Category: band conditions

Field Day 2015

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What is field day? Well, I will let the ARRL or the National Association for Amateur Radio explain it: ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups

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Video: Why you have to run an amplifier on 75 meters in the summer

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I love 75 meters, I have been using it since I got my general class license in 2000. But, the summer months; it is quite rough and without an amp, at night, it is almost impossible to use on voice. (I bet it’s the same with CW too…) Here’s the video to explain: Unfortunately, I

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20 meters is terrible today

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I’m dictating this from my cell phone, so if it comes out looking a little funny that’s why. As you can see from the photo captured above, 20 meters is not in good shape I’m running psk31 and it just is not doing too good. I worked two stations so far, probably about 150 miles

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