Subject

Description

Author

Amateur Radio Tech

Applied Technology - Unique Stuff

KN9B

Ant. 1/4w Ground

A Calculator for building 1/4w Ground Plane

Website

Ant. Calculator

Calculate starting lengths for dipoles and 1/4w Whips

Website

Asst. Tech Info

Good assortment of subjects Resistors > Antennas

K7MEM

Balun Info (WiKi)

Defines baluns and needs for them

WiKi

BAOFENG UV5R

Manual written in English and is complete !

MIKLOR

Batt.Power Stream

Lots of info on batteries

Website

Battery University

Free educational hands on battery information

Cadex Elect.

Capacitor Info

Cap. Information, value calculator and more.

Circuit Digest

COAX Issues

Coax and more explained.

W2OZ

COAX Losses

How lossy is your cable ?

Website

Connector Assy

BNC   “N”   PL-259  Anderson Pwr Pole Good suggestions.

As Noted

Conversions

DigiKey gives us an assortment of calculators.

Digi Web

Electronics_Assistant

Exactly what the title says ! If you want to know check here.

Electronics 2000

EMI-RFI

Excellent website complete with RFI Hunt Stories

ON4WW

Grounding

Many books and suggestions, here’s ARRL’s take.

ARRL

Propagation

Usable Freq Charts Updated every 20 mins.

Website

Random Wires

Good performing Random Antenna Lengths

Hamuniverse

Random Wires 2

An easy to use chart for Random Wires

Udel.edu

RF Interference

 ARRL covers all things Interfering.

Arrl.net

Soldering Course

9 Lesson Video on Youtube…. Older from the 80’s

Youtube

Space Weather

Info on what’s going on with the Sun !

Space Weather

Surface Mounting

Methods for SMD components soldering.

Infidigm.net

TX Line Loss Calculator

Easy to use calculator

OwenDuffy.net

ARRL-WCF Tech. Help

WCF Technical help and Tech Net Info. Just Ask !

ARRL

Technical Area

We use the title loosely as this is a page of hints and suggestions and perhaps where to find answers.  Some of the subjects may be found elsewhere on this website such as the Projects Page.  As is the case with any part of this website, we welcome suggestions, corrections and help with any Broken Links.

Please note that we (ZAARC or KK4ITX) are not responsible for the accuracy of the articles or the results of using them.  Use common sense and care in implementing these suggestions.

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