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Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Nov 22, 2017

Online callbooks

QRZ.com

QRZ is probably the most well known call book amongst Hams. QRZ was founded in 1992 by Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ as a spinoff of what was once called the “Callsign Project”, a cooperative effort designed to obtain and distribute FCC database tapes. The “project” part…

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Nov 22, 2017

What are Digital modes

Digital modes require a interface between a Computer and a Transceiver. On most of the newer models of Transceivers they have a Sound Card interface built in which means the Transceiver connects to the Computer via a USB cable. If you have a Transceiver without a built in Sound Card, you…

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Nov 14, 2017

LoTW made easy — Step 1

I will go through the steps of showing you how easy it is to use and setup LoTW. This step will create a .tq5 file which gets sent to LoTW

Download the TQSL software package from http://www.arrl.org/tqsl-download and install it to your hard drive. Once…

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Oct 23, 2017

The Art of Contesting

Contesting (also known as radiosport) is a competitive activity pursued by amateur radio operators which may be operated by an individual or a team. The aim is to contact as many other amateur radio stations as possible in a given period of time and exchange so sort of information. The…

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Nov 7, 2017

Logbook of The World — On-line eQSL system

What is Logbook of The World? ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) system is a repository of log records submitted by users from around the world. When both participants in a QSO submit matching QSO records to LoTW, the result is a QSL that can be used for…

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Oct 23, 2017

Why do you chase DX Entities

DX chasing is one of the most popular activities in Amateur Radio. There are 339 entities / countries that one can work. An entity can be explained as something that has a “ legal and separately identifiable existence.” There are really some strange and exotic entities that can…

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Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Apr 28, 2018

Setting up an HF Radio Station in the bush

I have created a video that details the equipment needed and how to accomplish setting the station up. As you will see it is not really difficult, but could be time consuming. Enjoy watching

Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Oct 24, 2017

Why did you become an Amateur Radio Operator (HAM)

To be quite honest I became an amateur for the wrong reason. At that stage I was doing a few across border travels and wanted to have the capability of using amateur radio for communications if necessary.

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Geoffrey Levey in Amateur Radio Chat

Oct 23, 2017

What is Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio is a great way to learn about communications technology and make friends all over the world. Getting involved in this fascinating hobby is easy. Amateur radio is the most versatile hobby around as it consists of so many facets. Radio Amateurs, or “Hams” use two-way radio…

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