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Articles View More Articles!
Why is this Band So Magic?
G0KSC describes his operating experiences on 6-meters.
The New Car and the Antenna Problem
Does that porcupine look ultimately hurt your vehicle's value?
Poor Positions
K0BG provides guidance on safe mobile installations.
An Affordable Hobby In An Age Of Expense
KB2DHG shows you how inexpensive Ham Radio can be.
How to Succeed At QSL'ing 'Without Really Trying'
An "eHam Classic" by W3WN
Building My Own Stealth Antenna
KG7MCH shows you how to get on the air without being noticed.
A Ham Radio Operator's Night Before Christmas
Merry Christmas to All!
Don't Ship Glass Tubes via FedEx
K3TLP shares his horror story.
Yaesu FT-7800 Install
KD7DYV shows you how to do a late model mobile installation.
Abandoned Antennas and Radio Sites
What would you scavenge?
 
News View More Ham News!
Children Hail Others from Faraway Lands:
Father-Son Amateur Radio Buffs Ready to Help in an Emergency:
Power Grids In Peril from Geomagnetic Storms:
Kids Get to Ham It Up a Bit:
W1AW Winter Operating Schedule:
ACMA Publishes Revisions to the Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:
Son Charged in K4QE's Death has First Court Appearance:
Charles Camillo, W9ISV (SK):
South Pole Operation -- KC4AAA:
ARNewsline Report 1638 -- Jan 2 09:
Ham Radio Boy:
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #01 de K7RA:
Walter Farley, K4QE Killed in Home Invasion:
Radio Day Puts Kids On the Air:
KN4LF Propagation Forecast #2009-01:
Radio Operators Help Replace Antenna Damaged in Ice Storms:
ID Theft and Police Scanners:
DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #29:
BARC Presents Local Teen, (AC0MX) with Prestigious Award:
Amateur Radio Operator, (W3HXH) Licensed for 70 Years:
These Amateurs Act Like Pros When an Emergency Calls:
Wireless Rules the Waves:
Ham Radio Club to Hold 'Kids Day':
HamFeed: The New Ham Repeater on Twitter:
Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network (WICEN) Does It Again:
Hams Provide Communications as 911 Service Goes Offline in Oregon:
Health Center Purchases Ham Radios for Emergency Communications:
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum Selected for Radio Contact with ISS:
Rewind -- The Russian Woodpecker:
Santa Patrol Helping Police:
Gus Kovats, W6RSI (SK):
Children are Invited to Get 'Radio Active' with Hams:
Magnetic Field Hole Could Cripple Communications:
Restrictive Zoning Ordinance Proposed as Court Date in CA Ant. Case Nears:
Radio Tower Appeal Rejected:
CQtube.com Re-Launch After Server Hack:
Pike Students Get Hands-On With Ham Radios:
Storm Spotters Play Major Role in Weather Warnings:
Samuel J Semel, W2SHE (SK):
Secret to Man's Longevity: Turnips Greens, Exercise (Ham Radio):
Amateur Radio Receives Flag From Iraq:
Kenilworth Amateur Radio Ham Honored:
Penn Township Man (W3YNI) Can Keep 53-Foot Ham Radio Tower:
FCC Calls Amateur Radio Service for Assistance with Digital TV Conversion:
Fifth-Grader Earns Ham Radio License:
CHU Canada to QSY on January 1:
House Probe of FCC Finds 'Egregious Abuses of Power':
 
Product Reviews View More Reviews!
KING CONVERSIONS 6 METER AMPS - Professional, meticulous and fair.
Echolink - So easy even I can do it
Aether (Logger) by Andrew Madsen - At last, an excellent Mac logging application
Echolink - So Easy A Caveman Can Use It
Yaesu FT-950 - FT-950, one year own report
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Jan 7  ICOM 2200H AA9JE
Jan 7  Repeater Control RC-1000 N5JZD
Jan 7  ICOM 756 PRO 3 AD9P
Jan 7  AB-621 Mast Tower N2WN
Jan 7  LDG Z11 QRP AE7YD
 
Calendar View More Calendar Events!
First 5 Upcoming Events  Location Start Date
Cowtown Hamfest In Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX 01/09/09
NI6IW - USS MIDWAY San Diego, CA 01/10/09
Tech, General and Extra classes Woodridge, IL 01/10/09
Ham Radio University Bethpage, NY 01/11/09
Amateur and commercial exams San Pedro, CA 01/11/09
 
Survey View Results & Other Surveys!
How old were you when you became a ham?
[1503 votes since 2008-12-29]
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Spots View More DX Spots!
2112   7052.5    S51BX   59 CQ SWL
2111   7002.0    LZ4TX   Todor, tnx
2111   1821.2    HB0/DL2OBO  
2111   7081.0    E44M   CQ ASIA
2110   14230.0    HC4MZ   SSTV
2110   1818.6    F5IN   cq
2110   14017.0    CP6IB  
2109   1843.5    9A2009OS  
2109   1823.0    EY8MM  
2108   7013.8    Z309KNV   qsl via z35w
 
 
Spotlight K3UNX Shack
K3UNX Shack The cold winter months have seen me occupying my shack in Western Arkansas. Working mostly 6 meter ssb, cw and 2 meter ssb.

 
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Strays Add a Stray!
Is there anything in book form or perhaps on the net that can give some history of the call signs...1st w call...1st w call in each call district and the last w call in each district and also the same with the "k" calls OKRAHEAD1@YAHOO.COM
KD5RGJ
 
Speakout View More Topics
Your Amateur Radio Wishes/Goals for 2009:
A contributor asks, "What would you like to see happen with Ham Radio in 2009? What are your personal goals?"
 
Forums View All Forums
Recent topics in ModsAndRepairs Forum:
Disassembly of Kenwood MC-45DM mic
706 MKII Bad transmit on SSB HF,6M and 2M
WTB: keypad for FT50R
Cubic/Swan astro repair
TS 940 VFO-M not functioning
TS 480 Tx mod.
 
Ham Radio Links View More Links!
Last 5 Rated Avg. Rating
KN4LF Daily Solar, Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive 5.0
C91BWW-C98BWW Mozambique Amateur Radio Station 2.0
G3SEK's VHF/UHF Long Yagi Workshop 3.6
AM Window 4.1
Announced DX Operations 3.7

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Friends Remembered View More
Landon J. (Jack) Brewer, Jr. (W5DQ)
ed westmoreland (N4JPT)
Wilbur Christensen (N8WC)
Linda G. Walworth (KE5TF)
bob golder (W1WYZ)
 
Shack Showcase AA3YE Joe
AA3YE  Joe Fully switchable with four(4) radios (IC-775DSP, TS-2000, FT-102, HTX-10) two tuners (MFJ-986, LDG AT-11MP) three antennas via remote switch box (160 mtr. loop, 5 band 4 element Lightning Bolt cubical quad, G5RV) Dentron Clipperton-L amp, Daiwa CN-801

 
Propagation More info

Issued 2009 Jan 07 1806 UTC
Flux: 69 A-Index 4 K-Index 1
Actv:No space wx storms observed.
Fcst:No space wx storms expected.