So, You’re Ready to Buy Your First HF Transceiver. Now What?
Whether you just got your license, or you have been in the hobby for a while, your interests may be leading you to explore the HF bands. For many of […]
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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 […]
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Baseball and Ham Radio Collide on April 8, 2024
April 8 is a huge day for hams who will be participating in the Solar Eclipse QSO Party, an event sponsored by HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation). It’s a […]
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Hams You Should Know: Margaret Iaquinto, VK3NQQ, SK, the Amateur Who Talked to Russian Cosmonauts from Her Kitchen Table
What do ham radio, piloting aircraft, and folk dances have in common? All three were hobbies acquired by amateur radio enthusiast Margaret (King) Iaquinto, VK3NQQ, SK, a New Haven, Connecticut […]
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Hams You Should Know: Herbert Hoover Jr., W6ZH, Son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover
The eldest of 31st President Herbert Hoover’s two sons, Herbert Charles Hoover, W6ZH, better known as Herbert Hoover Jr., shared more than just a common name with his highly influential father. […]
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Airplane Scatter: How Hams are Taking Radio Signals Skyward to Ping Airplanes
If you’re a “been there, done that” kind of ham who has bounced a radio signal off everything from the moon to a meteor to the Aurora Borealis, we bet […]
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Ham Radio 101: Mapping APRS in the Car
APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is such a handy thing to have in your vehicle, and it’s not only about vehicle tracking. It is a single information resource data gatherer […]
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Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Zulu Time
So what’s this Zulu Time and how does it relate to ham radio? Zulu Time is the military name for Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Its time is fixed at Prime […]
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Mobile Radio Installation for Beginners
You can find a lot of information on any ham radio subject. People will tell you that you need to do this setup or that setup. Who should you listen […]
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Ham Radio and Morse Code in Popular Culture—Year-End Edition
While we’ve already covered many references to amateur radio and Morse code that have found their way into movies, television, and books, OnAllBands keeps finding new examples to share with […]
