Juni, 2012

• 24 Juni

  Whither Vertical Antenna Design?

  Whither Vertical Antenna Design? (Trap and Loading Coil Losses With Vertical Antennas)  By Donald R. Newcomb,  W0DN In an earlier piece we talked about earth losses and their baleful effect  on vertical antenna performance.   In spite of much nonsense to the contrary,  the only way to avoid earth losses …

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• 24 Juni

  Vertical Antennas, Ad Hype and Technobabble

  Vertical Antennas, Ad Hype and Technobabble (A Self-defense Primer for the Beginner) By Donald R. Newcomb W0DN If you’re still waiting  for your first ham ticket you’ll soon be putting  together your first station and looking for an antenna system for the bands on which you can operate; if you’ve …

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• 24 Juni

  TM0CEZ IOTA EU157 Expedition

  http://tm0cez.webs.com/ F4FET Gil present: TM0CEZ IOTA EU157 Expedition IOTA EU157 is claimed by 35.6% of IOTA HUNTERSCEZEMBRE Island (réf. DIFM MA008 – EU157) planned 25/06/12HARBOUR Island (réf. DIFM MA025 – EU157) planned 01/07/12AGOT Island (réf. DIFM MA009 – EU157) planned 24/06/12QRV 40-20-17-15-12-10-6m TM0CEZ PLAN: DATE: active 3 to 4 different days …

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• 22 Juni

  KK4BFK, 8 Year Old Extra Class Ham Radio Girl

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0jcLjjoOU A nice collection of Photos and News Stories with Mikaila made into a Slideshow with some really cool music we found. Thank you each and everyone for visiting Mikaila’s YouTube Channel for those in Central Florida that is interested, Mikaila will be helping to teach a Amateur Radio where …

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• 22 Juni

  WG4Y, I am eleven years old and am an amateur extra class radio operator

  http://www.qsl.net/wg4y/ Hi,My name is Rebekah and my callsign is WG4Y. I am eleven years old and am an amateur extra class radio operator. I got my technician license in July of 2001 when I was eight. My first callsign was KG4OPC (Kangaroos Go 4 Odd Purple Cows). It took me …

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