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04/27/2013 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Dayton on RadarOne of the first things you learn in a southwestern state is to touch large metal objects often. If you don’t, you’ll find that your electronics will suffer. The dry air of New Mexico is no objection to this rule.
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03/30/2013 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: New Kid in TownMoving to a new town is a big undertaking, whether as a family, a temporary move to study abroad or get work experience while in college -- or even moving to college itself. Although it’s never easy to let go of the old and become acquainted with a new pl
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02/26/2013 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: New Mexico -- Land of HamchantmentIn a typical engineering discipline, one spends four (or more commonly, five) years in classes learning more math, science, circuit analysis and classroom topics than you could ever fathom to understand.
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12/22/2012 | ARRL@HamRadio.Fun: November Sweepstakes For the Win!November plays host to my favorite contest -- the ARRL November Sweepstakes. “Sweeps” is divided into two separate contests, CW and Phone. Ironically, the first contest I ever participated in was the 2007 CW Sweeps, using a decoder and an automatic CW key
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10/28/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: October is for the Kids -- School Club Roundup, JOTA, Contests and GiveawaysRF and ladybugs have a few things in common: During their migration, that end up in places they would have never expected, and, like how RF gets into circuitry where it wouldn’t normally be expected, these pretty red beetles end up inside, crawling throug
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09/29/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: The Young Amateurs Contest Ham TeamEveryone has heard the phrase “If you build it, they will come,” and when it comes to ham radio, they will.
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08/25/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Back to SchoolThe sounds of cicadas buzzing in the trees herald the fast approaching school year. Every summer seems to go by so quickly in conformance to the old adage: “Time flies when you’re having fun.”
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08/01/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Field Day at Kansas City Maker FaireMany months ago, I was invited to come to Kansas City during ARRL Field Day to operate a unique station. Most envision a Field Day station as a few tents and towers in the local city park, but this one was far from that. This Field Day site lay in the hea
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