Ham Radio Youth Insights: Using Your Cell Phone in Amateur Radio
Many young people seem to be under the impression that amateur radio is in some way a replacement for a cell phone, or at least that’s how they believe amateur […]
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Ham Radio 101: The Origins and Evolution of Q-Codes
Who or what is Q? In James Bond films and novels, he was the head of Q Branch, which developed all the cool gadgets that Bond used in his missions. […]
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Ham Radio Contesting 101: Learn from Your Mistakes—Study Your Log Checking Reports
I mentioned previously the concept of writing a contest “post-mortem.” The idea is to write down what went well and what went poorly, and to do so soon after the […]
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How to Make Friends with Other Young Hams
Making friends as a young amateur radio operator can prove to be challenging, both in and out of the hobby. Having an amateur radio license isn’t exactly conducive to popularity […]
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Contesting 101: Beyond Copying Call Signs
Why do some of your competitors always seem to know what band to be on? Where do they get those additional QSOs and multipliers from? How come their rate sheet […]
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Youth Ham Radio Insights: Getting Started on a Budget
Amateur radio isn’t the easiest hobby for young people to pursue for a multitude of reasons, including the support needed to get one’s footing in the hobby. One of the […]
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How My Wife Became a Ham…and Advice on Getting Others Onboard
Here’s one of the common threads I hear from operators: “I wish my spouse/significant other would operate with me.” In any relationship, it’s natural to want to share our hobbies […]
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Ham Radio Shortcuts to Avoid
Everyone has that one uncle. My wife’s family would all gather at her grandparents’ farm in the backwoods of Kentucky a few times a year. It was a four-to-five-hour drive […]
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Ham Radio Contesting 101: The Big “Secret” of Contesting Success
Editor’s Note: OnAllBands is pleased to post a series of articles written by accomplished amateur radio contester and DX Engineering customer/technical support specialist Kirk Pickering, K4RO. The articles, originally published in the […]
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Ham Radio Contesting 101: Top Ten “Rookie” Mistakes, Plus Bonus—Because This List Goes to 11
A while back while operating a contest, I realized that I was hearing certain types of mistakes made over and over throughout the contest. I thought that it might be […]
