Gots to get some radials out on the antenna! Listened to Brazil (PT7ZT [1]) and if I heard it right, Armenia (EK something something something) on the 20 meter band tonight. Couldn’t do a damn diggity about powering through the pileups around the Brazil station because the antenna isn’t properly counterbalanced with ground radials. The…
My 43′ vertical antenna kit and enough coax to park it at the top of the backyard are whizzing their way to the Tuck as I type this. It’s the final piece of the getting-to-broadcast-on-HF puzzle. A 43′ vertical is a nice compromise antenna that can be tuned with my radio’s on board antenna matcher…
Mad props to the pops who is now tight with the FCC with his Tech license! After consulting with my adopted Elmer, K3HIR, I’m definitely eschewing the obsessive parts of antenna hanging so I can get on the air. Tonight I’ll be stopping on the way home after work for some coax and a couple…
As of 20090731, I am licensed to transmit as KD0INM by the FCC. I’m completely stoked and will be updating this space with my adventures. Yay me! So far, then, other than the license I have acquired a used and ever so slightly abused Kenwood TS 530-S. I haven’t yet put it on the air…