Have taken my JTB3 out of service. Still works jus' fine. VSWR remains <2.0. There's only one catch: I'm offering this antenna for the paltry sum of $0.00 to a new Tech-licensed member of our club. Fo

Indeed why we have radios and the vulnerability of our public telecom network. Noteworthy besides the Nashville bombing is the AWS outage that took down a lot of Internet service on the east coast las

For those of you who, like me, own a Kenwood TMV-71A and are already aware of the sloppy design of the MC-59 mic, i.e., the clock for the keypad scanner getting into the mic audio due to poor shieldin

Then there's the local constabularies who will be damned if they'll change from their "Adam, Boy, Charles, Frank, Edward," etc. phonetics. --

I wasn't aware of early, uncoordinated attempts at phonetic alphabets to facilitate clear voice comms. Enjoy! https://mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/From-Able-Baker-to-Modern-Day.pdf -- N6MED

I can you all a handful of spare dead batteries for whatever you have on your cards.

On-line storefront? https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-coronavirus-pandemic-42eee6f3d679db0ca78e1e2a41e8108a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AP&fbclid=IwAR3VXWpwOwWhC5VMueeC8v

Found this link on the USCG Face Book group. Presentation that revisits HF comm and it's application which old timers and newbies find interesting as an HF communications refresher. Rohde and Schwarz

Okay, not totally about radio though the hero DID handle 80% of the radio traffic. This is especially for all of you who have or had pilot's licenses. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPrF1rdlMF

Chasing squirrels like I sometimes do on YouTube I found myself on the Nagoya NEVEX web site/page where Nagoya provides info to determine if an antenna is real or fake. So, with no further ado, here's

https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/N6MED

It's getting really bad. I got this from a very authoritative and reliable source (FaceBook)

Excellent stuff, Carl! -- Jim

Thought this might interest the group re how a flame front (e.g., a wild-land fire) affect propagation. Heady stuff but for all the engineers in our club: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspac

Anyone know a radio shop I SHOULD have taken my rig to?

To the RVers within range of w6ek.groups.io -- I'm researching cell phone "signal boosters" (yeah, I know, they are actually repeaters). If you've got one either for your vehicle or for your RV, what

Though not radio related, but for the good of the order and health, check out this short video. Hard evidence of the efficacy of a mask to mitigate spreading cooties: https://www.khq.com/news/khq-inve

I offer this link to a piece that Andy Rooney did Memorial Day, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a93gjnVSyco&t=4s From Wikipedia on his WWII service. Mr. Rooney began his career in newspapers in

As reported by Forbes and numerous other sources including from the 'Continent': Microsoft’s Windows Update new KB4541335 update is “wrecking PCs”. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/04/12/

Sorry if I lacked clarity in my first response. 1. The "dust mask" so far as I can tell is made of paper and less porous than the pleated cloth mask and, IN MY OPINION the better option. My wife wears