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Showing posts with label HAM radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HAM radio. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The best ways to study, and the worst ways

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I've been taking on line courses, which have final exams at the end. So I found this article interesting: Highlighting Is a Waste of ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Is Ham Radio in the US experiencing a revival?

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It may be, if the number of people getting new licenses is an indicator: Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High The new...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

Ham Radio "Field Day" 2011

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It's an annual event, which happened June 25th this year. PBS did a nice piece about it: Hamming Up the Airwaves When a giant tornado d...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Amateur Radio Officer in Kabul will be Missed

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I heard about this attack in the news. And as sometimes happens, I later read in the ham radio news that one of the people involved was an ...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

No more magic: "Why should I get a ham license just so that I can talk to a bunch of old geezers about their latest heart bypass operations?"

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I recently read this in a thread in the QRZ forums. Has radio lost it's "magic" for the younger generation? Is amateur radio...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Wouxun KG-UVD1P/440 dual bander

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I read that "Wouxun" is pronounced "Oh-sheng". This inexpensive Chinese import is becoming very popular: The Wouxun KG-...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Get Radio Comparisons at RigReference.com

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This is a really useful website I've discovered: Reference and comparison guide for ham radios: Above is just a partial screenshot. The...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

FT-817ND: The QRP Machine of my Dreams

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In amateur radio, QRP operation means transmitting at reduced power levels while aiming to maximize one's effective range while doing so...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

FMS/GRMS radios, AA batteries and the FCC

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I've been thinking about getting a GMRS radio, to monitor our local citizens patrol group out here in the boonies. I like this set: Mot...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Ham Radio assistance for Haiti repelled

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Radio hams flee Haiti after convoy fired on Eight radio amateurs from Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) who were operating under the callsign HI8...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Shortwave Radio Nostalgia for a Sunday

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In my reading about Ham Radio topics, there are often articles about well known Ham Operators who have passed away. "SK" (for ...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

My new 2 meter band Jpole antenna works great

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Last month, I went to a local Hamfest in town. One of the vendors there was Jpoles.com , a business that manufactures and sells Jpole anten...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Morse Code Study - Methods, Then and Now

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I'm studying International Morse Code to use with Ham Radio, even though it isn't a requirement for a Ham license anymore. I woul...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

What happened in Morgan Hill, California?

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This all happened on April 9th. This is the first I've heard of it: A Cyber-Attack on an American City Just after midnight on Thursday...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

How I passed the Ham Radio Technician's Test

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[2011 UPDATE: the current test book does NOT look like the one pictured here. If you buy a test book, make sure it's the most recent ve...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Nostalgia for "tube" radios, a.k.a. "boat anchors"

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"Boat Anchor" is a term used to describe vintage amateur radios , which are often large and bulky. As they were replaced with sma...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

The American Radio Relay League, my missed opportunity, and my fun new hobby

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As I've been reading up on Ham Radio (a.k.a. Amateur Radio), a hobby I've always wanted to pursue, I've found out a lot of inter...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Oregon Emergency Amateur Radio in Action

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When I bought my police scanner a while back, I made sure it had the capability to scan Ham Frequencies too, so I could find out what kind ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Police Scanners part II; back to the $100 models

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In an earlier post, " Learning Ham Radio; start with a Police Scanner? ", I was looking at $200 scanners, attracted by all the bel...