Tag: ham radio
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Penntek TR-35 4 Band CW Transceiver – First Transceiver Build
WA3RNC Penntek TR-35 4 Band, 5 Watt Transceiver One of the things that drew me to amateur radio is the kit building aspect. Only weeks into the hobby, and before I had my hands on an HF rig I was ordering parts for an End fed random wire build I found on the AARL site. The…
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K6ARK End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) build and test
I watched a video on the Ham Radio Crash Course about this very tiny and relatively easy-to-build antenna a few months ago and bought one right away from Amazon. It only took about 30 minutes start to finish, the hardest part being attaching the surface mount capacitor as the video describes. I have since use…
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Getting Started: My path to becoming a Ham
2021 … a year of trying new things. Amidst the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic I found myself transitioning into some new interests. One of my major decisions was to sell our club airplane as the 2 other members were leaving the area and I wasn’t up for recruiting new people after a year…
W7MTB: Amateur Radio Notes 