Need a quick logger in spreadsheet format?
- DOWNLOAD m0mcx sample contest logbook
Confused? See the film here:
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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.
How good is a G5RV and how do they work? Ham Radio Antennas.
A G5RV is really a doublet, using the feedline to transform (automagically) some pretty nasty impedances to a suitable impedance for coax.
I explain this here:
Dual-Banding your 40m vertical for 15m. Good idea? Ham Radio Antennas
I’ve discussed this before. 40m band quarter-wave does resonate on 15m.
But is it worth it?
You bet.
How to build an Inverted L for the low-bands (40m, 80m and 160m)
An inverted L is just like a vertical apart from the fact that instead of going straight up (like a tuned quarter-wave), it turns 90 degrees somewhere.
I discuss this in this video: