KB5WIA Amateur Radio

This weekend I had fun working the second leg of the 2015 ARRL EME contest .  There were two legs for VHF operators, one at the beginning of...

China's recent effort to send a spacecraft to the moon has had a nice benefit for VHF ham radio.  Attached to the last stage rocket is a...

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' ...