Open letter to my fellow radio amateurs

By Hans Johansson, SM0IMJ Following ST0R Southern Sudan activities the last couple of days, I’m no longer that proud to be a radio amateur. A team of people spend their time and money to make a new DXCC available to the global amateur radio community; doing a wonderful job to “add another one to our…

Russian Pirate HF stations and their frequencies

General Channels (Frequencies) 1) 1600-1810 KHz – this is a “teens” Band. Only for АМ modulation. The best Band for new (beginners) RU pirates. 2) 2000-2200 KHz – “150м Band” – not many RU pirates using this frequencies now. (2000-2100 KHz). 3) 2400-2600 KHz – “120м Band” – АМ modulation only. 4) 2900-3300 KHz –…

Be on the air with just some meters of wire

Can be used with reduced efficiency up to 150 MHz Principle of operation: Usual internal tuners or external tuner only have a limited impedance range. The matching of a short wire (short in comparison to the wavelength) with it’s high impedance is usually not possible. Further the wire is usually outdoors, the tuner sets in…