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Articles View More Articles!
Ten Meter Surprise
What can we do to protect this band from intrusion?
A Sleep Strategy for DX Contesting
An "eHam Classic" by K5ZD
GM0B -- CQ WW SSB 2008
GM0B -- CQ WW SSB 2008 MM0BHX takes you inside the action.
Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
How to capture and decode those strange noises heard on HF.
Changing USA Amateur Radio Numbers?
AF6AY breaks it down
Hamfests
Why do you attend, or not attend?
HF Mobile Antenna Mounted Front or Rear?
Which is more effective and why?
Claiming QSL Cards
ON7RU poses a few questions on card requests.
Has the Magic of Radio Gone Away?
Have we become less interested in the "how" and "whys" of RF?
Optimizing the Atlas 210X VFO with a 5,520 kHz IF
WD4CHP walks you though the process
 
News View More Ham News!
This Week on the Radio:
Weather Spotters Receive Award as Severe Weather Comes Calling:
Global Emergency Network Marks Record:
Canadian Amateurs Receive Limited 500 kHz Privileges:
Delta Division Gets New Leadership; Great Lakes Division Remains Unchanged:
Tom Jednacz, W7QF (SK):
Leonard Award Nominations Due December 8:
New Basic Antenna Book Available from ARRL:
ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration:
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #48 de K7RA:
Ham (WB0CMZ) Dies in Tragic Accident:
KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2008-33:
DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #48:
Earth Calling: WC Ham Radio Links Up with Space Station:
New Online (French and English) Ham Magazine!
Section Manager Election Results Announced:
Radio Enthusiasts Communicate Across the Dial and Around the World:
CQ Magazine Calls on FCC to Resume Amateur Enforcement:
Voice from Above Greets Ham Radio Operators:
Maldives to be Activated by Kazakhs:
Local Radio Group Calls for Contact Info on Cell Phones:
Walter W. Shellingosky, W9SDH (SK):
Radio Tower Still Doesn't Sit Well with Penn Township Neighbors:
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day:
Donald Henley Jr, W6BAD (SK):
Spectrum Defense: The ARRL's Primary Mission:
Last-Living World War I Veteran Saluted Over Ham Radio Broadcast:
CQ Communications Acquires WorldRadio Magazine:
 
Product Reviews View More Reviews!
Array Solutions Powermaster - THREE CHEERS!
Begali Camelback - Outstanding key
Tarheel Antennas - BUILT LIKE A TANK
LDG Z-100 Low Cost Autotuner - ib spite of other comments
Sprat - very FB!
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Nov 21  Trade Icom IC901A N5DC
Nov 21  Heathkit SB 1000 W4MLO
Nov 21  SW-40 Tuning Encoder KF2YD
Nov 21  Thf6a KD4HLL
Nov 21  Andrews LDF 6-50 1 1/4" Hardline W6ZO
 
Calendar View More Calendar Events!
First 5 Upcoming Events  Location Start Date
Technician and General Radio License Classes Marina del Rey, CA 11/22/08
30 Meter Digital Weekend Nov 22/23 11/22/08
Amateur and commercial exams San Pedro, CA 11/23/08
S.S. Portland W1P MA 11/28/08
2008 CQWW CW Contest 11/29/08
 
Survey View Results & Other Surveys!
The Antenna - Buy or Build? Ham radio has changed over the years...Do you still build antenna's, or do you buy a commercial product?
[439 votes since 2008-11-20]
  I still build my all my own...
  No time/inclination to build, I buy commercial...
  My station uses a combination of both...
  I'm an Experimenter, always constructing/trying something new...
  I'd love to build, but for reasons, I can't...
  I have a limited income, I HAVE to Build!
 
Spots View More DX Spots!
0708   1822.5    GW3KGV  
0707   10120.0    UA6HMC  
0707   14012.0    YL90DQ   gd. op
0706   7008.0    6M0IU  
0706   3512.0    E51QQQ   good sigs now
0706   7032.8    N2KPB   WHO WAS THE 7S?V CALLING ME
0706   7070.0    F4AQG/P   CHATEAU
0706   3507.0    FK8CP   Remi
0705   14025.0    T88CI   up 2
0704   3511.2    EA4KD   Pedro
 
 
Spotlight VU3SPQ / Sunny
VU3SPQ / Sunny Primary equipment: Yaesu FT 890 with 757 HD / CAT controlled, Yaesu FT 840 with Homebrew Power Supply, Yaesu FT 900 with Homebrew Power Supply, Yaesu FT 2400 VHF Base, Yaesu VX 5 VHF / UHF Handheld Antenna: A3S - Three Element Tri Band Yagi at 160 ft from ground level, 20 / 40 M Inverted "V", 3 EL Mono Band Beam for 20 M Band, Dipole for 80 M Band Sony Infrafred Stereo Head Set (Move around shack / No RF) Wireless (FM based) Hi-Q Microphone modified for HF (Move around shack with the MIC) Heil GM-5 Mic with HC-5 Element for Dxing on the Heil Boom. Online Logging and QSL printing : CommCat Software (Excellent Software) QSL Card: QSL Manager KF9TC Also will QSL via www.e-qsl.cc instantly. Call me if you want to reach me on +91 9849512222 anytime or call me on my USA number +1 707 780 3022. (Both the numbers land in my shack in India.) Will update soon ! 73's and 88's DE VU3SPQ

 
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Strays Add a Stray!
There was a great reprint recently on E-Ham about living with PEP. Brought up a good question. I know many modern rigs support 1.8KHz tx bandwidth and TCXOs for use on 60M, but given what was in the article, how can we know precisely that we're running 50 watts? I set my 746Pro for what should be about 10 watts on a non-peak reading meter when running 60M, because I'm afraid of calibration issues making me illegal. 73 de K9CTB k9ctb@comcast.net
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Speakout View More Topics
DXCC Status
A contributor states, "Currently there are only two countries that do not issue Amateur Radio licenses to their citizens, Yemen and North Korea. Thousand of deserving Ham's worldwide who enjoy working DX are shut out of any hope of obtaining the #1 Top of the Honor Roll status due to this. It would seem rational that these two countries (and any others who take a similar position) should be deleted from the official DXCC list in view of this. Why recognize a country on the DXCC list that does not recognize Amateur Radio? What say you?"
 
Forums View All Forums
Recent topics in CW Forum:
Minus Sign
Vibroplex Paddle Design - Why?
Morse Code Apnea
Best CW interface.
help with iambic and letter "a"
why?
 
Ham Radio Links View More Links!
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KN4LF 160 Meter 1/4 wave Inverted L Antenna 2.3
KA5ROW Douglas Cain 2.6
KB7YOU Chris Levin 3.5
KB0YKI's Radio Zone 2.5
KB7UV - Web Home of Andy Funk 1.5

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Friends Remembered View More
Greg Schneider (W9IEI)
Joe Coffield (W2DDZ)
Eva "Marie" LeGrand Mo (KI4VFZ)
FRANK S DARMOFALSKI (W1FD)
Lewis Allen (K5POW)
 
Shack Showcase VK6BCP
VK6BCP VK6BCP running a proper Ham Radio Station in a Mercedes Unimog truck. Picture shows it with a 15m Yagi.

 
Propagation More info

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