Chasing squirrels like I sometimes do on YouTube I found myself on the Nagoya NEVEX web site/page where Nagoya provides info to determine if an antenna is real or fake. So, with no further ado, here's

https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/N6MED

It's getting really bad. I got this from a very authoritative and reliable source (FaceBook)

Excellent stuff, Carl! -- Jim

Thought this might interest the group re how a flame front (e.g., a wild-land fire) affect propagation. Heady stuff but for all the engineers in our club: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspac

Anyone know a radio shop I SHOULD have taken my rig to?

To the RVers within range of w6ek.groups.io -- I'm researching cell phone "signal boosters" (yeah, I know, they are actually repeaters). If you've got one either for your vehicle or for your RV, what

Though not radio related, but for the good of the order and health, check out this short video. Hard evidence of the efficacy of a mask to mitigate spreading cooties: https://www.khq.com/news/khq-inve

I offer this link to a piece that Andy Rooney did Memorial Day, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a93gjnVSyco&t=4s From Wikipedia on his WWII service. Mr. Rooney began his career in newspapers in

As reported by Forbes and numerous other sources including from the 'Continent': Microsoft’s Windows Update new KB4541335 update is “wrecking PCs”. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/04/12/

Sorry if I lacked clarity in my first response. 1. The "dust mask" so far as I can tell is made of paper and less porous than the pleated cloth mask and, IN MY OPINION the better option. My wife wears

Full disclosure for those in the club that don’t know my background: I am a registered nurse, retired from the Auburn Faith Hospital telemetry medical unit. “Telemetry medical” pertains to acute care

Greg -- You are spot on re "... protect others from someone who is sick ..." The dust masks you find at the hardware, from what I'm able to tell when compared to similar masks available for one time u

Gentlemen, thanks for sharing all. There is a lot of info and videos "out there" re rolling your own. Folks seem to be paying more attention to mask construction and little to proper donning and doffi

Yeah, ok, not directly radio related but, perhaps for the public good. How do I suspect if I have "just" the flu, the Coronavirus/COVID-19, the Creeping Crud, or Creeping Decrepitis? These graphics sh

A valid source for info: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

Though this is not radio related, I believe it to be quite serious. Please take it in the spirit I intend. You've been hearing about how to avoid getting exposed to this rather contagious cootie. I ha

I'm going to guess that Covid-19 mortality is going to wiggle as more folks become infected. I read that it has been reported inside China as high as 4%. It is likely keeping the epidemiology sleuths

I realize this post doesn't have anything to do directly with ham radio. But, I hope it will be tolerated in the spirit in which I have keyboarded it. Some thoughts and 2-cents prompted by a conversat

Diplexers For Sale All “like new” Comet CF-706 1.3-57MHz / 75-320MHz $45.00 Comet CF-142 1.3-150MHz / 200-480MHz $45.00 MFJ-916B 1.3-225MHz / 350-540MHz $25.00 Jim / N6MED

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