[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio How does a waterfall* display work? With computers becoming more and more ensconced within the confines of...
Foundations of Amateur Radio Why do you contest? The other week I participated in a contest. This particular contest was on the 80m band, around...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio Preparation for an outing ... Previously I've talked about leaving your shack and setting up your station...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio SWR assumptions In the past I've talked about the Standing Wave Ratio, the SWR, and how it describes some...
Foundations of Amateur Radio [ATTACH] Learning on 2m FM Last week during F-troop something very interesting happened. If you're not familiar...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio Shakespeare and Coax Stub Filters If you read it on the Internet, it must be true. but what happens if...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio Experience comes from doing ... During the week a friend reminded me that the process of determining...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 145 A question that comes up regularly is one about loss, specifically loss in the coax and...
I got a Skype call a few weeks ago from Eric, 4Z1UG--the creator and host of the QSO Today Podcast--during which he asked me about how and why I...
[ATTACH] Six years in the making, after much prodding from fellow amateurs, the transcripts of the weekly podcast "Foundations of Amateur Radio"...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 122 The art of keeping your station organised and accessible has much to do with choosing wisely...
[ATTACH] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 121 Today I have a confession to make. Looking back it's clear that once your brain goes down a...
[ATTACH] Tropospheric Ducting Explained You've always been taught that VHF communications are line of sight and that the height of your antenna...
[ATTACH] Which antenna should I get first? Building an antenna can be very rewarding but also very frustrating. Similarly, buying an antenna is...
[ATTACH] How does PSK or Phase Shift Keying actually work? Previously I've explained how Radio-teletype or RTTY works from a technical...
[ATTACH] How does RTTY work? The continued discussion in our community about Digital Modes got me thinking about what a Digital Mode actually...
[ATTACH] Australian Digital Mode Qualifications The qualifications for using Digital Modes in Australia can be summed up with a single sentence:...
[ATTACH] Current is Force and Mechanical Filters It might surprise you to learn that some radios contain moving parts, even the solid- state one...
[ATTACH] Fixing our Obsolete Licensing System Our Amateur Licensing System is obsolete, broken and in urgent need of review. This week I take a...
[ATTACH] Maintenance in your Shack If every fix is a "quick fix" does this mean that you're actually doing maintenance in your shack, or just...