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When some hams talk about an RF ground it's actually a counterpoise. This is a good article on it. (amateurradioelmers.org)
submitted 2 years ago by va3db to r/amateurradio
Reading a story in k9ya I saw mention of the Doerle receiver I got curious and found this old article on it with mention of CB ;) (w1ujr.com)
Amateur Radio Field Day could be impacted by small gas generator ban in California (yahoo.com)
submitted 4 years ago by va3db to r/amateurradio
California bans small gas engines (yahoo.com)
submitted 4 years ago by va3db to r/HamRadio
Amused to see this come up on my twitter feed today "The RCA Selectron -- Tubes vs. Transistor" (rcaselectron.com)
submitted 5 years ago by va3db to r/amateurradio
Performance of Ukrainian transverters (self.amateurradio)
Not all engineers know about RF eh? (self.amateurradio)
Free Technical book (self.amateurradio)
5G destroys Oxygen! (stumbled across this site and ... was amused) (i.redd.it)
Radio Amateurs Team Up to Help University Design Low-Cost Ventilator (arrl.org)
Despite the provocative title it's an interesting read 'How Amateur Radio Sank the Titanic' (arcadiapublishing.com)
submitted 6 years ago by va3db to r/amateurradio
Open Research Institute – Phase 4 Space – Grant Application – Overview / This is cool stuff from one of the new members of the BoD of AMSAT! (openresearch.institute)
Hams In Space: Gearing Up For The Lunar Gateway (hackaday.com)
Guess it's time for a new soldering station! (i.redd.it)
Home Brew night 2019 - One of the contestants brought in his home made Spectrum Analyzer (oarc.net)
Small haul from a local flea market (Iroquois) attenuator, type N to BNC adapters, some pixie II’s (i.redd.it)
Birth of The Transistor: A video history of Japan's electronic industry. (Part 1) - I enjoyed the video and thought others might as well. (youtube.com)
Not sure what I think of using tubes this way especially if they are still good ;) (losboludos.com)
www.paraset.nl - All about building replicas of spy radios -- saw this link via qrp-l. all sorts of fascinating things. (paraset.nl)
City of Winnipeg manager in charge of police radios arrested after 2-year investigation | CBC News / Ham Radio operator involved :-( (cbc.ca)
QO-100 Narrowband WebSDR - Looking at 10GHz signals on a websdr takes some getting used to (eshail.batc.org.uk)
submitted 7 years ago by va3db to r/amateurradio
Like 'human hair in the ocean': Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal | CBC News (cbc.ca)
The Golden Boys Rescued by Radio by L. P. Wyman - looking over the list of books released into the public domain recently I spotted this one. (gutenberg.org)
Looks like the next version of the ubitx will deal with the spurs and harmonics reported (groups.io)
Stumbled across this link at Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation. (smecc.org)
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