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HAM RADIO AMPLIFIER TUNING PECKER WITH SIGNALINK

HAM RADIO AMPLIFIER TUNING PECKER WITH SIGNALINK

HAM RADIO AMPLIFIER TUNING PECKER WITH SIGNALINK

Just a quick video on how I passed the Ham Radio Technician Class license exam. Here are some links to help you out if you are looking to take the exam.

The No-Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide by Dan Romanchik:
FREE (Or Donation) Here:
http://www.kb6nu.com/tech-manual/
Via Kindle here:
http://www.amazon.com/No-Nonsense-Technician-Class-License-ebook/dp/B004G8QVD2

Ham Radio for Dummies

NEW: Ham Radio License Manual – ARRL
http://www.amazon.com/Ham-Radio-License-Manual-Arrl/dp/0872590976/

OLD: Now You’re Talking! All You Need For Your First Amateur Radio License
http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Talking-First-Amateur-License/dp/0872598810

HamExam.org: Free Amateur Radio Practice Exams:
http://hamexam.org/

American Radio Relay League:
http://www.arrl.org/
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Consumer Radio – HAM / Amateur Radio – Antennas: Part 2b – Intro to antennas, tuning and QRM

I start this series by introducing some basics about antennas, antenna tuners, antenna analyzers and noise / interference / QRM / QRN. Equipment used / menti…

Repairing and Rebuilding Antenna This is a 2 meter antenna freq. coverage of 135-160 mhz which makes it a good scanner antenna also SORRY !!! I SAID in video…

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About Radio 63 more details about the Antenna tuning drive mechanism

In this video I give the dimensions of the drive unit and show you the other motors that I’ve bought. Please read the rest of this box. I’ve found a good sup…
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Consumer Radio – HAM / Amateur Radio – Antennas: Part 2a – Intro to antennas, tuning and QRM

I start this series by introducing some basics about antennas, antenna tuners, antenna analyzers and noise / interference / QRM / QRN. Equipment used / menti…

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Antenna Tuning coil – Handmade

Homemade coil for antenna tuner. Out of an old car wiper motor, wire and plastic parts! Thanks for watching!!
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This is a demonstration of a simple system of a remotely comtrolled antenna tuning
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Tuning my Yaesu FRG-7 Communications Receiver on 40m & 80m

One of the bargains from Barford Rally 2009 which is organised and run by the Norfolk Amateur Radio Club. I’m over the moon with this reciever and have already hads lot of enjoyment tuning and finding interesting things. I connect it directly to my MFJ-948 Its not the easiest to tune at first but once learnt it makes it easy to loose an afternoon tinkering. 73 M6RKY

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Consumer Radio – HAM – Antenna: Part 2c – Intro to antennas, tuning and noise QRM

I start this series by introducing some basics about antennas, antenna tuners, antenna analyzers and noise / interference / QRM / QRN. In this video: I show the setup I’ll be using when I test the reception of the K-PO WR2100. I introduce the Tecsun (Kaito) PL-389MP Short Wave radio and use it to track down the source of my radio interference / noise / QRM. I’ll also chat about radio wave propagation in the next video. Equipment used / mentioned in this video series: * K-Po WR2100 PLL Synthesized World Band Receiver. * Yaesu FT-897 HF/VHF All Mode Transceiver * Yaesu FT-950 HF / 50MHz band All Mode Transceiver * Yaesu VX-6 Submersible Dual-Band FM Transceiver * Yaesu FT-817ND solar powered portable go-pack * Yaesu FRG-7000 Receiver * RigExpert AA-200 Antenna analyzer * Simple wire antenna * Par electronics Par End-Fedz EF-10-20-40 full length half wave dipole * Buddipole™- hf/vhf portable dipole antenna system * MFJ Deluxe Travel Antenna Tuner – MFJ-904H * Amateur Extra HAM radio license – KD8LON

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Tuning SINGLE SIDE BAND station with Zenith Royal 7000-1 Radio

How to tune in a side-band station using on a 1970 Zenith Royal-7000-1 Solid State Trans-Oceanic Portable shortwave radio. ———————————————————————- SINGLE SIDE BAND RECEPTION Single Side Band transmission, a recent development in the communications industry, provides a more efficient use of radio frequencies. Receivers designed for reception on the standard AM bands would reproduce SSB signals as a distorted sound, however, this Trans-Oceanic can be used to receive clear and understandable SSB messages in the Following manner: * With the BANDWIDTH in the NORMAL position, turn the radio ON and tune in channel as you would any AM band station. * Tune in and adjust the TUNING CONTROL to the center of the distorted sound. (This should be the point of maximum audio output as well as maximum deflection on the TUNING METRE.) * Turn MANUAL GAIN CONTROL to ON (clockwise). * Advance the VOLUME CONTROL near maximum. * Turn BFO Control ON (clockwise) and set to the center of its rotation. * Adjust MANUAL GAIN to desired volume (instead of VOLUME knob). * While receiving SSB it is recommended that the VOLUME CONTROL be kept near maximum and that the level adjustments be made with the GAIN CONTROL (as mentioned previously). * Adjust the BFO Control for an intelligible sounding signal, then for a more natural tone. * When correctly adjusted, rotate of the BFO Control toward the center of its rotation will cause the pitch of the voice to …
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Mobile Installation of Yaesu FT-857D & ATAS-120A Active Tuning System on 2006 New Beetle TDI

This is a video of my Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS-120A installed on a 2006 New Beetle TDI. It’s purpose is to show you some of the capabilities of the Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS-120A Active Tuning Antenna System also made by Yaesu. I have installed the radio using the Separation Kit from Yaesu for FT-857D and it has been working like no other. I am so pleased with this system that I may get a second set for field operations such as portable or during when I am hiking. If you have any question about my setup, or if you’re having problem with the ATAS, drop me a note, and I will do my best to give you some pointers. I spent many weeks perfecting the installation and right now, I have zero issues with ATAS. There are lots of information out there on the Internet but the important ones I found by experimenting. If you’re on the fence about this setup, don’t because it works really well. RF grounding braids are very important – I think they are the most important than any other types of grouding for the ATAS. Fortunately, I have a unibody vehicle which makes grouding a bit easier. However, if you have a body on frame vehicle like SUV or pickup truck, I would really ground multiple points underneath the vehicle. 73 from Pete KC2ZXL

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Part 2: DAIWA CNW 518 Antenna Tuner Tuning Procedure

The DAIWA Model CNW-518 is rated @ 2.5 kW RF PEP output for the Ham Bands of 3.5 to 30 mHz. This antenna tuner has be modified to include some of the out of band frequency in the upper bands from 20 meters to 10 meters. This mode was probably made for MARS operation. This mode does not include 11 meters. This video clip shows tuning the tuner into a Cushcraft R5 vertical antenna (20 to 10 meters coverage) The RF is being supplied by an Yaesu FT-890 Transceiver.
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Here is a creation built by Dave – VO1TTU nearly 10years ago, and it works just as good today as the day the tuner was built.
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