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Articles View More Articles!
It's Not Your Microphone, It's You!
An "eHam Classic" by WB2WIK
Towers...
Considering putting up a tower? KC8BYF has some helpful tips.
Keep Your Cool!
How to reduce the heat your rig has to endure.
Suckers
Without a solid foundation of knowledge, how much can you truly know?
Cold War QRP: A Case of 'Discone Fever?'
Cold War QRP: A Case of 'Discone Fever?' AC7ZL shares his experience operating from a Titan Missile Museum.
Hams and Trust in Hamfest/eBay Dealings?
NV2A wonders if honesty has gone out the window.
My First Field Day Experience
My First Field Day Experience N2RRA's suggestions on how to prepare
What Happened To The Half Wave Dipole?
AD4U wonders why more hams aren't using this simple and proven antenna.
Do You Have a Little More Power?
Do you really need an amplifier?
My 6-Meter Junkbox Tuner
G8UBJ's homebrew project
 
News View More Ham News!
Learn CW Online!
60 Years of ATV -- a New Video On the BATC TV Website:
Radio Club Seeks Information, Picture Of Former Member:
Fire and Rescue Honors 'Hams':
FCC Vanity Call Sign Fees to Increase September 25:
SDR Transforms Amateur Radio:
Ham Radio Helps Connect Two Hospitals During Outage:
Amateur Radio Group Operates in Murray County:
Radio Amateurs Have a License to Ham Around:
Could White Space Become the Next BPL Debacle?
Solar Cycle 24 Canceled - Ham Radio Operators Furious:
ARRL Responds to Concerns by CA Repeater Oweners Affected by Pave Paws:
ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections Set for November:
Hams Ready for Fay:
New Tower, Antenna Modifications for W1HQ:
Reunion Island, South Africa Connect on 2 Meters:
Amateur Radio Exams, Licensing Return to Bangladesh:
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #35 de K7RA:
DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #35:
Local Scouts Get Out-of-This-World Experience With Orbiting Astronaut:
Radio Club Members to Utilize LST's Radio Room:
Unexploded Ordnance Found in Future Hamshack:
New Idaho and North Dakota Section Managers to Take Office October 1:
Radio Operators Ham It Up in Estero Shelter:
Emergency Communication Network Tested:
Supplement to Digital Speech Within 100 Hz Bandwidth:
A 'Ham' Remembers Going to War:
Radio Stations Turn Watch Towers:
Gus Hahn, KA2STS (SK):
Tech Visionary Wayne Green: Still On a Mission:
Ham Radio Equipment Not Expensive:
Nebraska Ham Couple Killed at Home:
 
Product Reviews View More Reviews!
ZeroFive Antennas 12 - 80 meter 33 ft multiband vertical - Great Antenna.
AMERITRON ARB 704 - Works great, no problems
Tennamast - Brilliant
ZEROFIVE-ANTENNAS MULTIBAND VERTICAL DIPOLES - EXCELLENT NO RADIAL VERTICAL
Heil PR 781 Microphone - Brilliant
 
Classifieds View More Classifieds!
Aug 28  KENWOOD TR-2600A W7GWF
Aug 28  Mosley TA-33 Senior Traps N8UM
Aug 28  Icom SM-20 Microphone - NEW K1DLM
Aug 28  Andrew FSJ4-50B Coax Jumpers N8UM
Aug 28  Signal/One CX7M Microphone W6NSA
 
Calendar View More Calendar Events!
First 5 Upcoming Events  Location Start Date
W1Y celebrates centennial of camping NH 09/05/08
Sacramento/Lincoln Lincoln, CA 09/06/08
VE Testing Edmond, OK 09/06/08
Greater Louisville Hamfest Shepherdsville, KY 09/06/08
Findlay ARC Hamfest Findlay, OH 09/07/08
 
Survey View Results & Other Surveys!
What's your experience with buying Ham Radio related items from eBay?
[468 votes since 2008-08-25]
  Great, bargains galore!
  Not so Great...
  Terrible!
  It used to be good...
  Buyer beware...
  I got Burned!
  I've never used it.
 
Spots View More DX Spots!
2332   3700.0    M0TKO  
2332   3640.0    LU7HA   QAP
2332   7050.0    EC5AAB   CQ USA RX 7175
2331   14185.0    VE1CJB   IOTA NA-010
2331   14239.0    E77XZ  
2329   14014.7    OK2PAY  
2329   14239.0    E77XZ   Bosnia-Herzegovina
2327   28655.0    CT1ILO   É DO CANECO!!!
2326   14072.0    EA8AOP   BPSK31 via Via Bureau or
2325   28655.0    CT1COM   73 TNX
 
 
Spotlight PA2DW's vintage station operated by son EWOUD
PA2DW's vintage station operated by son EWOUD Pictured is my son Ewoud, talking on 80m to other kids during Kids-day janaury 7, 2007 Till next year! 73, Dick PA2DW

 
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Strays Add a Stray!
IC738 Help... I recently powered up my Icom 738 after a few years of storage.When in SSB mode. I can't tune in the signal to the point where I can clearly hear the transmission. Any Ideas ??? I'd hate so spend a fortune for repair if I don't need to. Thanks. JBrysonjr@comcast.net
KI3T
 
Speakout View More Topics
Your Favorite Radio:
A contributor asks, “What one transceiver did you have, now no longer in production, would you purchase again if it were back on the market? It would be exactly as originally manufactured. No extra bells and whistles added though improved components would be allowed.”
 
Forums View All Forums
Hot topics in Elmers Forum:
Antenna system efficiency: How good/poor is it?
Yet Another Grounding Question
Recommendation for a Honda generator
How to Measure Actual Power to Antenna
DC Wire
Isolation Transformers
 
Ham Radio Links View More Links!
Last 5 Rated Avg. Rating
Ham Log Book by K6REA 3.0
N6PSE Paul Ewing 2.6
Online RX320 receiver 4.0
LDG Electronics 4.3
Vectronics 3.0

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Friends Remembered View More
Charles E. Whirlow (8AJY)
Dr. Ed Schneider (AA6O)
Alan Burgstahler (N7BF-EX-WA6AWD)
Philip Spahn (K2GJR)
Robert L. Chimner (W8LTF)
 
Shack Showcase WX4O
WX4O This is my shack today. I also have a TS-520SE and TS-130S that were in the old photo. Simple antennas waiting for a tower to grow.

 
Propagation More info

Issued 2008 Aug 28 2106 UTC
Flux: 66 A-Index 3 K-Index 2
Actv:No space wx storms observed.
Fcst:No space wx storms expected.