Tag Archives :amateurradio

POTA is short for Parks on the Air. It is a radio outdoor communication activity initiated by American Hams. The activity frequency bands include HF/UHF/VHF, etc., and the communication modes include voice, digital, CW, SSTV, etc. If you enjoy outdoor communication, you can participate in this activity by querying the NPOTA park map on Google Maps under the conditions of the operating permit.  ...

Combiner is a words often mentioned by hams who uses multi-band radios, so what is a combiner? Why do we need to use a combiner? Let’s learn more about the combiner today.  ...

Balun is short for Balance To Unbalance Transformer. Balun can use to transmission between balanced and unbalanced, impedance transformation, and so on.There are current and voltage balun to select for us.  ...

Ailunce HS2 is a full-frequency SDR tranceiver. If there is a local analog repeater, you can connect to repeater with your Ailunce HS2. but do you know how to set it? Today we will take Zhengzhou Relay as an example to show the detail steps.  ...

For ham, it is very interesting to do some simple DIY to achieve some of your own special demands. Therefore, it is a simplest need to know the function of programming interface. Today we will take a look at several programming interfaces of Retevis and Ailunce.  ...

In amateur radio world, one of ham's favorite radios is the SDR transceiver. So what's SDR radio? What is the difference between SDR and traditional transceiver ? what are advantages and disadvantage of SDR? Let's study together.  ...

For CW morse key, now we most commonly use the double paddle automatic morse key. In fact, in addition to the automatic double paddle button, there are three types of morse keys including straight key, single paddle morse key and semi-automatic morse key.  ...

NVIS is short for Near Vertical Incidence Skywave. It's short-range near field communication method which is widely used in military communications, nearby emergency rescue and other fields. NVIS and DW are the main methods of shortwave communication, so what is the difference between them?  ...

Both the antenna analyzer and the standing wave meter can be used to test the standing wave of the antenna feeder system, but the functions and characteristics of them are also quite different. So, should we choose an antenna analyzer or a standing wave meter?  ...

A link budget is usually used to estimate the longest distance for a signal to travel between transmitter and receiver. This is also the main method for evaluating the coverage range of a wireless communication system and is an important work in wireless network planning. So how to make a simple link budget?  ...