Amateur Radio · VHF/UHF · Summits On The Air · Colorado Mountains · Adventure
You’ve probably run into this situation…some of the more experienced radio amateurs commenting about how so many of the newer hams are incompetent. “Yeah, they’ve dumbed down the FCC exam, so now anyone can get a license. Back when I got my license, I had to copy Morse Code in my head, design a triple-feedback-loop … Read more
There was a discussion on Google+ the other day about how a particular handheld transceiver has an SMA connector, instead of the venerable BNC connector. I noted that many of the newer HTs are going with SMA, presumably because of the smaller size. In fact, I started thinking about it…I didn’t think you can buy … Read more
There’s lots of information spewing forth from the interwebznet. Here are a few items of interest. Dan KB6NU has started doing an Extra Class Question of the Day on his blog. I think this is a great idea. I may need to borrow steal reuse this idea on my blog. The Fi-Ni Report did their usual … Read more
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Each year over 35,000 amateurs gather with their clubs, friends or simply by themselves to operate. The information packet for Field Day is now available on the ARRL web site. – Bob K0NR
At our local radio club meeting this week, I did a presentation on amateur radio operating awards. The emphasis was on the most common awards: Worked All States (WAS), Worked All Continents (WAC), DX Century Club (DXCC) and VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC). I talked a bit about how to obtain a QSL card for written … Read more
Monument, Colorado Saturday April 21 and Saturday April 28 (8 AM to 5 PM) 2012 Location: Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Station 1 Sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association The Technician license is your gateway to the world-wide excitement of Amateur Radio… Earn your ham radio Technician class radio privileges Pass your FCC amateur radio … Read more