And now for some engineering funnies: Ham Radio Operators do it with more frequency and less resistance. And: Three guys in a car: A mechanical engineer, a Ham Radio operator and a MicroSoft employee are on their way to a meeting when suddenly the car in which they were riding breaks down. “It’s probably the…
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Fix Any Antenna
The ultimate solution to HIGH SWR! Just use a can of this spray and all your problems will disappear! I couldn’t help but smile and re-post this picture. I have no idea who the original author is, and I will fully acknowledge him/her if they let me know. I saw the picture for the first…
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CTCSS Tones For Older Radios
Jay my old Yaesu FT-480R is now operational on tone-protected repeaters! (Ed: Almost!) From my bad location deep in the pits of Sandton I can just reach the Sandton repeater (145.700) up on the water tower near Wm Nicol Drive if I look north, and if I look south I can definitely reach the ZS6TJ…
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A View From The River
Well, I had to do this: Take a picture of my back wall, to explain how bad my QTH is located. In this view I am looking at the back walls of my neighbours 2 or 3 houses up. The river is on the right, and the power line on my left. The red arrow…
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Yaesu Interfaces
OM Doug Defty ZS1DUG from the Cape asked me what software and hardware I use to interface my Yaesu FT-857D and this is the reply I sent him: Hello Doug, hows the Cape! Lets tackle the software first: I started using Ham Radio Deluxe as my main package this past weekend. The main reason is…
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Ham Radio Maps of ITU and CQ Regions
I found these really useful maps of the world showing ITU and CQ regions on the website of EI8IC [click here]. They will make a nice poster on your wall and helps to identify those hard to remember zones. Do you have other maps or charts you might want to tell us about?
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