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I thought I should have a radio in case of emergencies.? Then I thought about scale of emergencies, so I thought of SW.? But hams are working some emergencies so being able to listen to HF SSB would

All good points. When Sandy hit the East coast, ham radio was the only thing working for hundreds of miles. The cell towers were either down or non-functioning. A ?BITX, my 20000mAhr Li-ion battery

Greetings! Would the 100pF cap added to the LPF work on the BITX40 model. I just wired up the BITX40 kit I received two weeks ago and there was an extra smt cap in the bag of parts. It was not listed

I remember hearing about ham radio as a cub scout.? It didn't appeal to me then because I only saw it as a way for cranky old men to argue with other cranky old men.? Two things that I think about a

This design uses all of the above.? Grease, heat sink and oil bath. https://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/frank_radio_antenna_dummy.htm

Stephen Thanks for sharing your insights. My 2 cents worth. I'm in my 50s, with young kids at home. Just passed my license exam thanks to some encouragement from W8TEE. Foremost, younger folks don't

That's how I got started...a cub scout visit to a local ham, Chuck Zeigler, W8FTQ (I think?). He became my Elmer and I became his pest, hanging out at his home anytime I could. He gave me my Novice

I'm 28, maybe I can share a bit of insight, being a millennial... I was first introduced to ham radio probably 20 years ago in cub scouts, found it fascinating.? The cost of entry was always the

Thanks, Jack. I have been working at private, accredited Christian schools for the pat 14 years and they allow people from colleges & industry to teach as long as they show "some progress towards

The dummy load my group (Greater Cincinnati Builders Group) built used mineral oil, which is non-toxic. We tested the DL with a 200W signal for 5 minutes without failure of any components, although

Mine was shipped on the 12th and arrived on the 14th. Paid for DHL with tracking but never got to check tracking. As a kid every thing I ever ordered came parcel post and took 3 to 4 weeks to arrive.

Werner: That is so cool! I checked with a local high school when I was in Indiana about teaching a ham radio class as part of the STEM system. Even though I have a Ph.D. and 40 years of university

I had bought 10 lot of dummy loads made at florida i suppose. I am planning to use a heatsink mount and housed in a can. Later i can even fill that can with transformer insulating oil, . regards sarma

Jack, you are spot on. It is mission critical to get new hams ACTIVE both on the air (including HF) and also to get them on the road to get their hands dirty building hardware, including antennas. The

Give it some time.? I ordered on the 9th too.? About 30mins ago I got the paypal email with the tracking number showing it is out for delivery today.

@N8DAH: partial success: the harmonics are now < 55dBm - unfortunately the IRFs are still there. When i reduce VFO-Driver current with a resistor (2,5k) the IRFs will disappear - but also the

Oh, I'm not. I already subscribe to QST, CQ, QEX, RADCOM, MAKE, Nuts & Volts and that's just the Electronics oriented ones. jjpurdum@...> wrote:

I changed the topic to narrow the focus. You're right, Joe, the social media sites have a lock on young people. My club gives the FCC exams every month (except Dec.) for free and we always have people

I did just stumble onto this, which is better.? Maybe a bit deeper than I'd like, but not bad.? The price is certainly better.? I'll have to measure to see if the board would interfere, or if the

Yeah, I've looked at Hammond's cases, and there is nothing in their extruded lines that is tall enough (or if it is tall enough, it's not wide enough).? The die cast enclosure are strong enough, but