Ham Radio – A contact sport

Propfire, the Firefox radio/solar propagation data plugin that displays sunspot/prop data in the status bar, is now (finally) compatible with Firefox version 3.0.  I had sent a plea for help to the developer community as some major changes to the browser had led to a number of issues.  Trevor Hobson kindly offered to review my [...]

After last season’s pathetic performance on 160 and 80 meters, it’s time to figure out what to do to replace the AlphaDelta DX-B half-sloper. The half-sloper design is questionable and is highly dependant upon many variables that differ from site to site (tower height, antennas, mast, sloper height, angle, etc.).  I had low expectations for [...]