KB7YOU - Radio and Electronics Page

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-73- Chris - KB7YOU.

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Welcome To The KB7YOU Ham Radio Site

Short Wave Radio - Lately, I have been tuning in to SW broadcasts and I've found a great site for finding programs. Check out the WWW Shortwave Listening Guide .

Installing Comet trunk lip mount on my Saturn station wagon . I installed 2 mounts, one for use with a Comet SBB-7Vhf/Uhf antenna and one for use with Ham Stick antennas.

Backpack and Portable

(Pictures) I finished the basic designs for a mount with vertical and dipole supports that hold Ham Sticks and my military whips. My goal was to create a light weight, simple, easy to match HF antenna for portable use. Click the pictures link to see some pictures I took while trying out different designs and mounting options.
I have used these antennas and several variations over the last few years on camping trips, side-of-the-road operations and even in my front yard on occasion. Several things can really help when you are using small, home made, portable antennas: A notebook and good note taking skills; an antenna analyzer of some sort (if you are into such things - I am) and an antenna tuner. A few years back I had a chance to evaluate and write-up the QPack antenna tuner; I'm still using it and that's about the best recommendation I can give! My original review is below.

Read my review of the QPack antenna tuner from the people at Miracle Antenna.
[ Read review online ] [ Download PDF file (66 KB)]

Whip Review
Read my review of the AT-271 A/PRC military surplus 10' whip.

Yahoo Groups - HFPack group .
This is an excellent group to join if you are interested in portable or QRP operations. The folks in this group are knowledgeable and friendly. The HF Pack group also has several on-air nets throughout the week.

Click HERE to visit HF-Pack and get the schedule.

KB7YOU Operations

KB7YOU Operations Manual - This is my operations manual. It contains shortcuts, tips and notes that I use while operating my station. Although it is specific to my needs you might find it interesting. An operations manual is something that every operator should have. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to ask!

QRN

RF Noise Identification Site - Audio files and descriptions of QRN
GO BPL- The BPL information web site.

My Biography

History of KB7YOU

My Station

Description and pictures of my equipment

Tutorials

Beginning topics in amateur radio.

Other Stuff

Common Radio Frequencies
Battery University - Learn all you need to know about batteries.
Flying Pigs QRP - An interesting site dedicated to QRP.
Learn more about amateur radio - This ARRL site gives a nice overview of the hobby. Learn more and join our ranks!

Pictures

My daughter Tori at age 2 - She is fascinated by my radios and test equipment. She loves listening and playing with the knobs. Tori has gotten very good at operating my equipment. Her favorite buttons are the VFO and power switches. A new ham in the making?

Click for full size images.

Update February 2010 - Five Years Later

I cannot believe that five years have passed - It's February, 2010 and Tori is now a 7 year-old first grader. She still uses my equipment and space as her personal classroom and we spend a lot of time working on projects together. Her favorite project areas are robotics, photographing her toys, plants and animals and catching and raising bugs (the multi-legged ones.) I am a very lucky guy to have such a great child!

Thanks for visiting my site!

73 - Chris - KB7YOU

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