Category: W9WSW

The power for ferrite beads!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81C4IfONt3o

Here’s A great article on QRP and how you don’t need a blow torch to light a candle. 

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 clearly not following the information…

For those without a D-STAR repeater in the neighborhood,  the Raspberry Pi is a highly serviceable solution. With a number of SD Card images available and the ease of interface to the ubiquitous DVAP Dongle, talking digital is a breeze.Now comes the Raspberry Pi Zero, a $5.00 iteration that’s smaller and faster than it’s larger…

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 in 1967.  

12.070.41 Radiogram: AIRRAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL.

One of the coolest things about integrating a computer with your rig is the things you it can do for you when you’re not by the radio. PSKReporter.info is one of them. Integrated with the DM780 application in Ham Radio Deluxe, it can read the entire PSK pass band, grab multiple QSOs and display them…

Those of us who grew up in the 50s and 60s lusted after the early Chevrolet Corvettes and Ford Thunderbirds, two seaters that melded performance and style into an irresistible combination. Not as versatile, or powerful as some of the later, more refined models, but inspiring none the less, firing our creativity to customize and…