Recommended Repeater Operating Procedures

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Recommended Repeater Operating Procedures Use simplex wherever possible freeing the repeater for necessary uses. Monitor the repeater (listen) or determine if the repeater is in use, and if there are any peculiarities in its operation. After listening for a few seconds, identify, un key and listen to see if it was quiet for a reason,…

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6 Meter Halo Antenna Design

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This halo antenna by KB1DIG  is made with a true Gamma Section this time and is fashioned from aluminum. Most of the parts are leftovers from old car projects. The best part is it’s omnidirectional!       The 3/8″ fuel-line I used came from Summit Racing Equipment: http://store.summitracing.com #SUM-G2538, and a 25′ section costs…

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Notes on Cubic Quads

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Cubic Quads KQ6RH (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Ray Jurgens (Up-Dated 2/25/2000)    Cubic Quads   The cubic quad is a very popular way to get reasonably high gain and excellent front to back ratios as well as low angles of radiation for without going to extreme heights. Here I present several designs that that achieve…

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The ZS6BKW Multiband HF Antenna

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This is the antenna for you guys who want to get on HF effectively, and haven’t too much space or cash to throw around. Actually, it’s a design from ZS6BKW (aka G0GSF), similar to the G5RV, but it actually resonates on five bands, (well 6, actually) and doesn’t rely on a tuner (ATU) to make…

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