I will take the blame for allowing my Kenwood TM-V71A transceiver to be abused. Witness the result of my abuse illustrated in Figure 1. The DC power cord has become horribly frayed and worn. And that to the point of an imminent short! But let this be a warning to others to mind what is going on with your equipment… Read more »
Chelsea Amateur Radio Club member Wesley Cardone (N8QM) has devised an antenna topology he is calling the “Rail-Pole Antenna.” The reader may already be aware that Wes has consistently maintained that all antennas are merely dipole antennas in disguise and this one is no exception. Wes is willing to give a series of presentations to the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club… Read more »
Listen to yourself. For the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club net of Tuesday, January 9, 2024, the entire net was recorded for your listening pleasure.
What do you sound like on the Chelsea 145.450 repeater? Here is your chance. We recorded the net of April 18th, 2023 and have it below for you to listen to. There may also be other recordings of interest. Click and listen. In addition, selections from the Washtenaw 145.150 repeater may be heard here.
Dale Cole (K8TS) of (also for reference) the Jackson Cascades Amateur Radio Society has offered some tips on how to determine when to work a DX station such as the Bouvet operation. Go to: DXsummit.fi and open the site: As I look at the chart, 30 meters looks best between 1400 and 0100z, 17 meters between 0200 and 1300z with… Read more »