Being a podcast fan, I’ve loaded my podcatcher with a variety of fascinating ham radio podcasts. My three faves: ARRL’s The Doctor Is In, Cale Nelson’s Ham Radio 360 and Bruce, N9WKE’s DitDit podcast. Bruce, at this writing, is one of the relative newbies to the the podcast constellation. His program…
Category: Ham Radio 101
Matthew Beiz recently asked the members of the Collegiate Ham Radio Operators Facebook page for ideas on how to build interest in our essential avocation among a young audience dealing with lots of technological distractions. Here are a few thoughts from our work to rebuild the Michigan State University Amateur…
One of the hottest sellers at Dayton in 2016 was the Tytera MD-380 handheld UHF radio. At just over $100 dollars it opened the door for many more hams to explore Digital Mobile Radio (DMR). There are a lot of great web resources to learn about DMR. So this piece…
Band conditions getting you down? Turn to “The Terminator”! Here’s a great article on how to work the Gray Line.
The power for ferrite beads!
Amateur radio attracts a huge cadre of enthusiasts. And with licensing at an all time high, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into an occasional knucklehead. My own initial encounter with one of these unique individuals came early in my ham career. I was struggling through my first contest experience and was…
Here are some of the links we’ve posted recently on the MSUARC Facebook page: Check out this homemade vertical for 7 MHz as constructed by Sergio Valente, PY1BEK. 5 Ham Radio Maker Projects with Diana Eng. How a ham discovered an American satellite that started transmitting 46 years after being abandoned…