Choices and consequences of station lightning protection

Here's a link t a great primer on grounding your station.

Choices and Consequences of Station Grounding


Steve
W4HKL

New Call

IN case you didn't know, I upgraded to General this past Field Day. With visions of N4-calls dancing in my head, I checked the box to get a new call. Unfortunately, I got a callsign that even a new ham wouldn't have loved: KI4YAI. "YAI!!!" Well, the next day I applied for my great uncle Albert Smith's (SK) old call, W4HKL. Truth be told, I had forgotten his call, but ran across a note I had made concerning it way back in my high school days. In fact, if I hadn't found that note, I might never have remembered his call.

So, since 1x3 "W" calls are quite acceptable for those having a General amateur license, I decided that it was time to get that call. It was assigned to me on July 31, 2007 and i plan on keeping it until I am a SK (ironic in my case, as I have no interest in the code.)

Steve
W4HKL

Longest Contact So Far

I just got a 5-9 signal report on 20 meters with W1UE portable Victor Echo 1 on 14.272 Mhz at 11:21 EST on 1 August 07... Nova Scotia on 100 watts into a loop antenna at 25 feet - I'm PUMPED!!!!!

Text Message vs Morse Code

Some Amateur Radio Informational Videos

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"Hello..." Presentation on Amateur Radio

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Amateur Radio Today

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N2JMH PSYCHO HAM RADIO ROVER

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Ham Radio Operator KI7F checks Into a Denver 2 mtr FM net

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10 Meter FM Mobile

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New General Hooked on RTTY

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Radio Shack Scanner Pro-2037

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Scanner Audio of an A-10 mission

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Central Middle School students on Ham Radio

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The AD4C Ham Radio Station Tour

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Icom Radio News, Volume 1

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Icom Radio News, Volume 2

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Icom Radio News, Volume 3

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...and just for fun,

Old Time Radio on Frasier 1

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Old Time Radio on Frasier 2

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Presentation of Radio-Based E-mail During a Disaster

THE BOX: PORTABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS STATION IDEAS

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KB3JUV's Web Site

"Every Senior at Sussex Tech High School is required to do a Sussex Tech Exhibition of Mastery (STEM) Project by the end of their year. This project includes a long research paper, building a product related to the subject, as well as doing a presentation on it. My presentation was Radio-Based E-mail During a Disaster. I demonstrated the Winlink 2000 system and built a portable radio station that I could deploy to a disaster area. The following is a video of me doing the presentation to a group of teachers who had no idea what amateur radio even is. I needed to make the presentation easy enough for them to understand. For some of you, some of my comments might seem like common sense!"

- KB3JUV




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