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Building the 6 Meter Moxon Antenna
As the late spring and summer months heat up, six meters comes alive. Known as the Magic Band, the six meter band can be mysterious, unpredictable, and downright fun. You never quite know when the band will open and where it will take you. Every year our club's Field...
Communications Planning for Community Events
Recently our ARES/RACES group provided communications for two day motorcycle rally. Titled the MDA ride, it is a fundraiser for muscular dystrophy. The communications needs for the ride may sound simple, but due to the scope of the event, it involved a comprehensive...
Build the 2.4Ghz Waveguide Cantenna Antenna
This article is a little bit of a departure for me. Typically I write about VHF/UHF communications, but I'm dipping my feet into the microwaves and have thrust headfirst into the world of Broadband-Hamnet. Broadband-Hamnet, formally known at HSMM ham radio, is a high...
Cross-Band Repeater Operation
The cross-band repeat function; you've probably seen that feature listed in the operation manual as a function of your dual band mobile radio, or saw it as a feature in a VHF/UHF amateur radio advertisement. But what does cross-band repeat do, and how can you use it?...
Amateur Radio Antenna Connectors
I've always said that ham radio would be so much more fun if it weren't for all the wires and connectors. It always seems that there is always a cable coming loose, causing the whole mess not to work. But connectors are an important component of ham radio, and they...
Antenna Gain Explained
I'm gonna take a confusing subject and hopefully demystify it. Antenna Gain is a popular subject amongst hams. We talk about gain all the time, we'll compare antenna systems and apply values to as how impressive they are by their gain figures. But what exactly is...
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