Amateur Radio
I’ve tried a few times to build my 2nd EARCHI UnUn/Balun/Transformer in a nicer box and use 18 gauge stealth wire. I read http://www.webclass.org/k5ijb/antennas/End-fed-multiband-antenna-BalunDesigns.htm as well as VE3EED and several …
9:1 UnUn Testing Read MoreI took the Amateur Extra exam on Tuesday night and passed with a 48/50! Like previous exams, I used the ARRL spiral-bound books as well as HamStudy.org. The Amateur Extra …
Passed Amateur Extra Read MoreOn Thursday evening I participated in my first net! I was able to connect to the Colorado Connection which is a repeater network over many parts of Colorado – especially …
Nets, COVID Read MoreI went on the air. After using my SDR to listen to the 2meter band I realized there was chatter on a repeater at 145.310MHz. I looked it up and …
Signal Check Read MoreI should be studying. I took off today because I scheduled my Technician test for tomorrow. My plan was to review all day as much as I could so that …
Passed the Test, Iowa Trip Read MoreSHORTWAVE RADIO I realized last night that my CCrane Skywave SSB radio can only tune to shortwave and not VHF/UHF (even though it tunes to FM which is in the …
Shorwave and Ham Radio Read More