Remembering Steve Jobs Special Event K3S October 7, 2011 Team WX3B is pleased to announce the celebration of the life of Steve Jobs, Apple founder, who has, in some way, touched many of our lives. Operation will occur sporadically throughout the weekend starting on 10/08/11 and going through Monday 10/10/11 on the HF bands, CW…
During the aftermath which followed the shock of Sputnik, America sought answers and explanations. Various targets for blame included lack of science and math education, inter-service military rivalries, and postwar American complacency as a self-regarded world leader in technology, politics and emerging cultures. Our consumer culture and materialism were also to blame. American obsession with…
Jukka, OH2BR, made a world record acknowledged by Guinness World Records by making 56,239 QSOs as VP6BR from Pitcairn island during his almost three-month stay on the island in 2005. This is more than any amateur has ever made before from one location with one call-sign in a year. Dick Spenceley, KV4AA, made 48,100 QSOs…
The inductor calculator presented on this page is unique in that it employs the n=0 sheath helix waveguide mode to determine the inductance of a coil, irrespective of its electrical length. This allows for more accurate inductance predictions at high frequencies. Furthermore, the calculator closely follows the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) methodology…
IT9RYH, also known as “Nino”,or PIPO as i want to call him,has been active on 20 meters as long as I can remember. There’s only one problem: his equipment knows only one frequency, 14.195 MHz. In winter evenings he is jamming the dx on 40m and 80m as well (when he finds out how his…