SHREVEPORT, La. - I had an interesting conversation with a buddy the other night when I mentioned using a TV antenna. He laughed and said “I thought you were serious for a minute.” I was serious. I ...

Its origins have been lost to history, but this weekend some hardy Ayrshire souls will tackle a unique tradition - and all to win a ham. The greasy pole challenge in Irvine sees teams attempt to scale ...

Sean is a journalist at Football FanCast, covering English and Scottish football, transfer rumours and more. Starting his professional career back in 2019, he has held a number of full-time and ...

Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa — all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the North Pole” through ...

[My Ham Radio Journey] wanted to see if a “common person” (in his words) could build an effective vertical ham radio antenna. If you look at the video below, the answer is apparently yes. He started ...

Abstract: The proposed antenna is suitable for a GPS-based Radiosonde Receiver Station. The receiver station antenna system consists of two antennas (directional antenna and omnidirectional antenna).

If you’d have asked us for odds on whether you could successfully turn a canned ham into an amateur radio antenna, we’d have declined the offer. Now, having seen [Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)]’s “hamtenna” ...

Many sailing yachts have found that when these antennas are spreader mounted, the mast obscures the signal. Their flag pole solution overcomes this problem, without impinging on deck space or ...