Foundations of Amateur Radio
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Foundations of Amateur Radio
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When your hobby revolves around electricity ...
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I went on my first POTA or Parks On The Air adventure, this time I was on my own. If yo...
Preparing for an outing
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently my local power company notified me of a planned network outage, that's code for, we're turni...
Where is the fun in that?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The pursuit of amateur radio is a glorious thing. On the face of it you're forgiven if you think of i...
Playing with Radio
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I came across an article written by programmer, artist, and game designer "blinry" with...
Amateur Radio has literally changed my world view
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I went for a walk, I know, shock-horror, outside, daylight, nature, the whole thing, in...
How small is small?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
I've owned a Yaesu FT-857d radio since becoming an amateur and at the time I was absolutely blown awa...
Bald Yak 12, getting raw data from a remote receiver
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Over the past nine months or so I've been working on a project that I've called Bald Yak. If you're u...
Using an SDR as measuring equipment
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I stumbled on a random post by Gary N8DMT which caused me to view the world in a differ...
Listening to local RF via a web browser
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I discussed the idea of listening to the radio spectrum across the internet for the purposes...
Decoding distant signals over the web?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
One of the many challenges associated with being a radio amateur is actually being able to listen to...
What can we activate today?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Every single radio amateur has come to this hobby with an itch to scratch. Time and again I've seen a...
Using Amateur Bands for other purposes
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I came across a series of strident posts about the injustice associated with a non-amateur s...
There's promotion .. and then there's Amateur Radio
Foundations of Amateur Radio
In the community of radio amateurs scattered around the planet we have a habit of getting together wi...
Decoding a signal ...
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I was given some radio data captured on the 40m band. Using a piece of software called "Univ...
Antenna modelling with genetic algorithms.
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I was helping a friend erect their newly refurbished multi-band antenna and during the proce...
The ARRL incident of May 2024, a year later
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Just over a year ago, the ARRL, the American Radio Relay League, the peak body for amateur radio in t...
The Art of decoding a signal.
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day Randall, VK6WR, encouraged me to get on-air. He described it like this:
Random Serendipity
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I was discussing with a fellow amateur the increased frustration my mobile phone provid...
Can you be a Professional Radio Amateur?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day a fellow amateur asked me to help them with lowering their radio mast so they could do...
What's really happening at the IARU?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day a report in "Amateur Radio Daily" caught my eye. Under the heading "IARU Considers Cons...
What do you think you're doing?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Right off the bat, let me start with a question. "What do you think you're doing?"
How does your member society represent itself?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Around the world are thousands of associations, groups of people, clubs if you like, that represent r...
A brief introduction to the HamSCI community
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Since becoming a licensed amateur in 2010, I have spent a good amount of time putting together my tho...
Can we figure out how much the Sun really affects propagation?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I saw a social media post featuring a screenshot of some random website with pretty charts a...
Being an amateur without either radio or antenna
Foundations of Amateur Radio
A recent comment by a fellow amateur sparked a train of thought that made me wonder why there is a pe...
Becoming Mode Agile
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Over the years I've talked about different ways of using our license to transmit. I've discussed thin...
Playing Games On-Air
Foundations of Amateur Radio
One of the basic aspects of being human and growing up is the process of learning. From a young age w...
What is Amateur Radio really about?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
When you join the community of radio amateurs, or when you briefly look over the shoulder of the near...
What is the difference between a Dummy Load and an Antenna?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I started an experiment I plan to run for a year. Using a WSPR beacon and a dummy load I'm t...
Echos from the past, 150 ms ago
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently Glynn VK6PAW and I had the opportunity to play radio. This isn't something that happens ofte...
Bald Yak 11, the goo between hardware and software
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I received a question in relation to the Bald Yak project. If you're not familiar, "The Bald...
DX on a dummy load?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I made a joke about operating your station with a dummy load in response to John VA3KOT oper...
What's the story you'd like to tell yourself?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
When you joined the global community of radio amateurs you did so with a perspective that represented...
Bald Yak, universe 10, how does all fit together?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I received a lovely email from Michele IU4TBF asking some pertinent questions about the Bald...
Bald Yak, droplet 9, fosphor and the impertinence of software
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Have you ever come across a solution to a problem that you sort of knew you had, but didn't really ap...
Bald Yak, arena 8, paying attention to the details
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I built a first attempt at a noise cancelling circuit, on my couch, in GNU Radio, without ho...
Finding your path in this hobby
Foundations of Amateur Radio
As you might recall, recently I stumbled on an excellent list of 52 weekly challenges put together by...
Bald Yak, scene 7, building a circuit without burnt chicken smell
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I was sitting on the couch lounging about when I came up with an idea and there and the...
WSPR beacon QSY to 15m
Foundations of Amateur Radio
For quite some time I have operated a WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter beacon on the 10m band...
Ham Challenge
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I noticed a flurry of QSL card designs come across my screen and it sparked me into act...