[ATTACH] Our license naming convention is Elitist and Unproductive For a long time I've struggled with the way we differentiate between the...
[ATTACH] Learning is where you find it. A little while ago I had the chance to use a mobile radio with high power. I used it to learn about the...
[ATTACH] Magic and Curiosity in Amateur Radio For me Amateur Radio is about the constant quest of learning, the ongoing pursuit of explanation...
[ATTACH] Is the ideal antenna round? This week I look at an antenna from a user experience perspective and discuss what kinds of things go into...
[ATTACH] "Get on air and make some noise!" In terms of Amateur Radio that makes people think that I mean that they should turn on their radio,...
[ATTACH] What if the radio spectrum was a data source? The evolution of Amateur Radio is a constantly changing landscape. I've previously...
[ATTACH] The things you learn when you have a slightly different operating environment. During the week I used high power whilst mobile and...
[ATTACH] Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder Have you ever looked at an ugly radio and blurted it out loud to the proud owner? This week I look...
[ATTACH] Is the "Gentleman's Agreement" broken because the gentlemen of our hobby are being overwhelmed by a noisy minority who don't think it's...
[ATTACH] Adding /QRP, /mobile or /portable to your call sign. Every time you go on-air a new addition to the stroke brigade finds its way into a...
[ATTACH] "Life's too short for QRP" With propagation at an all time low, amplifiers are out in force and QRP is delegated to second class...
[ATTACH] What does a resistor have to do with a stick? Commonly the size of a grain of rice with pretty colours, a resistor is a regular item in...
[ATTACH] "If they're shooting at you - you know you're doing something right!" - keyboard warriors are happy to attack, but rarely provide any...
[ATTACH] The Spirit of Amateur Radio A recurring theme is that in the "yea good ol' days of yore" Amateurs got real licenses and today anyone...
[ATTACH] Amateur Radio is DEAD Ask anyone who "knows" and they'll tell you that this is a hobby on Death's door with an ancient membership who...
[ATTACH] MARS is our next door planet or it relates to "Pumping up the Volume", but what does it have to do with Amateur Radio? This week in...
[ATTACH] A nifty idea looking for a purpose in 1947 changes the world as we know it... You use this thing every day, in fact to read this,...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes something particularly hideous might actually be a thing of beauty. The best dipole I ever...
[ATTACH] What is the strangest thing you've ever used as an antenna? What about a wire fence, or a flag-pole, perhaps a train-track, a bridge or...
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." So, do we really understand our hobby to the point where...