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The Hack Factory’s Ham Radio Antenna

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40m antenna down

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ARRL Field Day Sunday June 29 , 2014 at the Reagan Library and Museum

The bloom of cherry blossoms of Yaesu Sakura Street

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八重洲さくら通りの桜並木

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Sunset

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Sunset as viewed from PJ2T, an amateur radio station on Curacao.

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Lower Nose Rib Doubler

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Probably way more massive than it needs to be… but it gets the job done. This’ll let me hang a circular plastic connector panel-mounted right through the lightening hole and sticking out the base of the vertical stabilizer. There’ll also be a second hole for conduit. Both the wire run and the conduit will go up to the fairing, where I may someday install a camera or an HF antenna.

In the meantime, I don’t have to worry about how to run wires through the vertical stabilizier if I decide to mount something up there.

For more details about the construction of the vertical stabilizer, see the build log.

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ARRL Field Day W2AE

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Mark, KJ4VO, Manager of HRO Atlanta

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What a great guy… free donuts to the masses.

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Simple interface. PC Audio End.

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from Ham Tower

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Picture of approaching outflow boundary of a thunderstorm from the 50 foot level of my ham radio tower. This is looking North over Epperly Heights elementary taken 8-20-2005.

Amateur Radio W1EAK 1933

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Amateur Radio W1EAK 1933
7 St. Charles St.
Derry, N.H.
U.S.A.

Funny – I don’t remember taking this.

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Prof. Xiaoguang “Leo” Liu

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The National Science Foundation’s Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) has awarded a three-year grant of 0,001 to a team led by Principal Investigator Xiaoguang “Leo” Liu, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). The project, titled “Reconfigurable Bandpass Sampling Receivers for Software-Defined Radio Applications,” will be a collaborative effort with co-PIs Paul J. Hurst, Bernard Levy and Stephen H. Lewis, all professors in the UC Davis ECE Department.

More info: engineering.ucdavis.edu/blog/electrical-computer-engineer…

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Title: QST
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: American Radio Relay League
Subjects: Radio Radio
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Me^jU FREED COMPONENTS /o^ HI-FIDELITY AMPLIFIERPROVIDE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE This Freed circuit incorporates several changesfrom the original Williamson circuit to provide op-timum performance at high and low frequency ex-tremes. It is rated at 10 watts with triode connectedoutput tubes. However, by connecting the screengrids of these tubes to taps provided on the FreedKA-10 output transformer, it is possible to doublethe power output for a given distortion percentage. Recommended power supply is choke-input typewith a two-section L-C filter to maintain constantD.C. output and to improve filtering to the voltageamplifiers. Other high quality Freed components Include minia-ture audio transformers, magnetic amplifiers, toroidalinductors, subminiature encapsulated pulse trans-formers, precision filters and a complete line ofprecision laboratory test instruments. Complete cata-logs are available to engineers requesting same onfirm letterheads.

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Freed components requiredfor this amplifier include:FREED KP-IO POWER TRANSFORMERFREED KA-IO OUTPUT TRANSFORMERFREED KC-10 FILTER REACTORFREED KC-n FILTER REACTOR A DETAILED TECHNICAL SHEET AND PARTS LIST IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST ASK FOR BULLETIN NO. 5402 FREED TBANSFOBMER CO.. INC. 1703Weirfield St..Brooklyn (Ridgewood) 27, N.Y. 141 Be^^ of Your Transmitter to Antenna Matchwith the new CoAx Ratiometer (swr.) Install a CoAx Ratiometer in the line between your trans-mitter and antenna (or tuner) and stop guessing at a propermatch. In this new device, well-established principles areapplied to produce a unique answer to the problem ofmeasuring standing wave ratios. The result is a design ofexceptional accuracy and simplicity. There are no condensors to balance, no resistors in lineto dissipate your power. The unit handles frequencies from2 to 200 MCS, power loads from 10 to 1000 watts (so itcant be overloaded). Rugged construction, but so compactit can easily be permanently installed insi

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Cumulus Mammitus Clouds June 2009 Ham Radio Skywarn Dusk Afternoon

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Amateur Radio Festival at the Orlando fairgrounds.

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It’s a Radial!

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Ham radio humor. Kevin KF5FUZ explains to Erik KF5FDH and Ross N0GSZ how his spare tire bracket improves his radio reception. Gives a new meaning to Radial Tire. Picture taken during all-service radio drill, Austin, Texas

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Title: The seventh continent; a history of the discovery and explorations of Antarctica
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, Helen S. (Helen Saunders), b. 1874
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over its surface untilthat month, which corresponds with the Northern Aug-ust. * A circumstance, however, he continues, that is farmore objectionable to the Southern traveller than theextremity of temperature is the frequency of wind. Itis perhaps too broad a generalization to say that Arcticjourneys have usually been made under fine weatherconditions, but few, if any, Arctic travellers have beensubjected to the distressing frequency of blizzards andstrong winds that added so much to our discomfort inthe South. The geographical difference between the work of theNorthern and Southern sledge traveller is as great asthe climate, if not greater. … To the South, it willbe seen that everywhere the explorers ship is broughtup by solid land or by some mighty wall resembling thatof the Great Ice Barrier; to pass beyond his ship there-fore, the explorer must either travel over land or overgreat and ancient snow-fields which possess a similarsurface. We have, therefore, this great geographical

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Captain Scott ^s Explorations 253 difference between the North and the South; the greaterpart of Northern travelling has been and will be doneon sea-ice, but the greater part of Southern travellinghas been and will be done over land surfaces, or what inthis respect are their equivalents. On travelling over the Great Barrier to the South,I was constantly impressed by recognizing the diffi-culties of surface so graphically described by Nansen inhis First Crossing of Greenland; and I came to the con-clusion that the conditions were very similar. But I wasstill more impressed by the obvious impossibility ofdragging a sledge over such a surface at the rate main-tained by the old English travellers on the Northernsea-ice. A general comparison of the sledging condi-tions met with in the North and in the South CEUinotbe said, therefore, to be in favour of the latter, and itmust be conceded that the Antarctic sledge travellerjourneys under considerable relative disadvantage; hehas to meet seve

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20110728 – My First Carve on the Zen Toolworks 7x12x5 CNC router – 2

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Interhome Management Meeting 2013 in Gdansk

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Image from page 933 of “An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions

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Title: An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843
Subjects: Agriculture — Dictionaries
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in quantity that obtained from the cultivation of two or three kinds only.{Ibid. p. 246.) 5650. New and excellent varieties of many of the grasses, especially those used or fitto be used in the convertible husbandry, might no doubt be obtained by selection andcross-breeding, and it is much to be wished that this were attempted by cultivators. 5651. The grasses to be here treated of may be classed as tall sorts, or those best fittedfor hay; and dwarf grasses, or those fit only for pasturage : those experimented on atWoburn will next be noticed. Sect. 1. Tall-growing or Hoy Grasses. 5652. The hay grasses for the purposes of agriculture may be advantageously dividedinto those of temporary, and those of permanent duration. Subsect. 1. Tall or Hay Grasses of temporary Duration. *5C53. The most valuable of this division are the biennial, or, as it is commonly butenonecusly called, the annual, perennial, and subperennial rye-grass fg. 769. a), the 3 L 4 SSK PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. Pari III,

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cocks-foot grass(o), and woolly soft grass(c). Where a crop ot liay is desired within the fy& year, it is necessary to resort to such grasses rtty as are annuals in the strict sense of the word ; »jw? and none can he hetter for this purpose than the common oat f^vena sativa), cut and made into hay when it comes into flower. Next in order may be mentioned the other cereal grasses and the annual varieties of //roinus : the latter, however, are very coarse grasses, though prolific in culm. 5654. The biennial rye-grass (Zoliumper^nne var. bienne L.) is well known, asbeing universally sown, either with or with-out clover, among corn crops, with a viewto one crop of hay in the succeeding season.It attains a greater height, and produces a longer broader spike of flowers, than theperennial rye-grass, and the produce in hay is considered greater than that of any otherannual grass, equally palatable to cattle. It prefers a rich loamy soil, but will grow onany surface whatever, not rock or

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Why You Should Know the Different Types of Credit Card APRs
While APRs may sound confusing and complex on the surface, once you know how to find your card's APR and you know which APR applies to you it is relatively simple. The problem for many cardholders, however, is that they don't grasp the concept of APR …
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Online Loan Broker Fundera Discloses Data on APRs
Online Loan Broker Fundera Discloses Data on APRs. by Kevin Wack. NOV 23, 2015 9:00am ET. The online loan broker Fundera has published information about the interest rates paid by customers of its website, the latest development in a debate about …
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Ray Davies and Mike Oldfield honoured at APRS annual bash
Ray Davies and Mike Oldfield were among the recording industry veterans to be honoured by the APRS at its Annual Sound Fellowships Lunch in west London, yesterday. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant was the surprise guest at the celebration at the …
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Badan Kepegawaian Negara Temukan 57 Ribu PNS 'Misterius'
Bandung – Badan Kepegawaian Negara (BKN) menemukan puluhan ribu aparatur sipil negara (ASN) atau pegawai negeri sipil (PNS) di seluruh Indonesia yang terdaftar dalam database terdahulu tetapi tidak jelas keberadaannya alias 'misterius'.
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Presiden Jokowi Cerita Soal Blusukan di Depan Para CEO di London
DETIKNEWS | Rabu 20 Apr 2016, 23:59 WIB Komnas HAM menyebut salah satu komisionernya, Siane Indriyani mendapat ancaman di tengah pengusutan kasus Siyono. Apa respons Kapolri Jenderal Badrodin Haiti? Komisi IV DPR Akan Proses Temuan …
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Radio tower collapses onto house, car in Spotsylvania County
… 0 comments · JBranscome. Posted on Apr 1, 2015. by Jeff Branscome. An 80-foot HAM radio tower collapsed onto a house and an occupied vehicle in Spotsylvania County on Tuesday, trapping all three of the car's passengers, according to a press release.
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Pocket Digi Error.

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Tabata leading scorer as QSL teams go into break
Al Rayyan captain Rodrigo Tabata controls the ball during the Qatar Stars League (QSL) match against El Jaish in Doha in this November 28, 2015 file photo. Doha: Al Rayyan striker and captain Rodrigo Tabata is leading the list of goal-scorers after 14 …
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Sadd have no other option but to keep winning: Pouraliganji
Al Sadd's Iranian international defender Morteza Pouraliganj has assured that the coming game versus Al Gharafa in Round 21 of the QSL next Monday will be very tough clash, with no other alternative other than the victory for Al Sadd. Pouraliganji sat …
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QSL: Al Rayyan emerge as real title contenders
Qatar SC's Paulo Sergio (centre) and Al Rayyan players vie for the ball possession during their QSL match at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha on Saturday. Al Rayyan won the match 5-2. Pics: Abdul Basit. Doha: Al Rayyan won their sixth game in a row this season …
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Australian doctors learn tricks of stent implanting in Mumbai hospital
So far, around 13,000 bioabsorable stents have been deployed in India while Germany leads in using the advanced stent having deployed more than 20,000. The bio-absorbable stent was approved by the Drug Controller General of India in December 2012 …
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Samsung SM951-NVMe M.2 SSD Review
Both models are equipped with Samsung's UBX 3-Core controller technology. Even though SM951-NVMe packs a huge haymaker in the performance column, the drive's thickness is roughly 3.73 millimeters when equipping chips on both sides of the board …
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LLC synchronous rectification made easy, robust and more efficient
The green energy movement has brought about huge increases in efficiency to commercial AC/DC and DC/DC power supplies. The 80 Plus requirements stipulate that titanium-class power supplies must have a 97% efficiency from input to output. The results …
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New iPad Games and Apps of the Week: Blackrock Spire and More
Hearthstone players no longer need to lug their iPad around to play the game on the go. Blizzard released an iPhone version of Hearthstone on Wednesday. All you need to do is update to version 2.5.8416 of the current app, and you will be able to use …
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BER test method uses real data
Data-dependent jitter is further broken down into DCD (duty cycle distortion) and ISI (inter-symbol interference). These last two categories are dependent on the data pattern. Each form of jitter is found in a real system … Jitter injection is done …
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Make Sense of Nonlinear Distortion Part 1: Viewing distortion as a modulation
Often, system specifications such as Noise Power Ratio (NPR) and Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) cannot be flowed down to suppliers who characterize their components with simple two-tone intermodulation distortion (IMD) and 1-dB compression …
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The new ham shack “before” the tower

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10 Old-Fashioned Soul Food Restaurants To Try in NYC
Ham hocks and Ma's meatloaf are good choices, and so are fried chicken and chicken baked with barbecue sauce in the Carolina style. On a recent re-visit, shrimp and grits were on the specials menu. Not quite the Lowcountry favorite featuring …
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Former Alabama resident, Allman Brother Oteil Burbridge on playing in post
Then my buddy Jeep Hillhouse who actually lives in B'ham. Then I made YouTube playlists of all of my favorites out of those and added them to the 15 I already knew. It was a fun few months. Actually it hasn't stopped; I have to learn some more new …
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ARRL Field Day Sunday June 29 , 2014 at the Reagan Library and Museum

My Homebrew 20m Delta Loop
My mainantenna for general use on 20m is my homebrew delta loop. I was introduced to this antenna by M0DOL who I saw using one at the KDARS site over a year ago. After seeing the results he was having I decided that I would give it a go and see if I …
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WLAN-Repeater: Einsatz im Netzwerk optimieren
Cross-Band nutzt die Tatsache aus, dass moderne WLAN-Repeater in zwei verschiedenen Bändern gleichzeitig funken können. Die Verbindung zwischen Repeater und Router etwa kann im 2,4 Gigahertz-Funknetz erfolgen, die Kontaktaufnahme vom …
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