Hamvention 2010

May 14 – 16 Dayton, Ohio Sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association   [Hamvention photos, by Frances AJ4JQ, can be viewed in the NFARL 2010 Photo Album.] We hope to see a lot of NFARL folks in Dayton.  If you have not been to a Hamvention, you should go.   It’s […]

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Lu Conti & W4QO at Roswell Library

NFARL Supports North Fulton Libraries

NFARL is a long-time supporter of the North Fulton libraries; many of the ham radio books available in libraries in the areas served by our club were contributed by NFARL in years past. Early in 2009 our executive team surveyed the North Fulton libraries and discovered that the books on […]

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2008 Lawrenceville Hamfest

2008 Stone Mountain HamFest

The Stone Mountain Hamfest & Computer Expo took place November 1 & 2 at the Lawrenceville-Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. In addition to vendor exhibits, flea market, tailgate market, VE testing, and boneyard, the Hamfest featured a youth lounge (all day both days) and a Youth Forum Saturday at noon in the […]

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Ten Ways to have the Most Fun in Ham Radio

by Jim Stafford, W4QO.  February 6, 2008. When non hams, who are looking at getting their ham licenses, ask me what they should do, I give them this list of what I think are the 10 things to increase their ham radio FUN!! I’ll write this as if I’m speaking […]

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The Half-Square versus the Loop Skywire

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 […]

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