Watch ham operator K7ZS, as he demonstrates his powerful antenna launcher. His potato launcher does great for hanging those hf antennas high in the sky. Ham radio operators want to launch their wire antennas for ham radio use, and the goal is to find the highest tree branch and aim. I believe the goal here […]

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I was monitoring my station when I heard a Peaberry SDR Transceiver Kit (an HF transceiver for Software Defined Radio) on the air, and I was impressed with the transmit quality. The ham operator said he was doing QRP and he said he was using only 1 watt! Impressive for sure, considering that the propagation […]

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Winter has come and is on its way out. I had a 1/4 mile roll of #14 gauge electric fence wire. I was about to make an attempt to finally get on the Top Band, with the building of the giant 160 meter dipole. Bring it on! I’m going to tell you that it was […]

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The 80 Meter Doublet Antenna — 88 Ft/25Ft 300 Ohm Twin-lead This is my experiment with the 80 meter doublet antenna, using TV twin-lead wire, which is 300 ohms. This was a spur of the moment project. I built this antenna and quickly tried it out in February of 2013. My initial aim was actually […]

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From March 4, 2013 to May 26, 2013. Giving One Free Radio A Week! R & L Electronics will be hosting a giveaway — 12 free radios. There will be 1 winner each week for 12 weeks! They will give away 4 of each in 12 weeks. R&L Electronics Giveaway March 4 — May 26 […]

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The Kenwood 570 settings are few in number, but necessary for enhanced TX and RX audio. The Kenwood TS-570 is quite a workhorse of a radio, even though it has been discontinued and now considered a relic. A small amount of time and patience is required to achieve favorable results. With proper settings, a good […]

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Kenwood 590 EQ Réglages The Kenwood TS-590S EQ settings will give the user optimum TX audio if properly configured. This transceiver is hard to beat for the money. Some will use the default mode, while others take the benefit of the ARCP-590 software. Follow this and you will have sparkle and articulation. TX EQ Settings […]

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The dipole is one of the most popular antennas, especially in the low HF bands. The formula for a half-wave dipole is 468 divided by the frequency. Here is a dipole length chart. Frequency — Quarter Wavelength (ft) — Total Length (ft) 1.9 — 123.1 — 246.2 3.75 — 62.4 — 124.8 5.36 — 43.7 — 87.4 […]

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Yes, there is a way to improve audio quality with the Behringer Xenyx 802 Premium 8-Input 2-Bus Mixer with Xenyx Mic Preamps and British EQs. The Behringer mixer is a cost effective way to enhance the sound coming from your iPod, computer, radio, etc. Mine arrived in the mail just a few days ago. Right […]

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So you want to hear your HF station online and live? Seriously. It is quite possible to hear yourself transmitting in real-time. No, this isn’t some half-baked online receiver, where nothing works right. This is the real deal. Go to this website — w4ax —. This is just absolutely killer! I’m listening to amateur radio […]

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