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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
 
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Spots View More DX Spots!
1016   7007.7    9M2XRO   up 7.009
1016   18142.0    7X/DB1JAW   Tnx Mike,73
1016   18142.9    SV2/YO3JW/P  
1015   1822.0    FO/DJ7RJ   QSX 1812
1014   18101.6    7L1WII   TNX QSO RTTY
1013   14209.0    UA9KZ   tnx contact nice photo
1013   18075.3    DU9/DL5SDF   CQ
1012   18078.0    LX/DF3VM   QSX 1 UP. TNX QRP QSO.
1012   14167.4    ED5GVY   special call station
1012   14261.4    JY3ZH   59+
 
 
Spotlight WQ7O shack and toy shop
WQ7O shack and toy shop Here is the haunt of WQ7O. Rigs are Yaesu FT-920, 100D, 817 and VR-5000 receiver. Also working are Drake 4C line, Drake 2C, 2NT and 2CQ along with Kenwood TS 430s, 520 and 820. There are 4 decades of gear here, from tubes and crystals to Digital Signal Processing.

 
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Strays Add a Stray!
Does anyone know what a Drake part #ESR224 is? n5dhr@cox.net
N5DHR
 
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
Hot topics in VHFUHF Forum:
Big wheel antenna...where to get??????
Oops, I won a certificate!
Oops! 2M MFJ-1728, did I cut too short? Bad SWR
yaesu ft 1802m/e
The VX-8R is coming... any info ?
a 9 mdb gain jpole?
 
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 KA8OCN
KA8OCN I enjoy PSK31 and find the ICOM 735 a great rig for digital modes. I use the Yaesu 897D for Phone on 160 - 6 meters. I was first licensed in the early 80's and have gained new interest now that my work has changed to allow more time in the shack.

 
Propagation More info

Issued 2008 Oct 07 0901 UTC
Flux: 67 A-Index 4 K-Index 1
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Fcst:No space wx storms expected.