With outstanding help from friends the underground conduit work at the K9ZW Island QTH got finished. My friends at Backus Electric helped source the materials and lent me a very useful piece of equipment to heat PVC conduit so it can be bent at will. From the island Mike Cornell brought his tractor, skills and […]

With outstanding help from friends the underground conduit work at the K9ZW Island QTH got finished. My friends at Backus Electric helped source the materials and lent me a very useful piece of equipment to heat PVC conduit so it can be bent at will. From the island Mike Cornell brought his tractor, skills and… Continue reading Conduit to Connections

Have a couple bits of kit to check out antennas and feedlines. The TDR is sort of like a sonar looking down the feedline/system for anomalies. The bigger analyzer is newly acquired and small is one I have been perfecting “operator error” for some time.   I have a couple project antennas, a couple purchased […]

I took this antenna apart in 2018, and moved it to our Washington Island QTH just in time to have my tower relocation project stall with the CCP-19 Virus outbreak. Six years later it is reassembled. The weather was nice for an hour and pouring rain the next, so I was able to get the […]

(This a rewrite as WordPress.com ate without leaving the least sign the first draft. Actually self-deleted several drafts and scheduled posts. Not helpful.)   EDIT 9:30 AM June 4th – Seems Powerwerx takes speedy delivery to heart, as my order was just dropped off at my office!  Alas I won’t be able to break into […]

A quiet reminder to keep in touch with your friends and family. When people get old and/or take ill, it seems to come in waves. This week a cousin told family that cancer has spread into two areas and types of cancer, which puts things into uncharted territory for them. A friend’s wife who also […]