Feb 2022 - Our prices are changing

We have maintained the same price for over 10 years – since long before we opened the web store. Unfortunately, our profit margins have been taking a steady hit:

• The 1.5mm nitinol wires cost a bit more than the 1.1mm wires did
• We now have connectors custom made in order to improve quality
• We’re getting everything in black now so that things look snazzy
• Material (particularly metal) prices have been slowly but steadily increasing over time
• Due to issues with COVID we haven’t been able to gather as many suckers volunteers from the local ham radio community to help with manufacturing.
• Because of the above, I’ve needed to pay another company to build the Signal Sticks™ for me, which has a very measurable effect on the margins which actually exceeds the increase we’re making here.

Wed, Feb 2, 2022

2021 Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale

Another year passed and we’re in November already! Several of you have asked already if we are doing a Black Friday sale – as a policy we don’t give out details of any sales before we announce them. This is a good company policy because aside from other considerations it nicely obscures the fact that I usually decide exactly what we’re doing while we are typing up the announcement. Shhh… don’t tell!

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

2020 Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale

Wow – this has been quite a year! So far this year:

• The pandemic led to the need for fully remote exams, which mostly use our ExamTools system
• SignalStuff owner Richard, KD7BBC, changed to half time at his day job (this has always been a side project, did you know?) so he could spend more time on HamStudy and ExamTools development – all funded by sales from this site!
• We partnered with S&K Antennas to bring you the Signal Staff
• We introduced graduated volume discount pricing for Signal Sticks™
• We introduced colored Signal Sticks™ – including a fully Glow In the Dark signal stick, because you know you want one ;-)
• And most recently (in the last few weeks) we finally have a vehicle mount super-elastic antenna, the Signal Stalk™!

So, it seems like a good time to celebrate =] And so we introduce to you the 2020 Black Friday Sale:

Thu, Nov 26, 2020

2019 Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale

This sale will start on Nov 29, 2019 at 12:00 am MST and run through midnight on Dec 2, 2019.

We have for you this year:

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

2018 Black Friday sale – all antennas 25% off

From Friday, Nov 23 through Monday, Nov 26, 2018, SignalStuff will be running a Black Friday sale with all antennas 25% off!

Wed, Nov 21, 2018

Improving the SMA-F connector caps

It’s interesting how sometimes small side effects can add up over time to be a real problem.  Recently I’ve had a couple of concerning support requests which led me to start taking some measurements, and I discovered something concerning: our SMA-F connector covers have been gradually changing over time, slowly enough that I had not noticed until it started being an issue for a few customers.

Tue, Jan 30, 2018

2017 Black Friday sale - all antennas 25% off

From Friday, Nov 24 through Monday, Nov 27, 2017, SignalStuff will be running a Black Friday sale with all antennas 25% off!

Wed, Nov 22, 2017

Happy World Amateur Radio day!

In honor of this day we are offering free shipping on all orders to anywhere from today (April 18) through Friday, April 21, 2017.

Tue, Apr 18, 2017

Choosing the correct antenna connector for your radio

It seems we have not so far done a very good job of helping people figure out which connector is which, so this is a handy guide to help you figure out which antenna connector you need!

Mon, Aug 15, 2016

What kind of gain do the Signal Sticks™ have?

Questions about antenna gain

Probably the question I get asked most is “what kind of gain do the Signal Sticks™ have”, and “why don’t you list gain on the site?”  I have answered many people individually, but it comes up often enough that I figured I should probably write up an explanation.

Mon, Jul 4, 2016