The National Radio Quiet Zone Entrenched in the state West Virginia lies Pendleton County. As of 2000, the population was 8,196. The county has a total area of 698 square miles. Pendleton County was pro-Confederate during the American Civil War. The county became  part of West Virginia even though the residents didn’t want it forced upon them. [...]

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Ham Nation 4: Larry Junstrom From “38 Special” ON AIR — Hosts: Bob Heil, K9EID, and Gordan West, WB6NOA. A special guest is Larry Junstrom, who is the bassist of American rock band 38 Special. Larry Junstrom, an avid ham radio operator, he has the call letters K4EB, which translates to: known for electric bass. [...]

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US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations (Phone) 160 Meters 1.800-2.000 MHz 80 Meters 3.600-4.000 MHz 60 Meters 5332, 5348, 5368, 5373, 5405 kHz Channels 5330.5, 5346.5, 5366.5, 5371.5, 5403.5 kHz Tuning 40 Meters 7.125-7.300 MHz 30 Meters 10.100 -10.150 MHz CW, RTTY, Data 20 Meters 14.150 -14.350 MHz 17 Meters 18.110-18.168 MHz 15 Meters 21.200-21.450 MHz [...]

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Doing 40 Meters On A Wire You haven’t fully utilized your ham radio capacity until you’ve tried to construct a dipole. A simple wire dipole is center-fed as the driven element. The dipole was invented by Heinrich Hertz around 1886. The dipole is one of the most popular antennas and one of the most practical. [...]

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US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations (Phone) 160 Meters 1.800-2.000 MHz 80 Meters 3.800-4.000 MHz 60 Meters 5332, 5348, 5368, 5373, 5405 kHz Channels 5330.5, 5346.5, 5366.5, 5371.5, 5403.5 kHz Tuning 40 Meters 7.175-7.300 MHz 30 Meters 10.100 -10.150 MHz CW, RTTY, Data 20 Meters 14.225 -14.350 MHz 17 Meters 18.110-18.168 MHz 15 Meters 21.275-21.450 MHz [...]

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Video Of Ham Talking To An Astronaut In Space My two way contact with Doug Wheelock on the International Space Station (ISS) from Robb Kunz on Vimeo. Colonel Doug Wheelock has made it safely back to his home on earth since this video was captured. But in 2010 he was aboard the International Space Station [...]

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ER-1 Means Battery Starting To Fail I noticed a “ER-1″ while powering my HTX-202. This could be an indication of error in the operation memory. This can be caused by a low lithium backup battery, or can be caused by static discharge. To clear the error, turn off the unit. Then press FUNCTION and CLEAR [...]

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By Ron Hege, K3PF Element Trimming For this job, a fine-toothed saw works well. (Caution: During the following steps, be sure that you cut half the total amount from each half [ie, each side] of an element.) For operation at the low end of the band (144 MHz), cut the 66-inch element to a total [...]

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By Ron Hege, K3PF In a matter of a few hours, you can easily build a broadband, 2 meter Yagi. The antenna offers a gain of about 10 dB, is lightweight, mechanically strong and rivals the performance of similar commercial antennas. You can modify a RadioShack FM broadcast receiving antenna (RS 15-2163). (Or you can use [...]

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The Tower That Broadcasted The World’s First Television Program On November 2, 1936, BBC engineers at Alexander Palace transmitted what is often claimed to be the world’s first television program. However, the world’s first public television transmissions had begun in Berlin, Germany, the previous year. Adolf Hitler became absolutely furious, upon hearing BBC boasting the [...]

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