I have only been doing amateur radio for just a few short years (2019) but in that short time I have lost count of how many times I have heard the claim that when you use an antenna tuner, you are only fooling yourself. For internal and desktop antenna tuners, there are certainly cases where that is true. I have… Read more »
This next Saturday is the Third Saturday of the month. Don’t forget to join us for breakfast at Stivers at 9:00 AM. This is not limited to club members or even licensed amateur radio operators. Maybe you are interested in amateur radio for yourself or your children. This is where you will get all the autoreactive information you were hoping… Read more »
In earlier club presentations, Jim has gone into details about the inner workings of his Hustler 4BTV HF antenna. This is a real lesson in antenna electromagnetics on a practical basis. The January club meeting will feature a continuation of Jim’s antenna concerning its annual calibration and a physically damaged trap on the antenna that was discovered. Below is the… Read more »
Michigan Parks on the Air is sponsoring an event on June 7, 2025 at Michigan’s Fort Custer State Recreation Area (near Agusta, Michigan). For more information please click on the above image to visit their website or email them at MichiganPOTAmeetup@gmail.com. Michigan Parks on the Air Meetup is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Parks on the Air®…. Read more »
Each year, the city of Chelsea hosts a light parade celebrating the Christmas season. This year the parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 7, 2024. Licensed amateur radio operator volunteers are needed to work with the Chelsea Police through the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club. Please contact Jim Grissom (KD8RFW) to volunteer for this event.
At the November 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club, Wesley Cardone (N8QM) will briefly and superficially present the theory behind the optimization and calibration of a multi-band antenna. Wes will be taking his example information from measurements he made together with Jim Grissom (KD8RFW) on Jim’s own HF antenna installation. This will be basic stuff, folks. There will… Read more »
Each Tuesday, the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club hosts a net on the Chelsea Repeater sounding from 145.450 MHz with a pl tone of 100 Hz. That is every Tuesday EXCEPT the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The club has traditionally held its Tuesday net at 8:30 PM but effective October 22nd that time is moved ahead to 8 PM. Please… Read more »
I just wanted to tell everyone about my interaction with the FCC and their website. A fellow ham and I were trying to get his license renewed online and were having a lot of trouble navigating their website. We had to call their help line 4 times! Out of the times we called, three different persons were universally kind and… Read more »
I recently acquired a fine quality VHF antenna having about 9 dB gain. See below my initial efforts at designing a tuning stub for it. The antenna already has excellent characteristics but it only makes sense to optimize it. Please look for updating articles to come describing my work regarding getting this antenna up and running.
Wes Cardone presented at the July 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club the principles of directed energy by means of multiple antennas. The principle is that you rob from the rich and give to the poor. We decide on a pattern that we want our dual-antenna configuration to produce and then place the two antennas a defined distance… Read more »