Tag: ham radio contest
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Contester Mentality & WIDE OPEN filters
Hello Operators I was watching a video from Callum the DX Commander on his YouTube channel earlier today. Callum was doing a poor job of explaining why he runs his rigs with wide open filters. He explained how the best filter for QRM (in his opinion) is his brain. Actually that’s something I can agree…
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Importance of a Clean Digital Signal
Hello Operators Todays topic is overdriving our digital modes audio, and the effects it has on other operators trying to use the same band. I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this, but it’s important to point out a few things. Each digital mode has a certain amount of bandwidth. For example,…
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Cure to Ham Radio Narrow-Mindedness
Hello Operators Narrow-mindedness runs rampant in the ranks of the amateur radio community. If it wasn’t for operators launching their “arguments” and every new video or blog post I make I wouldn’t actually care. So what’s the cure? There’s always a debate going on about the best antenna, the best radio, the best this, the…
