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SSB and Amateur Radio

Posted on July 3, 2021 by admin

In a conversation with my brother, N3AU, my sister, WB7OIU, we got into a discussion of when SSB made its way into amateur radio, since our family got started with the hobby in the early 1930s. There’s a PDF article … Continue reading →

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Field Day in Escambia County Florida

Posted on June 28, 2021 by admin

I wasn’t involved, but the news story is nice. I am, however, finally able to operate fully on emergency power from the home shack.

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QYT 8900D from Amazon

Posted on June 10, 2021 by admin

I haven’t tried this radio, but I got a notice about it from Amazon.com today and thought I’d post a link. If I didn’t already have more power than this in my car, I’d be very tempted at that price.

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Technical Discussion via Zoom

Posted on March 25, 2021 by admin

My brother, Robert Neufeld, amateur radio operator N3AU, who also has pretty much every commercial radio license and is a lifetime electronics hobbyist, is going to host a zoom technical discussion each Thursday night at 8 pm eastern time. He … Continue reading →

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Amateur Extra Class via Zoom

Posted on October 14, 2020 by admin

My brother, N3AU, a very active leader in Amateur radio in the Niagara Falls, NY area, will be offering an Amateur extra class via Zoom. The class will meet every Thursday evening at 7 pm starting 10/15/20. It will continue … Continue reading →

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Betty Rae Neufeld Nick now WB7OIU

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin

It’s usual to go for a vanity callsign to get a shorter one, such as when I turned in KE0OY in exchange for KT4B, inherited from my father, Ray Neufeld. My sister Betty Rae, also an Extra Class, has now … Continue reading →

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Testing an Antenna

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin

This video from IZ2UUF is definitely worth taking the time to view. It puts visuals on some theory.

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Update to Family Ham History

Posted on June 18, 2019 by admin

My brother Robert Neufeld (N3AU/Bob) had been looking for the precise date on his novice callsign, which he earned when he was 11 years old. The image below is from a 1964 callbook, showing KN7YBE, Robert J. Neufeld. Another piece … Continue reading →

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New Handheld

Posted on March 23, 2019 by admin
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Tilting My Hustler 6BTV Vertical

Posted on December 26, 2018 by admin

It takes some effort to tune this antenna properly, and the ability to tilt it is quite useful. The next three pictures show my poor (or stingy) man’s tilt option, based on a suggestion by my brother Bob, N3AU.

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