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Just wondering if any one has had problems with the Antenna Farm? Have a friend that has ordered a radio from them and can not get any reply as to the status. Thanks KD8KCH

Obama and Biddon are on a sinking ship. Who gets saved? AMERICA!!!!!!

About a year ago at an auction of a silent key I bought wrapped in a plastic bag an labeled 2 Meter 10 Element. When I opened it up today I found a lot more pieces than I thought should be:blink: 2 driven elements + 18 rods for reflectors and directors. Turns out it has 10 elements for vertical...

A friend is doing some cleaning out of his shack so my project bench has taken on some weight. First item is a Heathkit HW 22 with both the shack and mobile power supplies. Don't have a variac (yet) so I am running it thru a light bulb to bring it up slow, started with a 40W for 12 Hrs. and...

Trying to get some ideas for setting up a 12V dc power distribution panel, getting enough things in the shack that it gets to be a mess with the different power supplies. Wanting to use a battery to supply with so the only way I would know that AEP (power company) was off again would be the...

I dialed a number and got the following recording: 'I am not available right now, but Thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the Beep. If I do not return your call, You are one of the changes.' ~~~~~...

I live in the middle of 5 acres of woods with 75 to 80' trees. Getting ready to put up 80' of tower to get my 2M & 70CM antennas above the trees so I can get a dicent signal to the local repeaters, 12 miles to the 2M and about 23 miles to the 70CM. Do I need to worry about the length of the guy...

Looking at putting up a G5RV for HF bands, real estate is not the problem but squirrels are (I am in a woods) so cordage to and down a tree are (these guys will chew on about anything). How much cord would I need off each end before going to say plastic coated cable to finish the attachments...

Waiting on the big brown truck to drop off the radio I am building a copper J pole for 2 M, one thing I am not clear on is the mounting. Does one need to isolate it from DC ground? Pictures I have seen are hard to tell but most look like it would just screw to a piece of pipe for a mast but...

Just passed the Tech. & General test today, now looking for a radio for when I get my license fro the FCC.