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...
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...
Hybrid GoodnessA good friend dropped off a radio and mic that he had received from a SK. It is a Kenwood TS-830s, which according to the serial number was manufactured December 1980. The TS-830s was the last of the Hybrid's manuf...
The Sweetness of Noise Free CopyI have been using my Receive only Loop on Ground antenna at my station for the past few weeks. It was connected to my SDR through my receiver protection switch from OK1RP . That switch protects...
How Extra is Your State?My amateur radio license was set to expire early in 2026, so I sat down to navigate the FCC’s renewal process. I don’t recall a separate payment system (CORES) needing to be tethered to an FRN a decade ago, but it’s there ...
Where is this dang thing pointing?Wire antennas generally have directionality broadside to the antenna but multi-band antennas have "lobes" of directionality that vary greatly as you go up in frequency from their fundamental frequency. I can gene...
Dirt Shark AntennaHow a Humble Wire on the Ground Can Transform Your Radio ListeningEver find yourself locked in a frustrating battle, wrestling with all those fancy knobs and buttons on your shiny radio to bring a signal out of the noise, just to catc...
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