OK, a little diversion from radio. As most of you know, in addition to radio, I’m an avid Amateur Astronomer. The weekend of 18 May provided an opportunity to delve into both hobbies. First up was the AEN-Mar Picnic up in Payson. Each may the hams who volunteer for public service get together for a weekend of Non Public Service socializing. This was my first trip up there and as usual, it’s always nice to put some faces to the calls I hear on the radio. A few familiar faces were there as well, Chris ...
Recently I started to look for a winter project and thought, "I rally need to improve my 6m situation". With that in mind I thought I'd look at some sort of 6m beam. I don't remember exactly wn=hen or why the word Moxon came to mind but it did, Thus is born the 6m Moxon project. The more I researched the moxon design the more I found to like. First is simplicity of construction, It's basically a rectangle of wire. then there is size, compared to a yagi the moxon is lot more compact. Then ...