Category: Amateur Radio (Ham Radio)

VU2VWN was a good friend of mine and a great homebrewer. I started as an Amateur Radio operator in 1985 with a solid state QRP which I had

Today morning, during a discussion on 40 m, when I was mentioning about space constraints for HF antenna at my location, one ham told me about the Inverted

I have been hearing about Long Path and Short Path ever since I started amateur radio operations in 1985. This was mentioned in discussions over the air by

I have been experimenting with my 40/20 m Fan Dipole Antenna for the past few days. My average reports on 40 m was 5,7 though occasionally I used

WSJT-X is an extended version of Weak Signal communication by K1JT, currently an open source program for amateur radio. Downloaded Version 2.6.1, 64-bit and installed it in my

I was under the impression that both the built-in SWR meter of the radio and the external SWR meter which is connected in series with it will show

In my younger days as Amateur Radio operator, only interference at home was what we often called as “Mixy QRM” when mother started the Mixer/Grinder in the kitchen

I had homebrewed a Modified Inverted V 40 m Antenna to fit in the limited space in my compound. Yesterday I could hear a VU station from the

When I used the build-in automatic antenna tuner in my HF radio for the first time, I was rather scared by the rattling noise from the radio and

Till now I was using the 3 Dimensions Spectrum Stream or 3DSS in FT-710. Though it is an excellent form of display, due to the heavy noise in