Simple Ham Radio Antennas

If you have trouble viewing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box:  https://youtu.be/ImCM1notTfg.  A well organized and presented video tutorial, review, and demonstration of the MFJ -939 automatic antenna tuner by HamRadioConcepts.  The author shows you some of the "cool" features of this fairly new "tuner", describes what comes with the device, and demonstrates some of its capabilities on his own HF transceiver.  The MFJ-939 is available from http://www.gigaparts.com for $159.95.  This looks like a good piece of equipment for a fair price.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free em-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles ARRL Field Day 2015 - a medium wave and long wave demonstration 2015 Emergency Field Day

I hope you had an enjoyable Field Day experience. I found this interesting 2015 Field Day Clip from the Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club (W1DDD).  I sure the lantern helped with logging chores and probably attracted a bunch of insects to this state of Maine location.  I enjoyed my brief time with the Big Island Amateur Radio Club in Hilo, Hawaii, as club members ran an old Yaesu-857D in class 1A.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  If you have trouble viewing this short video, please insert this URL into your browser search box:  https://youtu.be/kY-1S4y8Lj8.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

If you have trouble viewing this video, please insert the following URL into your browser seach box: https://youtu.be/p3Jv3cdaV2w. Steven (N4KTZ) presents a well-produced and easy to understand video tutorial on how Amateur Radio repeaters work. Steven discusses direct/simplex communications vs repeater communications and how a repeater receives and sends transmissions. Nicely done video. For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars. These news feeds are updated daily. You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed. Thanks for joining us today! Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

Global Ham Radio Event Starts Tomorrow – Hawaii Blog : Global Ham Radio Event Starts Tomorrow BY RYAN OZAWA  JUNE 25, 2015 The biggest community outreach and emergency planningeventamong amateur radio operators is coming this weekend. Field Dayis an educational and disaster preparedness exercise conducted by ham radio fans around the world. And in Honolulu , Field Day 2015will runfrom tomorrow morning through Sunday morning at Kualoa Regional Park . It’s being jointlyorganized by the Emergency Amateur Radio Club (of which I am a sporadic member) and the Koolau Amateur Radio Club. It’s the second year the two clubs have joined forces, with the EARC headed north. My first Field Day with the EARC in 2012 was at the University of Hawaii, and they set up at Bellows Air Force Station in 2013. I won’t lie, the core group of amateur radio operators is pretty hard core. They take the disaster preparedness angle of Field Day seriously, camping on site and operating purely on so

If you have trouble viewing this video, please enter this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/_k17koC2fEY. The Solarcon I-Max 2000 vertical antenna and its close cousin, the Antron 99 (A99), have served CB operators and 10 meter Amateur Radio operators for years.  The Solarcon I-Max 2000, used in conjunction with an antenna transmatch ("tuner"), can be used on the 10, 12, 15, 17, 30, and even 6 meter Amateur Radio Bands.  This video does an good job of explaning how to assemble, install, and use this versatile vertical antenna.  As with any vertical antenna, be sure to use a ground radial or counterpoise system.  My old Antron 99 remains in service as a standby 10 meter antenna and for CB contacts with my neighbors in my rural Hawaii Island subdivision.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into th