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The Magic of Vintage Ham Radio

An edited version of this this was published as an article in the Cherokee Amateur Radio Society April newsletter. The Magic of Vintage Ham Radio I still remember the first time I saw a Collins S-Line radio. It sat there in an old Marine radio operator’s shack, gleaming like a piece of functional art. That […]

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POTA 400 Parks Award

I have been doing a good bit of POTA chasing over the last year or so, all except about 3 contacts on CW.  I had a goal to reach the 400 unique parks award by the end of the year.  Well, I just make it, on December 31st! Now I want to do more activation’s, […]

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A Jammer on the 30 Meter Band?

August 2, 2023 0200Z: I was trying to copy the German RTTY Weather station on 10.1008 MHz and came across what looks like a jammer signal from 10.100 MHz to 10.120 MHz.  Here is a short video. It is now 0225Z and it is still going strong.  Anyone know what this is ? DE N4RFC […]

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Tropical Storm Zeta Visit, October 2020

I had a visitor this morning, Tropical Storm Zeta.  Zeta did a tree trimming job on my trees in the front yard.  I bet you can guess what I will be doing for the next couple of days!  No damage to the house or the antenna farm, so from that aspect I am lucky.

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IQ32 QRP SDR Transceiver

Several years ago I purchased a SDR QRP transceiver, the RS-HFIQ, from HobbyPCB. It is a 5 watt SDR radio that covered 80-10 meters. The radio required a PC, a Sound Card, and a couple of USB ports to function. Once assembled and hooked to the PC the system was fully functional on SSB but […]

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