Alaska Adventures: Getting Wheels
There are many little adventures that I barely remember about my ham radio and other activities in Alaska. Here are a few of them. Charlie Bellman, whose call I think was W9KMH, was in charge of the motor pool. He and I had one good adventure. Now understand that no one had a private vehicle […]
Alaska Antenna Adventures: Beer Cans and Moose!
My adventures in Alaska were a great introduction to “home brew” construction. Antennas are a big “do it yourself” area. You build it, you adjust it, you re-build it, you make it perfect, and in the next ice storm it comes down!!! That was in 1948. I find myself going through the same cycle today, […]
Alaska 1948: Stove Cold!
That stirs up some memories — thinking of my adventures in Alaska in the late 1940’s. My ham radio station was built in a Quonset hut which I lived in and shared with 3 other guys. This is a sheet steel half tube some 16 ft across and 32 ft long resting on 4 ft […]
The Ups and Downs of Sunspot Cycles
The good news is that the 10 meter band is wide open. The bad news is that I have low power (100 watts) on 10 meters and no antenna. Wait! Wait! The good news is that my vertical antenna for the 40 meter band loads up swell on 10 meters. And you can go around […]