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 […]
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Field Day
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 […]
Field Day
Field Day: Things You’ll Need & Wished You’d Brought
Every Field Day setup is different, depending on location, number of people, access to trees, number of stations operating, and more. Chances are you’ve participated before and have a basic […]
Technical Articles
Tweaking Your Mobile Installation for Best Performance
Going mobile? Installing a ham radio station in your vehicle expands the usefulness of amateur radio, making automobiles ham shacks on wheels. It’s a convenient way to have instant emergency […]
Antenna Tech / Technical Articles
Cobweb, Halo, and Hex: Ham Radio Antennas You Can Bend, Wrap, and Fold
Space, the final frontier for antenna installations. The ham’s ongoing mission: to explore their shrinking lot sizes and seek out smaller antennas that will keep them on the air—ones that […]
Technical Articles
Update to RadioMail—Varanny
I have written about an amazing program called RadioMail in previous articles. This is an application that allows for Winlink mail to be sent and received on an iPhone or […]
Technical Articles
Ham Mobile Install–A Few Suggestions for Dealing with Noise Issues
In this installment of Ham Mobile Install, we will talk about what happens when you have followed the mobile radio installation instructions to the letter, but there is still something […]
Technical Articles
Waterfall Displays—What Information Do They Provide?
Finding activity on the ham radio bands used to mean tuning around the dial and listening for QSOs, one frequency at a time. We were blind to anything but the […]
Technical Articles
Ham Mobile Install—Power Options
In this installment of Ham Mobile Install, we will discuss powering options for your mobile radios. There are several options to explore, depending on the power of the transceiver and […]
Technical Articles
How to Test Coaxial Cable
Coax became popular with hams after World War II when war surplus was plentiful. Hams liked it because it was easy to obtain, relatively inexpensive, and easy to install—much easier […]
