Technet will be QRT Monday 9/23/24
Because that is the date of our monthly
DARC Meeting. We'll be back
September 30th
We've had a number of discussions on TechNet about proper station grounding techniques. There is an excellent white paper available from Polyphaser on the topic. The document includes the phrase, "All Rights Reserved" but the website makes it
available to either read, or download in .PDF format
(If you download it, just be careful not to accidentally
republish it on any websites you might be maintaining.)
To view the PDF titled
White Paper: Ham Radio Station Protection
please
CLICK HERE
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If you are using a phone or tablet and you can't get it to open or download, then you can navigate to it but its a little convoluted.
First go to
https://www.polyphaser.com/
To find the Ham Radio Station Protection article you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page. Under RESOURCES click White Papers. On the next page enter HAM in the SEARCH ENTRIES BOX (and this is where you might get lost, its not the "Search Box," but the "Search Entries" Box), then click the magnifying glass icon. The article is the only one that will appear. Of course, while you're looking around, there are lots of other White Papers of interest.
The name of the article is
White Paper: Ham Radio Station Protection
'73
Don
Our technical net (TechNet) is held on Monday evenings, EXCEPT for the fourth Monday of every month when it is preempted by our normal Club meeting. The net starts at 8:00pm Central on our 2 meter and 220 MHz repeaters and runs for about an hour. This net is less formal than our regular Sunday night net and everyone is welcome to join in and ask questions or add to the discussion. Our motto: "The ONLY dumb question is the one that isn't asked."
TechNet began in 2003 as a forum for hams to get answers to questions that are often best answered by someone who's "Been There -- Done That"; more commonly known to hams as an Elmer. TechNet has become a home to many Elmers so there are very few questions we aren't able to answer.
Over the years we've added the "Smart Person Question" to get your little grey cells firing and, when there's time, a segment on projects where you can brag about your current accomplishment or find a shoulder to cry on if things aren't going quite so well.
CU Mondays!
73,
Don - N9IZU
CELcalc (V1.2) offers several handy conversion programs including:
- VSWR & Return Loss
- Wavelength, Vertical and Horizontal antenna isolation,
- Down-tilt,
- Various conversions,
- Free-space propagation,
- BDA Budget
Go to the Reference Page or
The WEB LINKS Pages Web Links Page One or Web Links Page Two