• Which Power Supply Should I Get, Switching or Linear? What’s the Difference?

    One of the least confusing purchases you can make in amateur radio has lately become one of the most complicated, namely the one of buying…

  • Antenna Design Some Things To Think About

    1.Two thirds of the output of an antenna comes out the bottom half of the antenna. 2.The larger the radius the better the Q…

  • Coffee With Dan

    Friday morning, Gary KD6QLT, Susie KD6TVO and myself, Glenn WB6RLC ventured out to the Hyatt in Indian Wells for coffee. Not just…

  • Hamfest Update

    We are very close to the Hamfest for March 15, 2014. We have some great things planned for everyone. Doors…

  • Want to be a HERO?

    HERO stands for Hospital Emergency Radio Operator. ARES and the Desert RATS have a team whose job it is to…

  • Isolation Transformer

    An isolation transformer is a transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of alternating current (AC) power to some…