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		<title>A Ham&#8217;s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just printed a copy (6o some pages) and reading &#8211; looks very good: A Ham&#8217;s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing Revision 5a 5 Jun 2010 by Jim Brown K9YC Audio Systems Group, Inc. http://audiosystemsgroup.com The basis of this tutorial is a combination of my engineering education, 55 years in ham radio, my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3923&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Free Redoubt: AmRRON &amp; The American Redoubt Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very interesting Freecom-style emergency network: WHAT IS AmRRON? AmRRON is a network of Redoubters who have volunteered take their American Redoubt Network involvement to another level. These are patriots (men and women) who have volunteered to use their communications equipment to keep the American Redoubt connected when other means of communications (aka. &#8220;Comms&#8221; or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3922&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hamvention Alternatives (2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amateur Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dayton Hamvention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have remained concerned over the quality at Dayton here is a list I put together for my research: Alternatives to Dayton Hamvention: http://www.hamcation.com Orlando FL 10/11/12 February http://www.ham-ex.ca/ Toronto 24 March http://www.dxconvention.org/ Visalia, CA 20/21/22 April http://www.hamvention.org/ Dayton 18/19/20 May http://www.hamcom.org/ Texas 8/9 June http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-en/index.php Friedrichshafen 22/23/24 June http://www.w9dxcc.com/ W9DXCC Chicago 14/15 September [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3926&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of QSLing &#8211; New Tab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have created a new tab on the menu above &#8211; &#8220;The Art of QSLing&#8221; which offers links to articles on the QSL process. Later additions will include some direct on-line QSL resources. Thank you &#8211; 73 Steve K9ZW<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3918&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just a Little Bit Longer &#8211; June 2012 to Add a Second</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A neat thing happens this leap year &#8211; we&#8217;re getting a &#8220;Leap Second&#8221; in June! Brought to my attention by QRZ.com I wanted to see what this all was about. The actual announcement: INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE SERVICE DE LA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3883&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>With Varying Frequency &#8211; past 1200 Posts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed marking the occassion, as a few posts ago this blog passed 1200 entries. Very much thanking all readers for hanging in with me. I&#8217;m also looking for a volunteer(s) to &#8220;data mine&#8221; the entries for some sort of eBook to share. Afraid we&#8217;re likely to have no fame or fortune for the effort, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3879&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton 2012 &#8211; Thinking and Thinking Hard&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/dayton-2012-thinking-and-thinking-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have had some rough Dayton plans on the boards for month or so. As usual I am a bit torn. I&#8217;d really like to see the people and spend some time at the various functions. I&#8217;ve relatives in the area I&#8217;d like to see as well. Then I keep coming back to Hara, the rough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3871&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selling a Radio Blog?  Will Blog Subscriptions Work?</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/selling-a-radio-blog-will-blog-subscriptions-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff KE9V is experimenting with a subscription service to his every evolving blog:  Amazon.com: Signal &#38; Noise: Kindle Store: KE9V Jeff Davis Signal &#38; Noise [Kindle Edition] Amateur Radio Adventures Be the first to review this item &#124; Like (0) Monthly Price: $0.99  includes wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet Kindle Blogs are auto-delivered wirelessly to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3794&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing a QSL Seminar for Mancorad W9DK</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/doing-a-qsl-seminar-for-mancorad-w9dk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the upcoming Saturday January 21st I&#8217;ve been drafted to do a presentation and lead a discussion on QSLs for our local radio club &#8211; Mancorad W9DK My outline points for the presentation on QSLing are: •When should you QSL? •What should be on your QSL card? •What to do when cards you receive have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3850&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Oldest Television TV still in service, a 75 year old Marconi EMI Set</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is very neat &#8211; the world&#8217;s oldest working TV set! A brief write-up at Southgate Radio News caught my eye. Marconi EMI model 706 904. The Oldest television still in service. Since 1937. Yes 1937. This old 5 inch television 405 lines, and combined 3 band radio has been preserved and still working well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3821&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>K9ZW Portable Kit In the Making</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/k9zw-portable-kit-in-the-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[K9ZW Portable Kit In the Making I&#8217;ve been assembling the parts for a field kit to do Digital HF and today I laid them out to take first measurements as I refine my design &#38; layout. The NUE-PSK Modem does several Digital Modes and will do CW. Kit includes a Keyboard, Thumb Drive for Logging, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3856&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The JT65 Mode &#8211; Minimalistic Contacts at a Glacial Tempo</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/the-jt65-mode-minimalistic-contacts-at-a-glacial-tempo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week I&#8217;ve run some JT65 contacts, mostly on 160m. These are truly &#8220;asleep at the wheel&#8221; style contacts, where 99% of what happens is one key click away with a key click needed ut once every two minutes, with any thirteen character message reception also spaced with two minutes in between. Imagine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3836&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happens to the BPL Systems with IBEC gone?</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/what-happens-to-the-bpl-systems-with-ibec-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some very interesting questions surrounding IBECs sudden closure and the BPL orphan systems like the one on Washington Island WI-001L: Guys - My question is, what happens if the hardware is left as is ?  Even assuming the BPL system use is stopped, won&#8217;t the hardware still be humming along and interfering ? No, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3808&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>73 Magazine (Amateur Radio Today) : Free Texts : Download &amp; Streaming : Internet Archive</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/73-magazine-amateur-radio-today-free-texts-download-streaming-internet-archive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a fantastic contribution to the hobby! Wayne Green W2NSD has granted permission for the 73 Magazine Issues to be put on line for all of us to use! Welcome to 73 Magazine (Amateur Radio Today) 73 Magazine (also known as 73 Amateur Radio Today) (OCLC 22239204) was a United States-based amateur radio magazine that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3829&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Island looks to be loosing its BPL service</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/washington-island-looks-to-be-loosing-its-bpl-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Washington Island is loosing its BPL service as part of the folding IBEC situation. http://www.arrl.org/news/bpl-provider-ibec-announces-shutdown http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IBEC-end-service-letter.jpg While BPL remains in general not very ham-friendly and not likely to be missed by many hams not employed in the industry,  it is sad to see the Island suffer this loss as their direct investment wasn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3825&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What did you read in 2011?</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/what-did-you-read-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Good Read series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to Amateur Radio I do get in a bit of reading. Figure one is never done learning, and learning from books is a necessary evil when access to the actual person speaking through the book isn&#8217;t possible. And of course fiction is great recreation, especially when written by the best storytellers. In no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3758&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>K9ZW Joins the JT65 160m Affray</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/k9zw-joins-the-jt65-160m-affray/</link>
		<comments>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/k9zw-joins-the-jt65-160m-affray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decided I should give the JT65 mode a whirl after hearing how much success Scott W9JSB was having. As I had earlier been on the 160m SSB Every Night Net, I thought I would see if there was any JT65 on 160m. What a surprise as at 1.838 there is a raft of stations &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3798&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy KC9BWK with his Scratch-Built Homebrew 80/20m Transceiver Logging QSOs!</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/jeremy-kc9bwk-with-his-scratch-built-homebrew-8020m-transceiver-logging-qsos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amateur Radio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a combination of two the appeared at our club blog featuring Jeremy KC9BWK&#8217;s ultra-Steampunk 80/20 Scratch-Built Transceiver and some of his first QSOs! In the last picture the operating rig is ALL the parts in Yellow Lines!! Congratulations Jeremy KC9BWK, you&#8217;re inspiring us all! 73 Steve K9ZW -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- At our November 12th [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3802&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ARRL&#8217;s &#8220;The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio&#8221; on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/the-arrls-the-diy-magic-of-amateur-radio-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amateur Radio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you haven&#8217;t seen a link for this great video yet: ARRL&#8217;s new video, &#8220;The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio,&#8221; is an 8-minute video that follows some of the innovative, imaginative and fun ways &#8220;hams&#8221; use radio technology in new and creative ways. The presentation is directed toward the DIY (do it yourself) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3799&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be a ham radio operator &#8211; the Courage Center Handiham System for Blind &amp; Disabled</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/be-a-ham-radio-operator-the-courage-center-handiham-system-for-blind-disabled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Included in my personal 2011 end of year giving - - - &#8211; (you ARE putting &#8220;something back&#8221; in someway &#8211; whether Time, Talent or Treasure (money) for 2011??!! whew!  Glad to hear you are!! ) &#8211; - - - is the excellent Amateur Radio charity &#38; teaching/support machine &#8220;Handiham&#8220;: Be a Ham Radio Operator! Be part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3709&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge &#8211; Looks like fun!</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/arrl-diamond-dxcc-challenge-looks-like-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This looks really neat: 2012 is the 75th anniversary of the ARRL’s DXCC Award. The world’s preeminent DXing award continues to be DXCC, so reaching the “Diamond milestone” is an event that we all want to celebrate. Going back to the roots of the award, and specifically reading the 1937 DXCC List (January, 1937 QST [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3778&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About RadioReference.com</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/about-radioreference-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picking up where published guides once covered, and where formerly easy to access web databases once ruled, RadioReference.com is whole lot of information cleanly put together online. RadioReference.com RadioReference.com is the world&#8217;s largest radio communications data provider, featuring a complete frequency database, trunked radio system information, and FCC license data. RadioReference is also the largest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3763&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Challenging the ARRL on the Website</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/challenging-the-arrl-on-the-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amateur Radio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally started writing this back in September of 2010  and had left it as a draft, hoping that the ARRL  would quickly correct the flaws in its new website. Alas that is not to be, and despite communications with some of the officers at the league,  including face-to-face conversations with them at Dayton, nothing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3042&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hellschreiber &#8211; that Fuzzy Mode</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/hellschreiber-that-fuzzy-mode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hellschreiber remains on my favorite mode list. Simple, ticker-tape style, retro, steampunk&#8230; all are said to apply to the Hellschreiber mode. The Flex-5000A does Hellschreiber well &#8211; http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/flex-5000a-does-hellschreiber/ &#8211; though this time I was using fldigi for the digital program. Several years ago I put together a longer piece on exactly what Hellschreiber is: http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/repost-hellschreiber-about-the-mode/ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3674&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss on How Much We Have in Common &#8211; Diversity in Amateur Radio</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/dont-miss-on-how-much-we-have-in-common-diversity-in-amateur-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In amateur radio, as in most hobbies, there is a wide range of people involved–the majority interesting, amiable, and a pleasure. Diversity is what it&#8217;s called. It is the diversity of amateur radio, unlike the common diversity of popular culture. It&#8217;s nothing about whether you are wealthy or poor, married or single, a guy or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3048&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Boat-Anchors for the K9ZW Shack</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/a-few-boat-anchors-for-the-k9zw-shack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through some horse-trading and purchasing I&#8217;ve been able to add a few Boat Anchors to the K9ZW Shack, and some long needed spares &#38; test gear. Many thanks to George W9EVT and Vern K9EME for working with me, as well as Mancorad W9DK for selling me a inoperative radio I wanted: Hallicrafters SX-101 Receiver needing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3740&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technical books online</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/technical-books-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always great to have online resources for technology books: For books containing primarily tube data, like Sylvania, GE, and RCA tube manuals, see the tube data page. Arranged by subject category, then alphabetically by title.  Note that there is much overlap in the subjects (e.g., many &#8220;radio&#8221; books have a thorough treatment of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3687&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PC to PCB in under 30 minutes &#8211; Quick &#8216;n Easy PCB Fabrication</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/pc-to-pcb-in-under-30-minutes-quick-n-easy-pcb-fabrication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After being shown some PCBs made with these methods, I did some quick research to find web references. I&#8217;ll be running a few boards later this month &#8211; so let&#8217;s compare notes! With the explosion of the hobbyist microcontroller scene the past few years, PCB fab houses have sprung up left right and centre. At these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3711&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I support the ARRL, warts and all&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/why-i-support-the-arrl-warts-and-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like any big organization, the ARRL has both a fan-club and detractors, with the fairest take being one somewhere in the middle. Warts and all the league does get my support, including as a Life Member as: There is No other real game in town. Some factional/regional or sub-hobby groups exist, but the ARRL has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3705&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I only do Indepependent Personal Emcomm&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/why-i-only-do-indepependent-personal-emcomm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked why I limit my Emergency Communications involvement to little more than Personal Preparedness? There is a whole raft of reasons: Staying off lists. I&#8217;m not interested in being on targeted lists.  In the best of times they lead to requests and demands I may have never intended to offer my services for, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3715&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why going Paid Digital Edition Only ends my Readership &#8211; Or You Won&#8217;t Get Any Money Out of Me for My Own Clicks and Hits</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/why-going-paid-digital-edition-only-ends-my-readership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why going Paid Digital Edition only ends my Readership? Or You Won’t Get Any Money Out of Me for My Own Clicks and Hits! As previously mentioned a few of the longtime Amateur Radio Publications have failed in their present busines models and have chosed to try and subsitute Pail DIgital Editions Only for either [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3699&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I skip the eHam forums</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/why-i-skip-the-eham-forums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I made a big mistake. I took a half hour to browse through some of the eHam forums. Finding any nuggets of useful information was difficult as the signal-to-noise level is very heavy on the noise &#8211; actually on bad unexcusable undermoderated noise. In any discussion there are always differing theories, opinions, view of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3689&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha 4040 Automatic Antenna Tuner</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/alpha-4040-automatic-antenna-tuner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha is working on a new Mega-Antenna Tuner. The custom inductor looks fantastic in both description and rendition. A ways to go with the product: Alpha 4040 4,000 watt Auto Tuner &#160; IMPORTANT This document contains advance information on a product under development. All features, functions and specifications contained herein are targets only, and subject [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3690&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST &#8211; Dale N6JSX on adding a 17m mod to his 18AVT Vertical Antenna</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/guest-post-dale-n6jsx-on-adding-a-17m-mod-to-his-18avt-vertical-antenna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dale N6JSX/8 sent along a write up of another of his projects. Enjoy &#38; 73 Steve K9ZW Hi Steve K9ZW Well since I have time to do some HAM stuff I&#8217;ve wanted to do for a long time&#8230;. this task was to remount my HF Hygain 18AVT 5-band Vertical. Recently we installed on the property [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3681&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suggested Audio listen &#8211; World War II Radio Heroes</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/suggested-audio-listen-world-war-ii-radio-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can make time to listen to these short lectures and readings from a book about WWII Shortwave Listeners who reported about the POWs Germany was holding, you too may find it as moving as I did. Lisa speaks of reading these old letters in any given session only until the tears came. Hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3680&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Late Thanks for 160 meters &#8211; E51CG Cook Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A nice thank you for a favor done a few years ago. Here is the original article: http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/newdxa-and-south-cook-islands/ 73 Steve K9ZW Begin forwarded message: From: Carl &#38; Larraine Hoff &#60;onanhoff&#62; Date: October 25, 2011 9:07:51 AM To: k9zw Subject: Late Thanks for 160 meters Kia Orana Steven Steve a few years ago you help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3669&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Area Amateur George W9EVT Featured in December 2011 QST Magazine</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/area-amateur-george-w9evt-featured-in-december-2011-qst-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ARRL in its QST Magazine has a couple pages on our friend George W9EVT and his amazing Washington Island &#8220;Ham Hotel.&#8221; Fred AA7BQ the owner of QRZ.com had recently visited George W9EVT and did a write up on the QRZ.com website at http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?311312-Washington-Island-s-Ham-Radio-Treasure Congratulations to George W9EVT for the well deserved recognition! 73 Steve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3668&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Activity Resources &#8211; VE3EN, N0NHB and K7RA</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/solar-activity-resources-ve3en-n0nhb-and-k7ra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>k9zw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Sun&#8217;s activities currently making Mainstream News, perhaps a few references would be helpful. Kevin VE3EN&#8217;s SolarHam website is a great start: http://www.solarham.com/ Paul N0NBH runs a great website with tutorials and lots of tools: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html The ARRL features a news item weekly from Paul K7RA &#8211; The K7RA Solar Update http://www.arrl.org/news 73 Steve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3665&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hilberling PT-8000 at FCC Compliance Testing?</title>
		<link>http://k9zw.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/hilberling-pt-8000-at-fcc-compliance-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have heard that the long awaited Hilberling Transceiver in its revised/updated version at a USA based lab undergoing FCC compliance testing. With the radio in production, perhaps late this year or early in 2012 we&#8217;ll see the first ones in ham shacks this side of the pond. 73 Steve K9ZW<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3656&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luddite with a Purpose &#8211; Appropriate Technology &amp; Reliability in Amateur Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting discussion with radio friends on whether the latest XYZ (or should I say IYK for Icom/Yaesu/Kenwood) radio had the &#8220;bestest&#8221; this or that, and as a sidebar to the conversation one learns that in this friend&#8217;s IC-xxxx mega radio that it has gone back in roughly once each eight months for repair, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=k9zw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=706498&amp;post=3648&amp;subd=k9zw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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