Last year I built an Over-The-Air TV antenna system for my mother who wanted to cut the cable. Worked fairly well when I installed it, and I marked it up as the best over-designed antenna system I’ve ever installed. Lately, she’s reported that some of her channels have disappeared. Been racking my brain to think […]
Category Archives: Amateur Radio
Electric Graffiti
Sometimes you find the funniest things in the most unexpected of places. Here’s a log from my session with the Winlink node operated by KE7XO at 14103.5 KHz: *** Connected to Winlink RMS: KE7XO @ 2019/01/26 17:51:23 USB Dial: 14103.500 at 2019/01/26 17:51:23 *** Station Bearing: 297, Range: 1751 km *** Hola, Bienvenido a mi […]
2019 Radio Fiesta
Went to the San Antonio Radio Fiesta in Schertz, TX this weekend. First time there. Small convention, but well-attended. It appeared to be slightly disorganized, and many of the vendors folded early, so really it felt like a garage sale. Otherwise, a good way to spend a few hours. They had actual convention talks and […]
Portable Tree
My experiments with raising a portable antenna mast continued this weekend. Building on the lessons of my failed first attempt, I went back to the drawing board. After a few delays in getting out to the field (thanks to early winter sunsets and busy schedule), I finally achieved success in raising an effective 20 meter […]
Lessons at Terminal Velocity
The joy of failure is that I am forced to learn from my mistakes. It feels joyless now, but really it frees me from the burden of choosing to learn. Either I learn and improve, or I will no longer be burdened with finding joy. Work began this weekend to implement a portable 40′ tower […]