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Are your common mode chokes effective? Are you using the right ferrite material? In this video I show you how to properly measure common mode chokes using a test rig from Halibut Electronics and a NanoVNA.
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Ham Radio isn’t hard – it’s just not taught practically, until now!
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WSJT-X was doing weird things on the audio side and I was missing decodes. I found two problem culprits and this is how to fix them.
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If you had $500 to spend on a ham radio, what would you actually buy? In this video I break down the best ham radio options around $500 across handheld, mobile, and HF radios.
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This small box from Leo Bodnar uses GPS to solve a frequency issue that shows up in digital modes, repeaters, and precision work.
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Everyone assumes ham radio has become too expensive — but a side-by-side look at radios from then and now tells a very different story.
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I’ve been doing some work on the VK7RHF 10M repeater transmitter on 29.680 MHz.
Frequency:
29.680 MHz Output
29.580 MHz Input
CTCSS Tone: 91.5 Hz
It is a voted system using multiple receivers over IP/AllstarLink. Learn more about how the system works here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4Oui-YIONIfWGjy3UbkacR-Xp
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