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the legal language of my lease uses the term 'ham radio' (a colloquial term) prohibiting 'installing' it. would this legally prohibit my 'amateur radio' (FCC term)? is my HT 'installed' as it rests on ...
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I asked google, but I had no luck. It didn't say anything about what you should say in a contact. It only said how you should start a contact. Also, I have heard that you are supposed to give a RST ...
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I recently became familiar with the FX.25 protocol extension for AX.25. Within the protocol is what they call a "correlation tag", which is a Gold sequence or Gold code. I've heard that Gold ...
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I understand the conversion between meters and Hz, kHz, MHz, etc. but I don't understand why ham operators frequently switch between using one or the other.
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I am using 'active radio tags' in a particle tracking experiment. The tags emit a 433 MHz signal containing a unique ID code at a programmable time interval and I am attempting to locate them by ...
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Sorry to ask what may be a basic question. I have a used Icom 745. It has a "marker unit" option installed. The manuals says how to adjust it and use it, however it does not say what it ...
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What are roofing filters? Are there different kinds of things that are called roofing filter? Why would a circuit or component be called a roofing filter instead of just a IF bandpass filter? Why ...
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I've searched this site, wikipedia, other sites, and haven't found a clear answer: What features or parameters of a balun or choke put it into the category/definition of a "Guanella"? Where ...
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I am learning about Amateur Radio so as I can go for my foundation licence but I was on CB back in the days, a channel nine monitor and used the 10 code and the Q code but all I can see is the 73 ...
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Is there a name or common descriptive term for a linearly loaded dipole or end-fed, where a (near) parallel loading element or elements are not connected (galvanically isolated) to the fed element or ...
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Sometimes, I'll hear someone say "wait a moment, I'm getting a nickel," and then drop the carrier only to resume talking. Why?
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What is a band stacking register and/or band stacking buttons on a transceiver? And why would this be useful to an amateur radio operator? Is using "band stacking" a current operating ...
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I am just getting into ham radio, and I find it very interesting, but to make phone calls, you have to be on a 10 meter band. Does anyone know how to infer the band you're on is 10 meter? Thank you ...
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What is the difference between RIT and XIT? When would one use one and not the other for split (or other) HF operation? When would one need both? Which one is more useful for a transceiver to have ...
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Wikipedia says: Colloquial usage of the term 'PSK31' in amateur radio usually implies the use of the most commonly used variant of PSK31: binary phase shift keying (BPSK). BPSK uses no error control, ...
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