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06/20/2012 | Amateur Radio Quiz: No GuessingYou’ll have to work extra hard on this quiz because it’s not a “multiple guess.” Some answers may require a little calculation, some may require exercising the memory banks -- and all will require a little head scratching.
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02/09/2012 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The Big UnitAmateur Radio deals with everything -- from the very, very small to the very, very large -- so it’s particularly important that we know how to work with units of measurement. One of the easiest checks on a calculation is whether the units “work out” they
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01/07/2012 | Amateur Radio Quiz: As Seen on TV!With ham radio getting a little exposure in the form of Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, on the hit ABC comedy Last Man Standing, let’s have some fun remembering some other hammy appearances in the media.
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11/24/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Forming AttachmentsCritical to almost all aspects of successfully making contacts are the contacts -- or rather, the connections between contacts -- that allow electrons to scurry back and forth (and back and forth) carrying on our conversations. Pin down each question and
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10/16/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Coming Soon to a Band Near You!On the last full weekend of every October (that would be October 29-30 for 2011), thousands of hams go pileup to pileup, trying to fill their logs with exotic treats from every corner of the globe! Instead of yelling, “Trick or Treat!” they must instead g
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09/03/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The “Well-Connected” AmateurEvery station is home to hordes of connectors -- at the wall socket, the computer, the test equipment and…oh, yes…the radio! If you are just getting started, be prepared to learn a lot more about connectors and connections than you ever expected. Here are
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05/21/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Hip, Hip, Hooray for the TLAs!You can’t hardly do anything in EmComm without encountering a TLA (Three Letter Acronym), or even ones with a few more letters and maybe, dare I hope, a hyphen -- be still my thundering heart. These are invaluable in saving time which is why they are so c
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04/11/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Uda Thunk It?
The Yagi-Uda array, best known as “the Yagi,” is in its ninth decade of wireless service. Arguably the most useful antenna design ever devised beyond the dipole, Yagis are found everywhere in Amateur Radio -- from the low HF bands to microwaves. Why not s
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