Amateur Radio Blog Posts. Ham radio events, operations and local news
The Sun Can Power Your Ham Station and a Whole Lot More! Solar power or specifically, solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, have become increasingly available as a power source. Solar PV is ideal for powering Amateur radio equipment because PV panels are almost always designed to charge 12 volt battery systems. Coincidently, most Amateur radio equipment
VERTICAL DIPOLE Since I had purchased the Kenwood TS-590 transceiver a few months before I got my license, I needed an antenna (or antennas) right away for listening on the ham bands. The antenna that I put up first was a vertical dipole for 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters. The reasons for this selection
How to renew an expired LoTW callsign certificate and let RumLog sign and upload to Log of the World for you.
If you have ever tried transmitting on HF from a tall block of apartments, where it’s just not possible to erect a substantial aerial system, then this article is for YOU!
First impressions using the WSJT-X FT8 on Mac OSX and TS-590S
A simple javascript to calculate QUAD Antennas This script was originally available at this address http://calc.n6ach.com/quad.html but page is currently returning a 403 error.
I can’t verify if these info are still valid and in use. I stored here for reference. Atlantic Weather – Controller Herb Hilgenberg – Callsign SOUTHBOUND TWO Time Area Frequencies Chan No 2000-2200Z Atlantic/Caribbean Weather 12359 kHz 12C 1940-2000 Check IN 12359 kHz 12C Caribbean SSB Weather Net – Controller Dave Time Area Frequencies 1230-1300
Download Files MORSE1 MORSE2 These are 200 Morse Code QSO`s which might typically be heard on the HF bands. They were designed to give people who are learning Morse Code some practice with real life Morse contacts, rather than using text passages from books, or random letters generated my computer. It is intended that the
