Amateur Radio practice Exam
Currently four exams are presented, Elements 1, 3, 8 and 9 as I believe these will be the most useful to the majority of the site’s users. These are the required elements for the following licences (See FCC for more details: Maritime Radio Operators Licence (Element 1 only) General Radio Operators Licence…
Ham Radio Internet access
The HInternet would use radio frequencies. San Francisco hackerspace, Noisebridge, is making an alternative network modeled after the Internet that would provide high-speed connectivity for a fraction of the cost of traditional internet service. Noisebridge is working on this project using commodity Wi-Fi equipment that’s been modified to work under amateur radio frequencies…
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Ham Radio Software Freeware
AirMail is a radio mail program for sending and receiving messages via Pactor over HF radio, either via the ham radio system or participating marine and commercial services. Airmail is a messaging program (similar to Outlook) specifically designed for connection to a HF radio mailbox station. Once connected to a compatible station, message transfer is completely automatic…
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Huntsville Amateur Radio Club
The Marshall Amateur Radio Club has changed its call sign. We are now NN4SA. We had been WA4NZD since 1980. We are gradually switching over our online presence. We have a draft WordPress website. It is active but not yet developed. For now we will continue to update our information here, at the site. Our QRZ.com page is now set to NN4SA: . Searches for WA4NZD on QRZ.com will…
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2 Meter handheld Ham Radio
New To HF? Good info! SITE MENU SEARCH Antenna Projects FCC Information License Study Reading Room RFI Tips and HT Antenna Modification For Increased Performance! Edited and re-written from an article entitled Getting the Most from Your Hand-Held Transceiver by C. Edward Harris, KE4SKY, AEC Fairfax ARES Also see the HT performance mod by N6JSX at the end of this article…
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Ham Radio Stations online
Fixed amateur radio station in the United States An amateur radio station is a radio station designed to provide radiocommunications in the amateur radio service for an amateur radio operator. Radio amateurs build and operate several types of amateur radio stations, including fixed ground stations, mobile stations, space stations, and temporary field stations. A slang term…
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Radioamateur.ca
L antenne G5RV porte son nom d aprs l indicatif d appel de son crateur, un radioamateur d Angleterre. Cette antenne de type diple est trs populaire cause de sa dimension rduite ainsi que la disponibilit des composantes. Le cot de construction de ce type d antenne peut varier entre $ 25.00 et $ 40.00 dpendamment de la longueur du cble coaxial. Cette antenne ne rsonne pas nul…
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Ham Radio Manufacturers
The ARRL Lab has worked with a manufacturer of arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) breakers to resolve complaints that Amateur Radio RF was causing certain breaker models to trip unnecessarily. Like the more common ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), the AFCI is a safety device. Primarily designed to detect problems that could result in a fire, AFCIs detect potentially…
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