Yearly Archives: 2014

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a reprint of the revolutionary article by Thomas H. Schiller, N6BT (QST July, 2000)

"N6 Bravo Tango, this is N0 Papa Golf. Tony, Iowa, number 69591." I made it with one call: February 5th, 2000, my first contact with "The Illuminator." KB9TQI, Indiana; N0IJ, Minnesota; K4CIH, Alabama; WA9TPQ, Illinois; N5MT, Texas; KB0MZG, Kansas; and, KX9DX, Illinois were other contacts made in the 10/10 Contest, slipping into the radio room from time to time while working in the yard. The path to Indiana was the farthest on record for me with the 150-W light bulb perched on a fence post. What a pleasant surprise, and there was more to come.

Antennas

Everything Works

A common modern practice is to use THX or THNX abbreviations as an expression of thanks. These two „new form“ abbreviations came from internet but our new radio brethren transferred them onto radio waves. It is unchangeable sign that the user of such junky abbreviations is a NO-CODER. A thinking […]

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TNX, TKS, THX or THNX?

Facebook Says OK to Ham Calls As Alternate Name

Officially licensed amateur radio operators may now use their call sign as their alternate name, or nickname, on their individual Facebook profiles. This thanks to Richard Bobbitt, NW7OR, who recently organized a petition drive on the social media site in the hope of achieving this goal. It turned out that […]

News

Facebook Says OK to Ham Calls As Alternate Name

FT232RL

It was only a matter of time before fake FTDI RS232-USB adapter chips began to appear. http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal This fascinating page shows how some anonymous Chinese company has created a fake FT232RL chip using a mask-programmable microcontroller, and printed it with the “FTDI” name and logo. Like Prolific (the real Prolific […]

Technical Topics

Fake FTDI chips

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EUCW LogoAbout Snakes and Ladders

This activity is being introduced into the EuCW calendar for 2014. It will begin on 1. April 2014 and run through until 31. March 2015. The goal of this activity is to promote the use of CW on the CW-portions of the amateur radio bands, and above all to stimulate operators to establish contacts with counterparts equally divided over Europe. Points may be earned by participants based on locator squares, reflecting their efforts to spread their CW activity over Europe.

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EUCW Snakes and Ladders