In building the ham radio 40/80 meter inverted v antenna I ran into a slight set back. My SWR readings were very high and I first thought my antenna or cable to be bad. Fearing the worst I found the problem. A short circuit in the SO-239 connector in my MFJ-259B Antenna Analyzer. This is how I...

VA7BC demonstrates the Spilsbury-Tindall SBX-11 Canadian Arctic/"Bush" radio modified to work on amateur radio bands

UU1CC Sample telegraph pounding using D.I.Y. homebrew Iambic Paddle

This video shows how to install a NMO type antenna mount..It was mounted on a 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck at Kcomm the ham radio store in San Antonio, Tx..I aquired my brother Tim KE5CFZ to help me.. The NMO mount requires a 3/4" hole which was drilled thru the roof just in front of the cargo...

Yup, there's even a video of THIS! Amazing, soon we'll see people opening up utility bills on youtube. Anyway, if you've always used RG-8 or RG-213, this is a nice step right past LMR-400 and into the real stuff. This is the last step before Heliax. The difference w/ 600 Vs the first...

This is one of my 144Mhz Mosfet amplifiers with Freescale MRF6VP2600H. This is a 49V Ldmosfet amplifier for 144Mhz which easily puts out 500 Watt in linear service. The amplifier exhibits a gain of around 20dB and noteable gain compression sets in above 500 Watts of output power. Not shown in...