Ham College episode 138 is now available for download. Technician Exam Questions Part 25 T9A – Antennas: vertical and horizontal polarization, concept of antenna gain, definition and types of beam antennas, antenna loading, common portable and mobile antennas, relationships between resonant length and frequency, and dipole pattern. T9B – Feed lines: types, attenuation vs frequency, … Continue reading Ham College 138

Ham Radio License Class Buena Vista, Colorado  The Technician license is your gateway to the worldwide fun and excitement of Amateur Radio Earn your ham radio Technician class license Learn to operate on the ham bands, 10 meters and higher Learn to use the many VHF/UHF FM repeaters in Colorado Pass your FCC amateur radio license exam in class Schedule: Continue reading Technician Class – Buena Vista, CO→

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Reverse engineering VARA FM part 1 – Connection request Without the ability to decode messages, how could we possibly enforce FCC Part 97.113(a)(4)? The Modern Ham The “Every Ham” Radio Contest You can only submit 5 contacts. K3CAN Did FT8 save Amateur Radio? Do you believe all those FT8 signals would transfer to CW and […]

Hello and welcome to Episode 611 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts check out a iNTERCEPT, a unified web interface for software-defined radio tools . Topics include download and installation, initial configuration, features, impressions, and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week. 73 de LHS Team

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In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's...

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Ham College episode 137 is now available for download. Technician Exam Questions Part 24 T8C – Operating activities: radio direction finding, contests, linking over the internet, exchanging grid locators. T8D – Non-voice and digital communications: image signals and definition of NTSC, CW, packet radio, PSK, APRS, error detection and correction, amateur radio networking, Digital Mobile … Continue reading Ham College 137

FCC warns licensee on out-of-band transmissions Amateurs are reminded to exercise care when programming non-Amateur frequencies into their VHF/UHF radios, and to ensure that transmitting on those frequencies is disabled. ARRL CW for pop pickers The (not really) mysterious world of Morse Code training vinyl records. EI3LH Raven: New AREDN mesh chat A decentralized mesh […]

 My birthday came and went just the way I like—without fanfare. I’m not one for big parties or everything that comes with them. I turned 66 this year, and since retiring 7 years ago, time has sped by.Back to my birthday, and about three days later...

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Hello and welcome to the 610th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode we discuss the Ham Deck, YOLOlinux, WSJT-X Improved, and more! We'll see you in Xenia, OH at Hamvention in May! 73 de LHS Team

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Pebble HF An ultra-affordable QRP radio kit with big potential. QRPer DLARC: The radio geek’s doomscrolling antidote Immerse yourself in a digital collection of Amateur Radio and communication artifacts. RadioWorld Two Amateur Radio operators tapped into a Soviet frequency Did they hear a woman burning alive in space? Popular Mechanics The power of the whisper […]

Be Kind - Send Good CodeI have created a number of training aids to help me recognize morse code letters and words over the years, and I've used CW decoding apps on my phone to help me check if I'm sending copyable code. But I wanted to create a comput...

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Ham College episode 136 is now available for download. Technician Exam Questions Part 22. T8A – Basic characteristics of FM and SSB: Bandwidth of various modulation modes: CW, SSB, FM, fast-scan TV, Choice of emission type: selection of USB vs LSB, use of SSB for weak signal work, use of FM for VHF. T8B – … Continue reading Ham College 136

It's time for The Weekender! This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you. 73 de The LHS Crew

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In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Baofeng UV-5R Mini Review.

 

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OOTA: Out On The Air Any location. Any antenna. Any power. OOTA What’s new at DLARC We have lots of new documents and movies from Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Radio Amateurs’ Club. The club has been diligent about documenting its history: they recently sent dozens of documents, images, and films. Zero Retries A visit to Italy’s Begali […]

 About 10 years ago I posted about backing up your PC. Since May 2016 when I posted I would image even more radio op's depend to some degree on their PC's. Even if you are a minimalist when it comes to mixing ham radio and computers I am sure m...

Making QSOs with a Tiny Solar Panel Last year I bought a 5 watt solar panel and a little rechargeable battery for $14. This week I made two QSOs a day for 8 days powered only by the solar panel in the window. I wanted to find out if I could really make QSOs with […]

Tektronix 475 - The Beats Keep ComingA friend recently gifted me a Rigol spectrum analyzer and I've been having fun with it diagnosing and fixing problems with one of my antennas and looking for RF interference in the house, but that's for a future pos...

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Hello and welcome to Episode 608 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts check out a ham-radio focused dashboard called OpenHamClock. Topics include download and installation, initial configuration, features, impressions, and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week. 73 de The LHS Crew

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 Unpacking the FAA's Boeing 787 Transponder DirectiveAs SARC Communicator editor I read a lot of blogs, club websites and other sources of amateur radio news. This one particularly caught my eye.The sourcehttps://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2026/03...