Author Archives: n4tqu

Icom 7300

Posted on April 5, 2018 by n4tqu

After trying out Dad’s 7610 and 7300 on a recent visit, I decided to pick up an Icom IC-7300 from R&L.

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WSPR You Say?

Posted on January 17, 2018 by n4tqu

The other day I was Googling for antenna comparisons (HF vertical vs OCFD) and came across a Youtube video by K5ACL where he uses WSPR to compare his two antennas. I thought this made sense and spent the next morning … Continue reading →

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Grounding the ground rod

Posted on January 15, 2018 by n4tqu

Way back in 2014 I documented installing a ground rod as part of fighting my RFI issues. I thought adding ground rod by itself was enough. Turns out after reading the book Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur that … Continue reading →

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NA1SS Downlink Reception

Posted on December 10, 2016 by n4tqu

I spotted in my email a notice to my local club members that the ISS would be doing a direct contact today with the Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) in Schenectady NY. Fortunately I spotted this about an hour before the scheduled … Continue reading →

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New Radios

Posted on May 2, 2016 by n4tqu

It seems I never got around to posting here on the site that I upgraded my HF radio to a Yaesu FTDX 3000. I’ve had the radio since the end of 2014. Sadly it hasn’t seen a lot of use since … Continue reading →

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