Welcome to the web site of Bob
Witte KØNR. This is a collection of HTML drivel
concerning amateur radio, Colorado mountains, radio communications, books,
technical information and anything else that seems interesting to me. You might say "It
seemed like a good idea at the time." Comments welcome.
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KØNR Weblog
For recent ham radio topics, take at look at my ham radio weblog ()
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Ham Radio Technical Assistance
The Technical Specialists of the Colorado Section provide ham radio technical help
and technical presentations for your club meeting. See the
Colorado Section Technical
Specialist page. |
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VHF QRP
QRP (low power operating) is generally associated with the HF bands.
However, running QRP on the VHF bands can be loads of fun, whether it is
VHF contesting, 6M DX or general mountaintop operation. See the
VHF QRP web page for more information. |
Broadband Over Power
Line (BPL)
The Colorado BPL team is collecting information on
potential BPL deployments in
Colorado with the goal of preventing interference to the amateur radio bands.
If you have any information about BPL deployments in Colorado, please
contact Bob KØNR.
The latest information on BPL in Colorado is available
here. More detailed information on BPL
in general is available
at the ARRL web site. |
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Amateur
Radio Articles
I am currently writing for two ham radio publications: the VHF QRP column for QRP Quarterly, published by the QRP
Amateur Radio Club International, and the FM VHF column for
CQ VHF magazine. Here's a
peek at a
recent article on D-STAR in CQ-VHF. Other articles that I have written are available on
the web here. These are my
favorite bookmarks for web sites
relating to VHF/UHF, APRS, Colorado regional information and
space-related sites. |
Colorado 14er Event
Radio hams operate from the summits of Colorado's 14,000 foot
mountains during the premier mountain top radio event, the
Colorado 14er Event. See the report
from the 2007 Pikes Peak operation. |
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Mini-DXpeditions
and Portable Operations
It is fun to operate portable from high spots in the US and from
other countries around the world. Here's a few of them:
The
Bahamas KB0CY/C6A
Honduras (IHS Mission)
HR3/KB0CY
VHF Portable operations
(various) K0NR
The Bahamas K0NR/C6A
Bonaire PJ4/K0NR
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Ham Radio in Space
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) has a
great web site with comprehensive
information on working the amateur satellites. Astronauts on the The
International Space Station (ISS) have been active on 2-meter FM. See
the ARISS site for the
latest info. |
Ham
radio interests, awards, QSL information, etc.
Click
here for more stuff about Bob KØNR. |
The KØNR UHF Repeater
I operate an open, local coverage repeater in the Monument, Colorado
area on 447.725 MHz. See this page
for more information. |
Disclaimer
This site is still under construction...someday it might converge but
don't count on it. J |
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