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Etch Your Own PC Boards!
Etch Your Own PC Boards! N2RRA provides some tips and guidance.
Emergency 'Channel' Proposal
NO6L presents his suggestion to improve emergency communications.
Are You a Member of a Radio Club?
KB2DHG urges you to get involved.
Is Ham Radio Good Brain Food?
Could regular CW operation delay Alzheimer's?
Thoughts on the '50-Ohm' Direct-Fed Dipole
WV4R recalls his first dipole epiphany.
What Am I Going To Do Now?
Is your interest in Ham radio waning? 2E0MCA just may have the solution!
HF Discones
Does anyone use one?
CQ, CQ, CQ from Kosovo
YO3AAS shares his operating experiences.
Was it Help Mail or Hate Mail?
It was effective, but was it the best approach?
The St. Louis Key
An "eHam Classic" by K0FF
 
News View More Ham News!
Winsted Amateur Radio Operators Survive Pseudo-Storm:
Ham Radio Tower Permit (W3YNI) Again Appealed:
Whitehall Flying Ace (WB3DPA) Served Country, Enjoyed Ham Radio:
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, Sets the Record Straight About APRS:
Ham Radio Operators Gather in Belton For HamEXPO '08 Swapfest:
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age:
Radio Communicationss Test Examines Emergency Preparedness:
Ham Radio Showing its Gray:
Canadian and American Hams Provide 'Textbook Example' of AR's Emcomm Role:
Radio Amateurs Assist with Hurricane Kyle Operations:
Army ARS in Iraq Seeks American Military Personnel to Lead Station:
Another World Championship Medal for ARDF Team USA:
ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference: 'Pretty Interesting!'
2009 ARRL Handbook (Eighty-Sixth Edition) Now Available:
IARU-Endorsed Booklet Promoting Ethics, Operating Issues, Now Available:
West Gulf Vice Director Appointed to Texas State Agency:
ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration:
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #41 de K7RA:
DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #41:
NAQCC Special Event Station N3A:
Boulder County Radio Club Gathers in Longmont:
Evolution: How It (Radio) All Started:
Cape Resident Loves Being a Ham:
BCF Student Responds to Disaster:
CSS Releases EmComm Ops:
Amateur Radio Operators Help Residents Communicate:
Ham Radio Operators World-Wide Talkers:
Challenger Center Links Students via Radio to the Space Station:
YL DXpedition to the Falklands:
FCC Assigns Contested Vanity Call to Wisconsin Amateur Radio Club:
What Does 'SOS' Stand For?
Solar Wind Loses Power, Hits 50-Year Low:
 
Product Reviews View More Reviews!
Heil PR40 Dynamic Microphone - YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT
Ten-Tec Delta 580 - Oh My! A Wonder of Simplicity!
WI4USA G3TXQ-6 Broadband Hexagonal Beam - Phenomenal
Yaesu FT-1802M - Miserable Scan Speed
Kenwood TH-F6A - Update on repair
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Oct 6  Wanted: Ten-Tec RX340 cabinet MMAGHAKIAN
Oct 6  ICOM HM-36 Hand Mic KC9BLT
Oct 6  SteppIR 3 Element 20M-6M Yagi in CA W6RBA
Oct 6  Cushcraft MA8040, vertical W6RBA
Oct 6  ETON E1XM SW PORTABLE N6UZD
 
Calendar View More Calendar Events!
First 5 Upcoming Events  Location Start Date
PARIS TEXAS HAMFEST TX 10/10/08
Technician License Class Eagle Rock, CA 10/11/08
National Wildlife Refuge Week 10/11/08
ARCA Hamfest Evans, GA 10/11/08
OAK RIDGE, TN HAMFEST OAK RIDGE, TN 10/11/08
 
Survey View Results & Other Surveys!
Should the ability to post a comment following an eham.net article be removed?
[1233 votes since 2008-09-24]
  No. Allow the comments to be posted.
  Yes. Remove the ability to post a comment.
  Allow comments from registered users with a legitimate, verified ham call as a user name only.
  I don't care, let them argue!
 
Spots View More DX Spots!
1002   432450.0    DM0HVL/B   jo62 519 in jo30
1002   18102.5    7L1WII   Sam
1002   18127.0    EA7ST   tnx Andy 73 Good signal
1002   18135.0    EE5GG   Especial event Volvo Ocean
1001   14072.6    UA0QHA   PSK31
1000   18135.0    EE5GG   Volvo Ocean Race SES
1000   50230.0    G8HVY   Tnx Graham - best 26 sec
0959   21021.3    DU9/DL5DSF   cq
0959   18102.4    7L1WII   RTTY, CQ
0958   432200.0    DL1RPG   gm, pse try jo30
 
 
Spotlight HF Station At WA3UVP
HF Station At WA3UVP After a year of design and construction,my vintage HF station console is complete. The lower shelf houses my Yaesu FT101ZD station. The center shelf houses Ten Tec Argosy 525D, Kenwood TS-450s, Drake TR-3. The top shelf houses a full Drake line to include a L-4B Linear, Drake FR-4 Frequency Readout/Counter and a Drake FS-4 Syntheszier. Always enjoy a good QSO! 73s Joe

 
Ask the Experts (Elmers forum)! View More Questions
Are you an expert? The following are recently posted questions...
RE: To Bury or Not to Bury? (2)
RE: Quick disable of "crowbar" circuit-A (6)
RE: Thank You (2)
RE: Radial ideas for 43ft vertical (13)
RE: 706MKIIG/MFJ 1279 Probelm (2)
 
Strays Add a Stray!
Looking for manual for KLM KT34xa please. Send link to J@model-image.co.za 73
ZR4LP
 
Speakout View More Topics
DXing Tips:
A contributor asks, "Can you offer any DX tips to new hams? What tricks/techniques over the years have you used to net new contacts, or get through pile-ups?"
 
Forums View All Forums
Recent topics in QRP Forum:
FT-817 & Macbook
Tuning wand for a QRP-Cub ?
Join NAQCC Today - It's Free!!
Help! Ten Tec 1340
Need help with an antenna! Please!
T2FD
 
Ham Radio Links View More Links!
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Care and Feeding of the MFJ 1278B for FSK ops 4.4
VK3JQ/VK3KCM and the Collins Compendium on the Web 2.5
AE5X - Outdoor QRP 3.8
Adventure Radio Society 3.5
Small Wonder Labs 3.6

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Friends Remembered View More
LE Roy Vest (WD5GMA)
James Grandmaison (KC1SE)
WILLIAM STOCKER (N8LFR)
Bob Wesslund (W0AUS)
Tom Higginson (GW3AHN)
 
Shack Showcase KZ1A- Simple but effective.
KZ1A- Simple but effective. Shack features FT-1000MP, FT-900CAT, FT-2600 for packet DX cluster, FT-1500 for 2mtr FM, AL-80B amp, Heil Gold Line mic., Bencher BY-1 paddles (chrome) and Compaq computer.

 
Propagation More info

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Flux: 67 A-Index 4 K-Index 1
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