By way of background, the basic design [Ben] uses here is known as a J-pole, a popular “my first antenna” design for amateur radio operators looking to go beyond the stock whip antenna that ...

In the end, it looks like the antenna works well. With the 4:1 transformer, the SWR on all the ham bands is within range of the radio’s tuner. We recently saw a fishing pole antenna that used no ...

Tim Keller, of Coram, positioned a dish antenna outside the Longwood Youth ... was one of several displays at the American Radio Relay League Ham Radio Open House in Yaphank hosted by the Suffolk ...

“Ham radio functions completely independently of the internet and phone systems and a station can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. Hams can quickly raise a wire antenna in a tree or on a ...

MATTOON — A new state-of-the-art repeater ham radio antenna was installed on Friday more than 160 feet above Mattoon on behalf of the Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub. A crew from Griffin Tower ...