Electrical Bonding for Ham Radio on a 2016 Jeep JK Unlimited
This is Part 11 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will explain how to electrical bond a Jeep Wrangler to improve radio performance on the high frequency...
The Station Log What's New?
Routing Coax Through the Cargo Door of a Jeep JK Unlimited
This is Part 13 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will explain how to get coax and antenna controller cable through a Jeep’s cargo door. Amateur Radio...
Upgrading Coax to the Mobile HF Antenna
This is Part 12 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will upgrade the coax that runs between the HF transmitter and the screwdriver antenna. I also will...
World Humanitarian Day
Thirteen years ago today, a bomb targeting a UN Assistance Mission in Iraq killed 22 people and wounded more than 100. Of the dead was UN Special Envoy Sérgio Vieria de Mello, a Brazillian,...
Nuclear Science Merit Badge
Dresden Nuclear Power Station, the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States, is located about three miles from Rainbow Scout Reservation near Morris, Illinois. It produces about 850 megawatts of...
Preliminary Tuning of Little Tarheel II Antenna
This is Part 10 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will walk through a preliminary tuning of a mobile HF antenna. Amateur Radio Equipment to Install None...
Installing a Little Tarheel II on a 2016 Jeep JK Unlimited
This is Part 9 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will explain how to mount a screwdriver antenna to the Cargo Door. This Part will NOT address pulling...
How Volunteerism is Changing
Community Service has been a compulsory part of growing up in the United States for at least two generations. Kids track service hours for nearly every extracurricular activity, secular or spiritual. It should come...
Engine Noise Impact on Mobile HF Radio Communication
This is Part 8 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will explain a simple experiment that I used to measure noise in my Jeep Wileys. Cars are hostile...
Installing the TuneMatic Lite in a 2016 Jeep JK Unlimited
This is Part 7 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. Because the antenna system on a mobile HF stations have very unique challenges, I have broken the antenna installation into several...
