Spread the love Glen Zook, K9STH, posted this article about 73 to the Heathkit mailing list: Many amateurs already know that “73” is from what is known as the “Phillips Code”, a series of numeric messages conceived for the purpose of cutting down transmission time on the old land telegraph systems when sending text that is…
Spread the love Article submitted by Ferrell N4FRL You will need to be running Windows and Microsoft Office 2007 – 2013 to use these instruction. We are currently looking for a Linux solution other than Virtual Box I start off most of the time with a clean exported contact spreadsheet generated from the CPS. Click on…
Spread the love It is a great day here at Resonant Frequency: The Amateur Radio Podcast. We would like to thank evilroots over on Reddit for reminding us that tiny minded people permeate the The Amateur Radio Service especially when they can hide behind a CB handle. I prefer to make my opinions known out in…
Spread the love Adapted from an original article by D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ From the earliest days of radiotelephone communications, several different “official” phonetic alphabets have been used. During WW II the British used one version, while the U.S. had another. Other forces had yet even different phonetic alphabets. The use of ITU phonetics in both…
Spread the love HOW TO BREAK THE 10-WORDS-PER-MINUTE CODE BARRIERBy Richard Humphrey When this article was first published in 1974, the best Morse-Code-learning aids available to hams were the Instructograph paper-tape-based machine, phonograph records, and magnetic tapes (open-reel and cassette – I’m not aware of anything on 8-Track). Nowadays, we have software-based and standalone electronic aids,…
