Over the years, I’ve demo’ed countless end fed half wave antennas. Operation on most of them is pretty much all the same. I’ve said numerous times that an end fed, is an end fed, is an end fed. Despite minor differences, you are going to get similar results. But there is one one end fed The post This portable antenna crushed four ham radio bands in the park appeared first on KB9VBR Antennas.

I’ve been doing Winter Field Day, give or take, for about 10 years. There’s been a couple years when I had other things going on and couldn’t participate, and one year the where there was so much snow that we couldn’t get into the cabin we were planning to operate from. Needless to say, every The post Winter Field Day 2026: Extreme Cold Edition appeared first on KB9VBR Antennas.

Between Christmas and New Years typically affords us a bit of down time and this video is our third annual holiday POTA rove. Putting a string of new parks together is getting a bit more difficult as we’ve pretty much done everything within an hours drive of Wausau. So Joe and I set our sites The post Did I Just Break the Radio? A Winter POTA Rove appeared first on KB9VBR Antennas.

My first real exposure to the Rybakov antenna was back about two years ago. I was playing with the Chameleon URT-1 remote tuner and needed a portable vertical to demonstrate the tuner’s usefulness. I ended up combining the Chameleon 17 foot whip with the Chameleon MIL-EXT extension to create a 25 foot monster I dubbed The post The Rybakov Antenna Gets a Serious Upgrade appeared first on KB9VBR Antennas.

I’m a long time Heil Headset user. I love the fit of the BM-17 dual side headset and it has served me well for many, many years. But that model was discontinued last year and a replacement is not yet available. I’ve gotten countless requests on what is a good substitute for the BM-17, and The post Koss SB40 Headset: Best Bang for the Buck appeared first on KB9VBR Antennas.