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Ham Radio Operators Do It

Posted on July 31, 2013 at 7:47 am in

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

Posted on July 29, 2013 at 7:34 am in

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

Posted on July 16, 2013 at 1:03 pm in

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

Posted on July 16, 2013 at 11:36 am in

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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Sprouting a 2m Sprig

Posted on July 10, 2013 at 12:26 pm in

So, another sprout is springing up! This latest picture taken late on Friday afternoon, minutes after installation, shows my somewhat unsuccessful attempt to work VHF/UHF from my QTH. It is a 2m vertical (Diamond CP22E) that has 2 x 5/8 elements on top of each other. It claims a gain of 6.5dB and I must…

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Yaesu Interfaces

Posted on July 3, 2013 at 4:21 pm in

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

Posted on July 1, 2013 at 7:16 pm in

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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First PSK31 Contact in 2013

Posted on July 1, 2013 at 8:37 am in

Wow what an exciting weekend! Greatly inspired by Noel Hammond (ZR6DX) during his talk at the West Rand Amateur Radio Club, I put together a few items that have been gathering dust in my junkbox. Being late in the day I didn’t expect anybody to be around, so I sneaked a quick CQ on what…

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