The Chawed Rag – September 2022
Here’s The Chawed Rag for September 2022. We’ve got POTA pics, repeater maintenance, a $1000 shack challenge, a $70 SDR kit, siren test monitoring, upcoming events, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
News
The CaHR $1000 Station Challenge
By Don Weeks N5SKT Recently the guys at Coffee and Ham Radios (CaHR) put together a little challenge to come up with a ham shack for less than $1000 and create a video around it. I had an idea to…
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UTD/TAGER Repeater Improvements
By Chip Coker KD4C On Tuesday September 6, Andrew KE5GDB, Bryan N5HL and myself took a trip to the UTD Repeater site to do some long-awaited repairs to our equipment there. The trip was successful and everything at the UTD/TAGER…
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The Chawed Rag – August 2022
Here’s The Chawed Rag for August 2022. We’ve got Josh N4NZ on Pike’s Peak, some news from the ISS, more on our upcoming Parks on the Air outing, a great antenna for 10 Meters, Opto-Isolators!, upcoming hamfests and events, a new Icom radio, fire(!), and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
Opto-Isolators: A Very Useful Device in the Ham Radio World
By John Slaughter WB5HSI An opto-isolator is a light emitting diode and a phototransistor in the same package. The LED is completely isolated electrically from the phototransistor. Most devices have 1000 volts or more of isolation. The capacitive coupling between…
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The Super Penetrator – A Beast on 10 Meters
By Chip Coker KD4C Those who know me and my ham radio experience know that I love 10 Meters. Early in my ham career (and in the peak days of solar cycle 21), I would come home from school and…
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International Space Station Upgrades Amateur Radio Operations
From the ARRL Letter ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, announced that simultaneous operations of the ARISS voice repeater and digital APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) communications on the Space Station are now a reality. Current ARISS operations…
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The Chawed Rag – July 2022
Here’s The Chawed Rag for July 2022. We’ve got a fun Parks on the Air outing, record Field Day submissions, how to use Ham Club Online, more on the Nano-VNA from KG5P, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
Using Nano VNAs – Component Measurement
By Mike Jahrig KG5P (Part 4 of a series) Last month we discussed four types of filters and investigated their behavior using the NanoVNA. This month we will use the Nano to identify the values of some junk box inductors…
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What Is Ham Club Online (and why should I care)?
By Michael Masterson WT9V HamClubOnline (HCOL) is the system that we use to manage club membership, including new applications for club membership and when everyone’s memberships are up for renewal. HCOL also handles other important things like sending out reminders…
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