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05/16/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: StandoffishIt was a matter of getting more metal into the air. That’s what started it all. I had hundreds of great ideas -- perhaps a dozen that I might actually be able to do -- but only three of four transceivers with which to do any of it. The real limitation, ho
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08/30/2011 | The Amateur Amateur: Virtually ThereMy wife Nancy and I were sitting in a Mexican restaurant having lunch. Between bites of my taco, I described the preparations I was taking to be a net controller for our ARES® packet net.
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03/30/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Packet, Part 1I never had much interest in packet radio. It was just one of those "other" modes that was fine for other people, but held no relevance for me. And then one day I looked around my shack and realized that packet had crept in and taken over. There
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01/19/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: One Medium Counterpoise, Hold the AnchoviesLiving in the suburbs and operating on the HF bands are not two mutually exclusive activities, but it often seems that way. For years now, I have been searching for an acceptable antenna solution, and it has been eluding me.
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08/21/2008 | The Amateur Amateur: Doing It in the StreetThe St Louis County ARES® Emergency Coordinator had urged the group's members to participate in the National Night Out events in their local communities. He felt that it was a good opportunity to promote ARES and Amateur Radio in general. I live in Fl
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06/03/2008 | The Amateur Amateur: Tipping the Mast, Topping the HillThe mast I ordered was a Penninger Tipper. I ordered it because the mast can tip over, making it easier to raise and lower than my current tripod-mounted mast. The bottom of the new mast connects to a base which allows it to swivel up and down.
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