Author Archives: n4tqu

Hunting RFI’s, Part II

Posted on August 18, 2014 by n4tqu

As part of my RFI hunting adventure I am working to make sure that my station is setup properly. I’ve built a new ham desk that should help me cleanly route all the various cables between radios, power supplies, PC control and … Continue reading →

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Hunting RFI’s, Part I

Posted on August 15, 2014 by n4tqu

Since I upgraded to General I have been experiencing near constant S8 level noise on the 40m band. I’ve also had S5 +/- level nois on 20m. So far I’ve determined that the Samsung refrigerator in the kitchen is a bad RFI … Continue reading →

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General Class Upgrade

Posted on August 10, 2014 by n4tqu

Yesterday (Aug. 9th) I passed the Amateur Radio Element 3 written examination to obtain my General class license. This probably took a lot longer than it should have, seeing as I’ve been licensed for over 25 years. For my study … Continue reading →

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First post for new ham website

Posted on January 30, 2014 by n4tqu

Hello and welcome to the latest incarnation of my ham radio hobby webiste. n4tqu.com is being built using the Mynt static website generator and uses Bootstrap for the (simplistic) layout and look. This website will be somewhat of an ongoing experiement as I learn how to … Continue reading →

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