Category Archives: Radio: Amateur & Broadcast

Amateur radio (ham radio) and the collecting and restoration of old radios… this is the place where you can find my posts on anything radio.

Getting The Coax In

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Kenneth Carr

How many different techniques for bringing a signal into the shack have you experimented with? I’ve tried a number of them. My first shack, outfitted with a Heathkit HW-101 transceiver, was in the basement. Immediately to the left of the HW-101 … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Commentary, Radio: Amateur & Broadcast | Tagged amateur, antenna, coax, coax-seal, duct, eaves, feed, feedthru, gap, ham, how, line, mfj, radio, seal, soffit, thru, to, transmission | 6 Comments

Installing a new Antenna: Gap Titan DX

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Kenneth Carr

Moving day was full of wind, rain, and flying November leaves. The day was made even drearier since my ham radio antenna (a used Gap Titan DX vertical) along with lawn furniture and a ladder were all stolen the day … Continue reading →