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Month: January 2013

Looking into a new project

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 28, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, web, website

Since I have recently rekindled my interest in the amateur radio hobby I’ve been mulling over a few ideas I have for a new web project. It’s been a long time since I have spent any amount of time working …

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How to build a 2m antenna from a coffee can!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 25, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio

I love watching KG0ZZ’s (Dave Tadlock) antenna videos (he covers other topics as well). He comes up with some pretty neat concoctions. Here are a couple of his videos. In the first one he makes an 2m antenna out of a …

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My Ham Shack

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 22, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Ham Radio

My ham shack is nothing to brag about but it’s my little piece of the house where I can come and spend some me time. As of the present time I’m only active on VHF and UHF. I don’t currently …

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What is Amateur (Ham) Radio?

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 18, 2013 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Ham Radio

  I was thinking about writing a lengthy article detailing all the ins and outs of the amateur radio hobby, fortunately I stumbled upon this great video from dighsx. This video outlines the basics of the hobby. It is focused …

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And…. I’m back!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 15, 2013 Posted in General Tagged with blog, wordpress

It’s been a few days but I’m back. I had some major issues with my previous config that was causing WordPress to create gigs upon gigs of log files. This, in turn, caused my hosting provider to suspend the domain …

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What is amateur (ham) radio?

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications. - Wikipedia

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