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Original Articles

 

The Kings County Radio Club – Who Are We?

The Return of: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New York Repeaters”!

Antenna Basics –

Part ∅ – A Personal Journey

Part 1 – Back To Basics (What Impedance Means)

Part 2 – In The Beginning (The Dipole)

Part 3 – And now for something completely different… (Decibels)

Part 4 – 1/4 Wavelength Verticals – Tricking the Universe with Mirrors

Part 5 – The G5RV – A Complicated Antenna Disguised As A “Simple” Dipole

Part 6 – What Is An SWR? What Is A Balun? How Important Are They?

As Simple As Simplex?

Morse Code Key Porn

Software Defined Radio – The Next Great Thing Or A Fad?

KCRC TechNet Review Articles:

       A Ground Breaking Review on Grounding Your Station?

So, Now What? – A Guide For The New Technician –

So, Now What – Part Zero

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New York Repeaters – Part One

Your First Radio – Part Two

FM Repeater Etiquette For The 21st Century – Part Three

2 Meters – Off The Beaten Path – Part Four

70 Centimeters – Farther Off The Beaten Path – Part Five

In Search Of Your Second Radio – Part Six

The Care and Feeding of Jammers – Part Seven

Transmission Mode Efficiencies

The X, Y, and Z’s Of Batteries

The Grid Dip Meter – Drip Meter? Whatz Dat?

What’s All The Noise About?

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