by Jim Stafford, W4QO Appeared in QRP Quarterly, Fall, 2006 Up until about 8 years ago, I had an 80 foot tower with a TH-6DXX on it. It was quite fun working QRP with it on 20 thru 10 meters. Reports of “WOW, you can’t be QRP!” or “are you pulling my leg?” were quite common. But then an unfortunate incident involving a bulldozer and a hooked guy wire meant the tower was no more. Oh, it’s still out back awaiting the day when I can put it back up (if I ever do). I had been using a full […]
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Ham Shack Lightning Protection
By Hal Meyers – K4JHM SK First of all, lets get some basic concepts in mind. The thing that “gets” our equipment is the voltage difference between the various conductors coming into the equipment, not the magnitude of the voltage. Lets just take a simple modem as an example. It has two sets of conductors coming into it: the power and the `phone line. If you get a transient on one of these conductors but not on the other, then there will be a potential difference between the two sets of conductors. This is what zaps the device. In the […]
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Roswell Mayor Jere Wood proclaimed the week of June 21st through June 27th, 1998 to be Amateur Radio Week in the City of Roswell.
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Georgia General Assembly honors amateur radio operators by designating June 27 – 28, 1998 as Georgia Amateur Radio Weekend.
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A thank you memo from the North Fulton Medical Center for our support during the January, 1987 ice and snow storm.
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