by KR4DYT | Jun 18, 2025 | My ham experience
I have a tripod from a photography back drop kit that I got from a yard sale years ago. Over the years I’ve used it for a lot of different things, mostly holding lights, or setting up for photo/video. Today, it became an antenna mast. If you’ve been...
by KR4DYT | Jun 16, 2025 | My ham experience
My wife bought us tickets for the Atlanta Braves. That was going to put me pretty close to the Ham Radio Outlet in Atlanta, so we left early enough to go by before the game. I wanted to discuss my antenna issue with them (you can read about my antenna issues in a...
by KR4DYT | Jun 12, 2025 | My ham experience
Since making my first contact, I’ve been experimenting with my 2 mobile radios, a QTY 980 Plus, and a Yaesu FT2500. For my very first contact ever, just 6 days ago, I had the Yaesu hooked up to a Tram 1480. The antenna was leaning in the corner of my basement,...
by KR4DYT | Jun 6, 2025 | My ham experience
I made my first QSO this afternoon, pretty much by accident. All of the peripherals that I needed to get on the air came in the mail yesterday. I’ve been playing with the radios that my son gave me all afternoon. He also loaned me his SWR meter, so I was seeing...
by KR4DYT | Jun 5, 2025 | My ham experience
I have some new radios! I’ve been researching, and pricing, and looking, and… well… its hard to know what direction to go as a new ham. But, my son, who is a ham already, offered up some radios he’s not using anymore, so now I have something to...
by KR4DYT | May 26, 2025 | My ham experience
The short answer is it doesn’t feel like much… I’ve spent a lot of time in the last 2 weeks on YouTube and some websites trying to do some learning. All I’m working with right now is 2 UV5R Baofengs, both with upgraded Nagoya whips that...
