Bill, This is fantastic!! I was the scale that I had not set correctly. I’ll have to wait until another opportunity to go to the park, but with Monday as a Federal Holiday I will have a time. Thank yo

Hi everyone. I am still not able to get the hang of using the VNA. I have instructions in front of me, and get to where I’m told the SWR will be on the yellow line, and I move through the range using

At least half a dozen club members jumped in to offer me help with my coax. Thanks to y'all I was able to test my antenna this morning. I'll look forward to seeing some of y'all tomorrow for POTA at G

Bill, thank you and I will see you in a bit at the meeting. Greg, thank you for your kind offer. David Sent from Mail for Windows

Greg, I have solder connectors, but my soldering iron broke. Yes, when it rains it pours! Thank you. David Sent from Mail for Windows

Hi Greg. The coax is RG-8X. I am planning on being at the meeting. And, I will pack my stuff in the car. Thank you! David AE4LH Sent from Mail for Windows

Hi Pete. Enjoy the hamfest and the 3 parks! I went out today to test out a 17’ telescopic pole antenna. My connector pulled off of the coax. So, now I don’t have any coax for the weekend. David AE4LH

Hi everyone! I'm planning on being at Government Canyon State Natural Area on Saturday for the POTA weekend. Anyone else planning on the event? 73 de David AE4LH

May the angels lead him into Paradise!

I am still not good with my nanoVNA, but I came across this YT video. It is step…by…step. For your consideration… https://youtu.be/1WkhsN9vZzM

Hilton and Jeanne are on the prayer list. Keep in the loop with his progress. TNX de David AE4LH Sent from Mail for Windows

This will be my first hamfest in .... many years. I need to check CHIRP and my HT (Talk in 146.94 Tone 167.9).

Hi Gerry. POTA activation was a success! Nano VNA work was a success! (Thank you Harold!) Had one of the park rangers come up and talk. He’s a ham. An excellent day of ham radio!! 73 de David AE4LH Se

Hello. At last night's meeting, there was mention of putting some wires in the air and activating a Parks On The Air (POTA). I will be in Parking Lot B at Government Canyon State Natural Area tomorrow

Derek, I enjoyed meeting you at last night's meeting, and I enjoyed your Pi-Star presentation. I have heard of DMR, D-STAR, and Fusion, but had never seen a focus on any of them, and how they could be

Hello everyone. This would be so much fun. Great of the dad to share the hobby with his child. https://youtu.be/HiV5axT77T0 73 de David AE4LH

Thank you, JC! I cobbled together a connector. Thank you for (always) stepping up to the plate to help. 73 de David AE4LH

SOLVED! While I was continuing my search for an adapter I saw an SMA to S0-239 cable that was included in my last batch of SMA adapters. In another batch of BNC adapters, there was a BNC to SMA. I con

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! I was trying to add an image to this message, but it looks like I placed it in the FILES section (it is called SMP_20230102_1551.PNG). It is my estimate for wire le

Happy Holidays to all! I was sent a gift! Now I need to work at putting it to use. The various BNC capped lengths of coax must go with the dipole centerpiece at the top right. Are the two spoils of wi