Archive for the ‘dx’ Category

Surfin’: Making Hay During the Holiday Downtime

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Surfin': Making Hay During the Holiday Downtime

This week, Surfin’ notices the world winding down as the holidays rev up.

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Surfin’: QSLing Those Radio Memories

Friday, November 28th, 2008

WA1LOU QSL

This week’s Surfin’ considers the final courtesy of a radio contact: The QSL card.

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Surfin’: Revisiting Radio Monitoring Memories

Friday, November 21st, 2008

This week’s Surfin’ reveals new information about broadcast band and shortwave listening.

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Surfin’: Clandestine Radio in Uncle Tom’s Corner

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Last week’s Surfin’ wonders who were the men behind the curtain at Radio Swan (aka Radio Americas).

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Surfin’: Looping Into the 21st Century

Monday, March 24th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about new loop antennas we can use to chase DX. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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Surfin’: Thrown For a Loop

Monday, March 17th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about those loop antennas we use to chase broadcast band DX. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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Surfin’: Splat That Path Online

Friday, March 7th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read about a Web site that determines how well your signal gets from here to there. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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Surfin’: Real Low Banding on 600 Meters

Friday, February 15th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about the ARRL 600 meters/500 kHz experiment on the abandoned maritime band. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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Surfin’: Finding More DX and VNAs

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, we suggest other ways to find DX via the Web and how to obtain an excellent piece of test gear for the ham shack. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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Surfin’: Finding DX

Friday, January 25th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, find out how to find the rare ones (and not so rare ones). Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

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