If Cell Service Goes Down
Ordinary Wisdom [Paul] During emergency situations, you don’t need a ham license to communicate (talk) and can listen anytime. Main thing is to have a radio at least capable of listening and preferably being able to talk to another ham operator as needed....
Mounting Wire Antennas
Ordinary Wisdom [Justin asks] If an end-fed wire antenna is mounted over a roof as an inverted V, does it matter where the counterpoise wire is located (elevated or on ground) as long as it’s not under the antenna? [Paul responds] The good news is that the...
Antennas (A Discussion)
Ordinary Wisdom [Question] I still have yet to buy the Chameleon EMCOMM II V2 antenna that I had set my sights on. May have to wait until sometime next year for the funds. Regardless, I am still looking at how folks have deployed this EFHW antenna. Some have replaced...