Just a little update on what’s happening with the KE4COL 145.230 Gold HIll repeater repairs/testing, and a few other cool things going on lately. KE4COL Mastr II UHF Appears Good To Go Back Into Service The 145.230(+)123.0 VHF Mastr II continues to behave well here in the lab since I serviced and realigned it […]
This post is a combination of a review of the MiniVNA Tiny analyzer and the results of using it to test another set of 6 Meter, 3 Element beams I built. I recently added the new MiniVNA Tiny to my lineup of tools here in the KK4ICE shack and workshop. I must say that I […]
I built this handheld 220Mhz, 6-Element beam yesterday. It’s constructed of a 48″x1/2″x1-1/2″ strip of Poplar, six silicon bronze welding rods, and a piece of coax robbed from an old, broken mobile antenna mount. The PVC handle added to the end is simply to make it easier to hand-hold. Initial testing of the antenna brought […]
Having recently acquired an Icom IC-7200, I’m looking forward to getting involved in 6-Meter sideband again, particularly the LaGrange Amateur Radio Club’s “Buzzard Net.” I happen to be “Buzzard #56.” When I was participating in the Buzzard Net before, my reception was very marginal, as I did not have an antenna at the shack which […]