Blog: Wes Cardone

Event: Michigan Parks On the Air

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 ...

2024 Chelsea Light Parade Volunteers Needed

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 ...

Multi-Band Antenna Optimization Presentation

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. ...

Club Net Time Changed to 8 PM

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 ...

Designing an Antenna Tuning Stub

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 ...

Feed Two 50 Ohm Antennas from One Transmitter

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 ...

Dexter Library Presentation 6-12-2024

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The 2024 Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Swap and Shop

The 2024 Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Swap & Shop was a huge success. The weather looked down upon us favorably as well. Please tune in later for photographs taken of ...

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