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Articles View More Articles!
Easy Method for Cutting Grooves for the DK3 Screwdriver Antenna Coil Form
A handy step-by-step tutorial
Drake TR-7 Improvements
An "eHam Classic" by SV9DRU
If It Seems Too Good To Be True...IT IS!
A few tips to avoid getting scammed on the ham swap sites.
Ham DMR Digital Kicked Up a Notch
How to make that HT work better in the car
Technician Class License Reform
N5DBX presents his proposal
Look Mom, No Ladder
How to get your antenna in the air while keeping your feet on the ground
Get On the Air -- With CW!
Some handy tips to make your on-the-air experience much easier.
An Example of Amateur Radio Used In Every Day Life
KC7BYP shows how antenna theory knowledge can help out in other areas
The Magic of Six
KJ4DGE urges more ops to give this band a try
Comparing Ham Radio to CB
A comparison on just how much real estate hams have.
 
Product Reviews View More Reviews!
MFJ-935B - DOA
HUSTLER 4BTV - Fuss free antenna!
Yaesu FTM-3200DR - Decent radio - terrible fan
Bird Model 7181 Coaxwitch - The one and only Bird Coaxwitch
ICOM IC-9100 - It's a Keeper. Great radio. A total Ham station all in one unit
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Jan 16  YAESU FT-450 SERIES W3IF
Jan 16  CN 801HP Watt meter W0FJR
Jan 16  Icom IC-Z1A K7GTF
Jan 16  Elecraft KX3 KC2ROF
Jan 16  Rohn 25G K0BAS
 
News View More Ham News!
Property Owner Wants to Remove Ham Radio Towers from atop Islandia Hotel:
New Hamvention Update:
We Can Now Watch Solar Storms in Real Time, and it's Going to Be Epic:
Radio Group Try Out Experiments with Equipment:
Army Veteran Stranded on Beach with Broken Leg is Saved after Morse Code:
Amateurlogic Episode 100 is Released:
Amateur Radio Operators Assist the National Park Service:
VK6WIA -- NewsWest, 15 January 2017:
Foundations of Amateur Radio -- #84:
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #2 de K7RA:
ARRL Asks FCC for New 5 MHz Band, Retain Channels and Current Power Limit:
ITF-2 CubeSat Set to Deploy from ISS:
International DX Convention, Visalia, CA:
Lack of Radio Operators a 'Significant Gap' in Region's Earthquake Response
DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #2:
Just Ahead In Radiosport:
Illegal Drone Transmitters Could Interfere with Air Traffic Control:
FCC Dismisses Two Petitions from Radio Amateurs:
President Obama Renominates FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel:
Nevada ARES Stand Down as Flood Threat Abates:
The Doctor Will See You Now!
New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, Occasionally Show up on HF:
Radio Club of America Announces New 'Wireless Women' Section on Website:
The YASME Foundation Announces Excellence Awards, Supporting Grants:
Warm Up With the January VHF Contest, January 21-23:
Winter Field Day is Just Ahead:
In Brief...
Getting It Right!
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2046, January 13, 2017:
RSGB: VDSL Interference:
How Australian Town Helped a Doomed Plane Win History's Greatest Air Race:
Ham Talk Live #47 -- D-STAR Setup:
A New Way to Compare HF Antennas:
Minimal Change in Latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:
Talking About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:
Amateur Radio Roundtable -- Martin F. Jue, Founder of MFJ:
Students Reach Astronauts Through Enhanced Radio Room:
Rainbow Middle School Students Talk to Astronaut on Space Station:
Adapting Morse Code to a New Generation of Technology:
VK6WIA -- NewsWest for 08/01/2017:
Foundations of Amateur Radio -- #83:
Amateur Radio Headed to Pickaway-Ross:
Ely Connects via Ham Radio to North Country Scenic Trail:
Bracewell Radio Sundial:
IHSG Appointed BEKO Reseller:
FCC Dismisses Two Petitions from Radio Amateurs:
GigaParts Opens Las Vegas Location:
Licensed Ham Radio Operators Sought in Farmington Hills & Farmington:
Roland Man Tapping Into Global Airwaves:
 
Calendar View More Calendar Events!
First 5 Upcoming Events  Location Start Date
Cowtown Hamfest FOREST HILL, TX 01/20/17
North American QSO Party, SSB 01/21/17
W3UU Winterfest Harrisburg, PA 01/21/17
Whitman ARC Winterfest Whitman, MA 01/21/17
CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW 01/27/17
 
Survey View Results & Other Surveys!
What do you do with your back issues of ham radio magazines?
[237 votes since 2017-01-12]
  Recycle them.
  Take them to my doctor's office.
  Take them to work.
  Store them in the basement.
  Throw them in the garbage.
  Burn them.
  Other.
 
Spots View More DX Spots!
Time Frequency     Callsign Comment
0629 14013.0     R1238M
0629 14183.0     UA9UDX CQ ARCK
0629 7100.0     R170VN 5 OKEAH
0628 7045.0     P4/S50N TNX QSO
0627 1821.1     PJ2/K8ND up 1 tnx
0627 14150.0     R170VN
0627 3512.0     S59A
0627 7015.0     ZL2AIM simplex
0627 14188.0     RU0SYL
0625 5357.0     EU7A
 
 
Spotlight 40 years of radio hamming from comand set to kenwo
40 years of radio hamming from comand set to kenwo Yaesu FT-101 for cw and now Kenwood 570D for SSB on 20 and 15 meter;Drake receiver for SWL . Hygain 3 element beam. All good for retired life.

 
Strays Add a Stray!
In "For Sale" ads, is it really "TOO MANY RIGS"? More likely, it's "NOE ENOUGH CASH".
N9LCD
 
Forums View All Forums
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    Ham Radio Links View More Links!
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    Friends Remembered View More
    Robert "Bob" Lipp (KC7CRR)
    Vinny Porcaro (K3VJP)
    Gary E. Harkins (KJ7JE)
    Gordon Kittel (W3GK)
    Gary Storm (Stormy) (N7WX)
     
    Shack Showcase KB1OOX
    KB1OOX We just did a big QTH move and not done with the shack yet new walls are going in. Rig is a Kenwood ts440sat,ts820s Yaesu 2800m , Heathkit 1kw amp. Antenna is windom wire 260' in a flat top. 73

     
    Propagation More info

    Issued 2017 Jan 17 0305 UTC
    Flux: 78 A-Index 2 K-Index 1
    Actv:No space wx storms observed.
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