It’s been a while since I’ve had done a VHF contest. It’s been since September of 2018 since my last VHF contest which you can read about it here. I actually took some initiative and set up a 3 element 6m Yagi and a 3 element 2m Yagi. The 6m Yagi was mounted on a 10 foot tall mast. The 2m Yagi was mounted on my 12 foot painters pole. Neither one was extremely difficult Read More …
For several years I have been using my HM-103 microphone on my ICOM IC-706 with no tab to lock the RJ45 microphone tab in place to the transceiver. In addition, I recently ordered a cable crimper from Amazon for about $19.00 that also came with a cable tester and 100 pieces of RJ45 connectors/plugs. After a little bit of some research on Youtube. I found some videos on how to replace network cables. I had Read More …