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Remembering Jim Harrison
“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… Or they become legend.” ~ Jim HarrisonJim Harrison was, in every sense, an extraordinary Spartan. A Michigan boy, born in Grayling, high schooled down the road in Haslett and educated with both a BA…
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A Classic CQ Issue for QRP Enthusiasts
We’ve long maintained that you don’t need a ton of power to be heard and have fun with amateur radio. It’s all about the antenna and band conditions.Here’s a plethora of QRP information as published in CQ Magazine’s classic QRP issue from February of 2014.
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NPTOA Tips
A really good piece on participating in the American Radio Relay League’s NPOTA. Not only is NPTOA good practice for an emergency, it also has value for any portable operation or chasing DX.http://onetuberadio.com/2016/03/20/tips-for-npota-chasers-and-activators/
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In radio, you don’t necessarily need power to be heard.
Here’s A great article on QRP and how you don’t need a blow torch to light a candle.
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Shooting the tropospheric curl
Surfers call it shooting the curl, you hit the wave just right and can ride the wild surf through a tube of churning blue water. When conditions are right, even a weak VHF/UHF signal can shoot the curl and pop out hundreds of miles from where it started.This is the phenomenon of “Tropospheric Ducting”. Here’s…