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Posted: 03/04/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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Posted: 03/04/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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BBC re-institutes Shortwave Service for Ukraine
Per CQ Newsroom:he British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is reviving its European shortwave service in order to provide news and information to listeners in Ukraine who may be cut off from internet service but have access to portable shortwave receivers. According to the New York Times, the BBC decided to reinstate its shortwave broadcasts to Europe following Russia's attack on Kyiv's main r... READ MORE
Other nets and on-air events
Posted: 03/02/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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Posted: 03/02/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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Current NEWS from Ukraine Radio
via Google Translate Here is the Ukraine Radio homepage, translated into English: LINK Most broadcasts are not in English, however, due to the increased interest in the current situation in Ukraine, WRMI has resumed its relays of the daily English language broadcast of Radio Ukraine International, the official overseas service of Ukrainian Radio. RUI can be heard daily, except Friday, at 1200... READ MORE
Site Information
Posted: 02/03/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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Posted: 02/03/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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A Website that's like a Magazine
an old radio magazine, that is Wouldn't it be great if we could go to the mailbox and find a copy of something like this inside?That's our goal! But since print magazines are rapidly disappearing, the next best thing is to create online content that is just as much fun to read and something to look forward to. Online publications aren't limited by monthly schedules or printing costs - and they're f... READ MORE
About our members
Posted: 01/24/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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Posted: 01/24/2022
Created By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
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The radios we'll always remember
New broader focus comes to DX-60.net ... READ MORELatest Articles
Fone Forum
Posted: 09/30/2022
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The Patented Waters Phone Patch
Phone patches were a common activity on the ham bands for many years. Although it was not difficult to homebrew a patch, many hams bought commercial units, often in kit form from Heathkit but assembled phone patches were also sold by Gonset, WRL, EF Johnson/NYE Viking, and were incorporated into nearly every multifunction station console from Collins, Drake, Heathkit, Galaxy and ... READ MORE |
Heat up the iron
Posted: 09/11/2022
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The National MB-40-SL tuning assembly
It's probably safe to say that no company produced more components for radio builders than the National Radio Company of Malden Mass., many of which were designed by radio engineer extrordinaire James Millen W1HRX. Having acquired a degree in mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute, Millen always stressed solid mechanical design principles in National'... READ MORE |
On the workbench
Posted: 07/22/2022
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The "Art" of Homebrewing
Homebrewing has always been a big part of ham radio, but it clearly peaked during the period following WWII when surplus components became availalbe in quantity and at low prices. Most large cities had at least one surplus store and the supply was so great that authors wrote magazine articles based around surplus components because they knew readers would have no problem in finding them.But ... READ MORE |
What's New?
Posted: 06/02/2022
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New QRP Dummy Load from 4SQRP
Here's a simple kit that is useful for tube and solid state projects - a dummy load with power indication. The 4S-Dummy Load is a simple kit that employs the use of large SMT parts and LEDs to provide rough indication of power up to 10W output. Just 12 bucks! MORE INFO... READ MORE |
Monitoring Post
Posted: 05/18/2022
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The Cuban-American Radio War of 1962
Everyone knows the history of the "Missiles of October" - the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. But many - even dedicated radio fans - may not know that 10 US AM radio stations joined the fight against the threat of nuclear proliferation by becoming the medium wave extension of the Voice of America. This excerpt from a 206 page paper entitled "Cuban American Radio W... READ MORE |
Welcome to the Shack
Posted: 05/11/2022
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Dee Dee Does Hayseed
You'd smile too with all those mostly-entry-level shortwave and ham receivers at your elbow. That's Denise "Hayseed Dee Dee" Heffernen, KBØLMH (Little Miss Hayseed) showing off part of the Hayseed Hamfest "hospitality room". As Dee-Dee puts it, "I have my comfort-food. Dad has his comfort-radios".But it's not just the comfort-food giving Dee-Dee that healthy glow. A little... READ MORE |
Monitoring Post
Posted: 05/09/2022
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Did you hear KC2XIO?
A strange yet familiar-sounding voice appeared on 13.56 MHz in 1971...can you identify who and what it was? Your browser does not support the audio tag.First - the "who"....This is the voice of Jane Barbe, which was familiar to everyone from the many recordings she made for the telephone systems around the world. Of course it would be natural to hire the most talented voice actres... READ MORE |
Tech Library
Posted: 05/05/2022
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Triad transformer archive
In an era when many legacy companies seem to have forgotten their legacy, or have been bought out and remnants of their vintage past have been scrubbed from their websites, it's nice to see a company that does just the opposite.Triad Transformers has been around since 1943 and embraces its past, as a supplier that powered everything from Leo Fender's guitar amplifiers to the Apollo missions.... READ MORE |
What's New?
Posted: 05/05/2022
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UNI-T UT210E Mini Digital Clamp Meter Handheld RMS AC/DC Resistance Capacitance Tester
Digital meters aren't new nor are they quite "dime a dozen" but when you can guy one for under five bucks right off the rack, why get excited about one for $50? One reason: "non contact DC current measurement"!The UNI-T UT210E does all the usual things you'd expect from a handheld meter in this class: AC DC Current measurement Resistance measurement LCD backlight ... READ MORE |
Monitoring Post
Posted: 04/29/2022
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Monitoring the start of the Viet Nam War?
As reported by radio historian Terry O. on the Black Radios Facebook group:"R-388 HF receiver at a listening post in Phu Bai, Vietnam. This photo is probably from 1963, shortly before the company was re-designated as the 1st Radio Company. According to Lonnie Long and Gary Blackburn in "Unlikely Warriors", this is the company that on August 2, 1964 issued the CRITIC after intercepting an encrypted... READ MORE |
Looking Back
Posted: 04/26/2022
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The Knight Kit T-60 Transmitter
As the Novice ham license was closing on it's 10th anniversary and the number of new hams was growing as fast as the rockets taking off from Cape Caneveral, the engineers at Allied Radio's Knight Kit division knew it was time for a replacement for the "T-50" which had only been given the official designator if "83YX255". Of course no one called it a "T-50" until there was a... READ MORE |
Heat up the iron
Posted: 04/24/2022
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Build a Z-Match Tuner - You'll like it!
Many hams still use manual antenna tuners for impedance matching at HF. Most current manual tuners are T-Network types, great for impedance-matching, but as high-pass filters, harmonic attenuation may be inadequate. As modern transmitters have low-pass filter networks in the output, most guys don’t need an antenna tuner for harmonic reduction... READ MORE |
Tech Library
Posted: 04/22/2022
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Popular Electronics
The daddy-of-em-all! The magazine we all looked forward to showing up at the corner drugstore, the best way to spend allowance money that didn't need a spoon or a straw! The home of Carl and Jerry, Hank Bennet's SWL column, Herb Brier's Novice column and those photos of our fellow hams that we examined most carefully and compared their WAS totals with glee or di... READ MORE |
Tech Library
Posted: 04/21/2022
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73 Magazine online
Raise your hand if "73" was your favorite ham magazine in the 60s and 70s....oh boy, that looks like...everyone!Wayne Green, seasoned editor of CQ Magazine, struck out on his own and regaled readers with his opinions on everything from UFOs to world cuisine, but boring...he was not! Whether it was his devils advocacy vs. the ARRL, pioneering new modes of operation or technologies... READ MORE |
Tech Library
Posted: 04/21/2022
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Ham Radio Magazine
Ham Radio was an amateur radio magazine founded in 1968 and the first issue appeared in February of that year. In1990 it was announced that Ham Radio had been sold to the publishers of CQ Amateur Radio. The June 1990 issue of Ham Radio was the 268th and final issue published where subscribers were told of the sale and that they would receive CQ in the future. Ham Radio had many good techn... READ MORE |
Monitoring Post
Posted: 04/21/2022
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"The Rebirth of HF"
Every ham or SWL knows the HF bands are a lot emptier than they once were. But that could be changing, although the new signals (which are now called "waveforms") may be quite different than what we remember.This webinar explains why the "lost art" of HF is not only still relevant, but has been making a comeback in recent years, particularly in the area of both local and global c... READ MORE |
Brass Pounding
Posted: 04/20/2022
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New $25 keyer kit
Another cool project kit from 4STATEQRP - a keyer and paddle you build yourself! And it's only $25:Speed: 5 to 50 WPM, adjustable Standby Current: Less than 1 microamp Paddle tension and spacing fully adjustable Low Part Count: Only 19 total electrical components LED Keying Monitor &nbs... READ MORE |
Brass Pounding
Posted: 04/18/2022
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Preppcomm MMX and DMX CW Transceivers
Here's something you don't find every day - a truly unique product offering that is aimed at the least experienced hams - those who don't know Morse. PREPPCOMM MORSE CODE TRANSCEIVERIt's a QRP CW rig with a really good decoder, which makes working CW the equivalent of texting. Their taglline "Morse Code for the rest of us" pretty much sums up what the product is all a... READ MORE |
Looking Back
Posted: 04/17/2022
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The Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge
The development of the Radio Merit Badge over the years is quite fascinating. The original merit badge was titled the Wireless Merit Badge and was introduced in 1918. The requirements have changed quite a lot over the years as radio evolved. For example, 1922 requirements included being able to receive Morse Code at 10 words per minute. The 1930 Radio Merit Badge lowered the requ... READ MORE |
Welcome to the Shack
Posted: 04/11/2022
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W7UVR/M
Spring is here and the open road beckons! Hop into the 1955 Mercury Station Wagon mobile operated by Leander Smith W7UVR and we'll go for a ride....or maybe not, because the passenger seat is full of radio equipment. And we're not talking about a rig under the dash either....Perhaps the most exotic and well equipped mobile hamshack of all time, these photos of the W7U... READ MORE |