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Monthly Archives: January 2018
What is NVIS and why do you need a special aerial?
How to make high quality local contacts within a 500 mile radius.
Fan Dipoles for Ham Radio Made Easy Overview How To
Fan dipoles are the easiest multi-band antenna you may wish to have a go at.
40m Vertical Antenna – Phased Array or Vertical Yagi? Achieving MASSIVE gain on low bands
You can buy an expensive switch box to accomplish phased array system. But to test out the theory if you’d like to go down this route, you could try a simple vertical yagi?
Check out my film and decide for yourself.
Best First Amateur Ham Radio HF Antenna for New Operators
Make your decision wisely.
Tips for new Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) operators.
My first Ham Radio HF Rig. How do I decide?
We have all made mistakes when we buy the wrong radio.
I give you some tips to work out how to achieve perfection. Well, certainly a balance!
How to Live Stream your Ham Radio Club Station or Home Shack for Special Events and Contests
I thoroughly recommend adding a dimension to your club station or special event station by live-streaming your event.
It’s not as hard as you think – and the tools are free.
Check it out.
How to cause massive Ham Radio QRM with your ALC in Digi Modes
I have since learned that some radios are more susceptible to causing this problem than others, however in my opinion, keeping your ALC to tick-over and no more will be the best policy.
Check the film.
Fix local QRM & QRN in your home Amateur Radio Station in 10 minutes
We’re always told to check our house before accusing neighbours of local noise.
Oh heck, I wished I had listened nine-months ago!
Check my results.
How to Connect XLR 3 pin connector to your 8-Pin Radio
So I had a requirement to connect my RE20 / PR40 / Shure SM58 / SM57 professional microphone to my Ham Radio (Kenwood TS2000 / TS590 / TS990s) and I show you an easy trick.
The pin outs are all over the internet, so I won’t bore you with them here.
But check the video.
Ham Radio Antennas – Verticals or Dipoles – so what’s best?
There are benefits to both. Height above ground will kill a vertical. But do you have the height?
Electrovoice RE20 unboxing ultimate ESSB microphone for ham radio
What a fabulous microphone.
Check back for review and shoot-out of RE20 and PR40 soon.
Heil Sound Ham Radio Pro 7 Headset Review
Many people have got one of these. But what are they really like?
I show you.
How to build a monoband HF Vertical Quarter Wave Ham Radio Antenna
Some people aren’t quite sure how easy it is to build a mono-band quarter wave. They are cheap and extremely easy to build.
Check out the video.
Is a Dipole better than a Cobweb Antenna? Ham Radio Aerials.
Surprise surprise. I was astonished that a cobweb isn’t as bad as I thought it was, certainly in software modelling.
Check it out.