KM4BLG Wins the September 2020 QST Cover Plaque Award

QST Cover Plaque Award

The winning article for the September 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “Easy to Use Antenna Mast for Portable Operators” by Zach Thompson, KM4BLG.

The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue — is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article today!

SOURCE:ARRL

Antenna

W8AMZ 80-6m OCF Dipole / Windom Multi-Band Antenna w/ 4:1 Balun

November 25, 2015 No comments

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LOOP RX 160/80/40

September 23, 2015 No comments

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JK Antennas JK65 6 Meter Yagi

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The Navassa-5 is a five band – JK Antennas

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Grounding a Counterpoise on End-Fed Half Wave Antenna

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Review

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Remote Antenna Switches – Ham Nation 410

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Man climbs 400-foot TV tower at WKMG News 6 in Orlando

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Equipment

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Icom IC-R8600

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DSP Noise Cancelling Speakers

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News

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ACOM Company Tour

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