The HamBone

A practical explanation of SWR and VSWR, what matters and what doesn't:



https://youtu.be/L1_NLEpsW90?si=41Vp2-qIydibrHS2

Thanks to Michael at DX Engineering.


Well, how does this make you thinnk about your own antenna and coax that was good....

And just for mischief, does this video make ...

Hams,

Attached is our GCVARC 2025 Thawfest Flyer.

Which will be held on April 12th from 8:30am - 11:30am at Madison County High School.

73s,

GCVARC

Well, pardon the dust while we transition, but what do you think about this?

Here's a novel thought for Xtal sets:
A FET acting as a half-wave switch detector, with minimal gate current from the LC tuner, so preserving Q, and providing a better headphone impedance match too.

fetdet.jpg

The full article describing this is at:
https://www.creative-science.org.uk ...

Well, here it is:

And I didn't know that Santa looks like this either....


Thing our parents didn't tell us....

"...Important Update from RigExpert

Today, our administrative office was completely destroyed by a russian ballistic missile.
Despite the severe damage, we are relieved to report the most important - all our team members are safe.

Even though this difficult situation, the RigExpert team is ...

By any name, it’s a graphical version of the way many American children and others around the world learn to multiply, and for the right kind of numbers, it can allow people with very minimal math literacy to find the answers. Here's how to do it:



The Japanese Way to Multiply Is So Much Cooler ...

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