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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!
Hudson Valley Towers - responsive safe fair
KB9VBR 2 meter J-Pole antenna - THIS ANTENNA ROCKS
Echolink - Free & Effective
KING CONVERSIONS 6 METER AMPS - Professional, meticulous and fair.
Echolink - So easy even I can do it
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Jan 7  Astron 35M N7ZM
Jan 7  NEW Kenwood TH-F6a & ACC/FS KZ4GOD
Jan 7  LCD Display module for Yaesu FT-857 KD4TWJ
Jan 7  BLF-177 Transistors AJ4HQ
Jan 7  FS: YAESU FT-726 KB8III
 
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?
[1531 votes since 2008-12-29]
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Spots View More DX Spots!
0239   7008.0    ZD8UW   QSX 7012.58
0238   7034.5    5R8GZ   BPSK31 albert in 1279
0238   7025.0    E44M   599 up7028 thx
0237   3799.2    GM4YSN   CQN
0237   3582.6    KB1MGI   tnx
0236   7008.0    KU0A   he listens up
0234   437800.0    WB1ATT   ISS REPEATER
0234   437800.0    KB3P   ISS REPEATER
0234   437800.0    W4AS   ISS REPEATER
0233   7025.0    E44M   Palestina only USA, 3 up
 
  
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N0BSS Station TS-520, FT-857, LDG Tuner, MFJ Tuner, 350' Long Wire & DX Engineering Balan, 4BTV Vertical

 
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Strays Add a Stray!
Cable connections and Antenna parts being off I know can create an erratic SWR with Trap Vertical and other Antennas. What might be any possible other causes? Weather? NN4P Brian Jett nn4p@arrl.net
NN4P
 
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 Clubs Forum:
Is ARRL Life Membership Worth It?
A place to promote your club
Amateur Radio Clubs In Los Angeles Area
ARRl affiliation?? 503b??
Kid's Day how to????
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Ham Radio Links View More Links!
Last 5 Rated Avg. Rating
KN4LF Daily Solar, Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive 3.7
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 S57MRC
S57MRC Ts-850sat,mc-90,sp-31,ps-31 and Daiwa cnw 419 tuner (just for any case). Kenwood line makes me very happy. This is a place where I hide from my wife?! HI HI. Catch me on a frequency...All the best for everyone Mat

 
Propagation More info

Issued 2009 Jan 08 0006 UTC
Flux: 69 A-Index 2 K-Index 1
Actv:No space wx storms observed.
Fcst:No space wx storms expected.
 

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