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Antennas : Handhelds

• 2m HT antenna shootout - G4ILO compares popular antennas for 2 metre band handhelds so as to see how much you lose using a small inconspicuous antenna or how much you gain by using a long antenna.
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• QFH antenna for weather satellite band - This article describes how to make a quadrifilar helix (QFH) antenna easily, from inexpensive materials: uPVC plumbing pipe and RG-58U co-axial cable
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• A quadrifilar helix weather satellite receiving antenna - This article describes how to make a quadrifilar helix (QFH) antenna easily, from inexpensive materials: uPVC plumbing pipe and RG-58U co-axial cable.
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• G4ILO Receiving weather satellites - If you are interested in the environment, the weather and other natural phenomena then there is something magical about being able to see pictures of the earth from space just as it is right this minute. One way you can do this is by receiving images from weather satellites.
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• Receiving weather satellite images - How to receive images from orbiting noaa weather satellites using simple receiving equipment and a computer by G4ILO
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• G4ILO Stealth Amateur Radio - If you are a ham and live in a modern urban or suburban development, putting up a highly visible antenna may make it difficult to stay friends with your neighbours.
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• Superantennas MP-1 review - A review of the Superantennas MP-1 portable HF antenna
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• Getting started on data modes with the Elecraft K2 - You do not need an expensive or complicated interface to get started using psk31 and other data modes with an elecraft k2 transceiver.
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• Review of the Elecraft K3 by G4ILO - Long review of the Elecraft K3 , 18 months on.
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• G4ILO : Baofeng in my shirt pocket - UV-3R Review at G4ILO Blog with long textual review, pictures and some sound files
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• KComm - KComm is an amateur radio communication and logging program that has been designed specifically for Elecraft K2 and K3 transceivers. KComm has been developed using the cross platform development tool Lazarus. The program is developed and tested under Windows XP but it can be compiled under Linux. By G4ILO
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• Morse test - If you're one of the many hams whose principal operating mode is SSB, then the easiest way to increase your enjoyment of the hobby is to use CW. If you disagree with that statement, then there's a good chance, if you're honest with yourself, that the reason is because you have never been good enough at Morse to make using it an enjoyable experience
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• MorseGen - MorseGen is a simple program the purpose of which is to generate Morse Code at whatever speed you feel comfortable reading, for practice purposes. It wasn't designed to be a tutor for those who know no Morse at all, although you might find it useful for that purpose. It doesn't have a feature for sending small character groups over and over, although this can easily be achieved by creating text files containing the character groups you want to practice.
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• Morse Machine - Morse Machine is a tool for learning to read Morse at a good speed, based on the Koch Method
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• VOAProp - VOAProp shows you typical propagation for a given hour of the day during a given month. The propagation is shown as expected signal strengths to be received from different parts of the world, plotted on a world map. Windows freeware by G4ILO
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• K2Net - K2Net is a remote operation windows software for the Elecraft K2, and allow remote control over internet or wi-fi networks by G4ILO
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• KTune - KTune is a small utility that allows you to use a Griffin Powermate USB knob to tune your Elecraft K3 radio.
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• Headset for the Elecraft K2 - A computer gaming headset makes a comfortable and economical headset for your elecraft k2 transceiver.
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• Another K3 panadapter option? - G4ILO article page on an optional Elekraft K3 Pan Adapter solution
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• MFJ Cub QRP transceiver kit - Building the MFJ Cub QRP transceiver kit for 20 meters band by G4ILO
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