Geo Magnetic Storms Among the events most disruptive to HF communications are geomagnetic storms.which are caused by major bursts of radiation and particles from the sun. When these bursts arrive at the earth they disturb our magnetic field which results …
Growing the Ranks vs. Growing the Enjoyment By Dan Romanchik, KB6NU Because I teach amateur radio classes and publish a series of popular amateur radio license study guides (www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/), I often get kudos for “growing the ranks.” In fact, Gordon …
Browsing Short Skip If you are ever confined to barracks for more than a few days life can become rather dull. My recipe is to look back at past issues of Short Skip, so well archived by our indispensable producer Ron K6EXT. …
Radio Crystal History I came into ham radio when Bomar, were cheap, for Motorola Dispatcher 2 m radios, at about $5 ea, and the gold standard, guaranteed to work and be dead on freq was International crystal at probably triple …