Why QSL? And an Atlas of QSL Cards
The QSL card is pretty much unique to ham radio. I don’t know of bowlers or anglers or golfers who give each other a report on their latest interactions! Wayne, […]
An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering Articles written by: Ward Silver, N0AX
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Technical Articles / Weatherproofing and Grounding
Ham Radio Tech: RF Management & RF Ground Planes
Sooner or later, hams encounter some RF trickery above and beyond the usual connecting together of gadgets and antennas. This usually happens on the HF bands as a home station […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Tech: Inexpensive Project Enclosures
No matter what kind of operating you do, sooner or later you’ll need a “gadget” that isn’t readily available commercially. Maybe you’ll need a special switch or an interface between […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Tech: RF Safety—In the Field
This is the second installment of a two-part article about RF when you are operating “in the field,” meaning away from a fixed station. For example, when you are operating […]
Technical Articles / Uncategorized
Ham Radio Tech: RF Management–In the Field
This is the first of a two-part article about RF when you are operating “in the field,” meaning away from a fixed station. For example, when you are operating a […]
Tools
How To Strip (Wires and Cables)
Let’s start with a story about how NOT to strip wires. Back in the day, I worked with a fellow who had the unique talent of stripping wires with his […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Tech: Knots & Slings
Antenna and tower work are never far from our minds as hams. Most amateur loads are considered light by professional installers, but they can be heavy enough to cause injuries […]
Field Day
Effective Field Day Operating
Operating at Field Day is lot different than operating a home station—and that’s more than half the fun. It’s also one of the main reasons Field Day exists, so that […]
Field Day
Noise Management on Field Day
Here comes Field Day and all of your careful equipment connections and filtering go out the window as the station is disassembled and hauled off to the operating site. Be […]
HAM Radio 101
Stretching and Cautions About Lifting for Ham Radio Antenna Season
As I’m writing at the end of March, antenna season is about to get underway in many parts of North America, including for the author. (Those of you in the […]
