Keith Pugh, W5IU, Lighting the fires of curiosity in school children by arranging contacts with the International Space Station via ham radio.
It turns out the similarities between learning CW and learning to type are quiet similar it seems.
Most ham radios can scan hundreds of frequencies including many that are outside of the ham bands. Why not try to use most of the available memory channels in your radios so that you have a better chance of hearing what is going on around you? This post offers some advice about how and why that might be a good idea.
A brief history of how and why we came to use Single Sideband.
Here's where the rubber met the road one Saturday morning while fox hunting. Thanks to Jerry and Justin for letting me tag along!
A brief overview of the benefits (AND FUN!) of working the GOTA Station.
A basic run-down of the Meshnet System, what it is and what it can do for you.
Try this simple home-brew building project to stretch your antenna-building wings!