Foundations of Amateur Radio
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Foundations of Amateur Radio
What use is an F-call?".
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Building a shack: Part 1 - Setting the Scene
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently it occurred to me that I haven't been using HF in my shack for much longer than I'd care to...
Bald Yak 14, choices and software flexibility
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Let's start with an observation, I'm a geek, have been all my life. Since my early teenage years that...
I have a problem .. with logging.
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The first step in solving any problem is recognising that there is one. In my case the name of that p...
How to make our hobby and community resilient?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I was stuck in traffic behind a vehicle proudly proclaiming that it was "electric". I'd...
A new year with new services to the public .. in 1905
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I spent some quality time digging into the origins of a word in common use. In doing so, I c...
What do you call that .. radio?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
If you use a word often enough it starts to lose its meaning. The other day, during breakfast, well,...
On the origins of the RF circulator
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I explored the use of a radio device aptly described by a fellow Aussie Electronics Engineer...
Going around in circles, one-way.
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I saw a post by fellow amateur Gary N8DMT who mentioned an "RF circulator" and a PlutoS...
Bald Yak 13, Monitoring the Sun .. small steps
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I received an email from Frank K4FMH asking me about an idea I'd worked on some time ag...
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
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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...