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  1. KK3Q

    Restoring some old VHF/UHF Beams

    Well, the AC is out here due to lightning strike last weekend so I figured if I was gonna sweat I may as well work on these antennas. I took some before an after pictures and got a few surprises. One of them being these are KLM antennas, can't imagine the cost of them new! The boxes that I...
  2. KK3Q

    Slim?

    Not sure if this was a valid contact or not but I can't see anyone going to all the trouble to work the digital modes as a pirate. The call was H7HGH, H7 is assigned to Nicaragua but the call doesn't show on QRZ/Hamcall. Guess I'll wait to see if it shows on LoTW/eQSL.
  3. KK3Q

    Help With VHF/UHF Beams

    Some months ago I purchased a bunch of antennas from SK estate, all 6M through 432. There are two which I am thinking of pressing into service for satellite work but they need some TLC and I have no idea who made them. So what I'm looking for is any clues as to who made them so I can get a...
  4. KK3Q

    Portable Antenna Choices

    If you had to carry an antenna around for possible emergency use which would it be? I am writing a little ebook about the 6 choices that I might consider: Multi-Band dipole Cage dipole Single-band-dipoles Off-center fed dipole Vertical dipoles Delta loops Of course the antenna would...