On 7/29/2022 1:18 PM, Brian - AI6US wrote: Last line of the article, " A hiatus of discussion on social media would be appreciated."

The second horse injured in the event has succumbed to its fall. Reinforces that Tevis Cup can be a dangerous event for both rider and horse and the extraordinary service amateur radio comms provide t

I clearly remember being awakened to the melodious sound of a night stick being rattled around the ribbed inside of a 30 gal sh*t can in book camp. Oh, wait, that wasn't characterized as music. ... Ne

For the group: Experience using a 24' painter pole for securing one end of a 40M EFHW or conventional CF dipole wire to in the field and for mounting a vertical in the field. Flexing issues? How much?

This year's Tevis, WOW! The media has pretty well reported on the above incident plus a couple of others, so I guess we can talk about them: https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/227863/trail-accident-dur

I offer this unofficially and unsolicited to those privy to and otherwise aware of an incident that happened where a rider and horse went "off-course". Due to it's sensitivity, please manage communica

"Back in the day" when setting up comms in a Red Cross shelter in an all metal building (i.e., a Faraday cage) at Santa Cruz County fair grounds, we set up a 2M antenna inside the building and fed som

OK, eyeballs, roll back forward again. Oh, yeah, and my head hurts!

I heard it on good authority (FaceBook, of course!) that the next iteration of Technician Class license will require the test taker to derive Ohm's Law:

Bravo Zulu!!!

#QST

No, not in the amateur radio services, but the US military. For general interest, thought some might be interested in this excellent presentation by Prof. Col. Stephen Hamilton KJ5HY, Chief of Staff a

Sooo simple and inexpensive to construct as Dennis' instructions, posted a couple years (?) ago, showed. I've built several for the price ARRL wants for theirs.

#antennas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-p9EIEVUA

I'm subscribed to emailings from Rohde and Schwarz, a German RF technology company, particular in the are of HF. They produce quite a bit of educational materials that are well done and pretty interes

Not radio related but my fellow former squids might feel the pangs of pain in this ppost: https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/uss-the-sullivans-appears-to-be-sinking-at-buffalo-and-erie-county-naval-

Hi Jef -- Didn't mean to suggest in any way that I favor tiger tails. Rather I've long questioned their value since long ago reading in an RSGB book I had on VHF /UHF antennas re HTs being designed to

This post I'm expecting to stir up some conversation re the tales of "I found good results with ..." that abound in amateur radio. Thought I'd revisit "tiger tail" counterpoises and handy-talkies. I j

I think one of the first things one could do to increase the capability of a Baofeng would be to replace it with a Yaesu, Kenwood, or Icom. Jus' sayin' 😂

Terrific post, Alan! Apparently the Ukrainians are using UV5Rs for intra-squad comms. Ref the pic (screen grab) I'm including that is of a Ukrainian soldier interview. Looks like a VHF antenna with it

I've been to National Cemetery, Punch Bowl on Oahu and seen the memorials to those lost (unrecovered remains) in the WWII Pacific Theater and the Vietnam Veterans of America 50% scale of The Wall, plu