For this year's ARRL September VHF Contest, I set up the portable system near the summit of Mt Vaca.  Mt Vaca is close to 3,000' ...

Here are a few more of the RF Noise Maps that I have been creating.  Each one is made by sweeping the 2m antenna array in a grid pattern acr...

This was my first EME (earth-moon-earth) contest and I had a lot of fun but not much sleep!  The moon rose above my local hills past mid...