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Wrapping your mind around SWR - the perfect match1 comment

frrl wrote 1 month ago: Wrapping your mind around SWR – the perfect match Last night I was listening to a couple of gu … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, antenna analyzer, ARRL, DB losses in antennas, frrl, Ham Radio, linear amplifier, matching SWR, QST

Emergency Preparedness: 30 ft fiberglass mast and base for $40

frrl wrote 2 months ago: Emergency Preparedness: 30 ft fiberglass mast and base for $40 Need an emergency 30ft fiberglass mas … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARES, ARRL, emergency antenna mast, emergency mast, Emergency preparedness, fiberglass antenna mast, frrl, Ham Radio

Fun with FreeNAS - iSCSI - When a local disk is not local8 comments

frrl wrote 3 months ago: Fun with FreeNAS – iSCSI – When a local disk is not local Read our related posting first … more →

Tags: FreeNAS, FreeNAS SAN, iSCSI FreeNAS, Storage Area Networks

NAS for Clunkers: How to turn that old PC into a high tech Network Storage, Web Server, and Torrent Server3 comments

frrl wrote 3 months ago: NAS for Clunkers: How to turn that old PC into a high tech Network Storage, Web Server, and Torrent … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL, Bit torrent, Cash for Clunkers, FreeNAS Live-CD, FreeNAS Setup, frrl.net, FTP, Ham Radio

Second Date: Review of the Degen DE1123 DSP AM/FM/SW Pocket Radio with 1GB MP3 Player & Recorder2 comments

frrl wrote 4 months ago: Second Date: Review of the Degen DE1123 DSP AM/FM/SW Pocket Radio with 1GB MP3 Player & Recorder … more →

Tags: DEGEN 1123

Small Transmitting Loop Tuners from MFJ

frrl wrote 6 months ago: Small Transmitting Loop Tuners from MFJ This is from the “I’m not paying attention depar … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, Fifth Pillar of Amateur Radio, fifth pillar of ham radio, Ham Radio, mfj, MFJ Enterprises, MFJ Loop Tuners

Global Internet Distribution of Cultural Media: how Internet Radio was oh so 5 minutes ago

frrl wrote 6 months ago: Global Internet Distribution of Cultural Media: How Internet Radio was oh so 5 minutes ago Aluratek … more →

Tags: aluratek, aluratek internet radio jukebox, Amateur Radio, ARRL, distance learning, Ham Radio, Internet Radio, internet television, internet tv

Terrestrial Broadcast Radio: The end of an era?3 comments

frrl wrote 6 months ago: Terrestrial Broadcast Radio: The end of an era? If you are a regular reader of this blog it should b … more →

Tags: Commentary and Opinion, A Tuning Point for International Broadcasting: what doe, Amateur Radio, apple app store, apple ipod touch, apple touch, ARRL, Broadcast Radio, c crane

Review of the Apple iPod Touch: First Date4 comments

frrl wrote 7 months ago: Review of the Apple iPod Touch: First Date Game Changer If you are a traditional user of mp3 players … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Apple iPhone internals, Apple iPod Touch Business Model, Apple iPod Touch internals, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, frrl.net, google earth for iPod Touch, Ham Radio

Limited Space Antennas - The Small Transmitting Loop Antenna10 comments

frrl wrote 8 months ago: Limited Space Antennas – The Small Transmitting Loop Antenna How to build your own.  Or, using … more →

Tags: AEA IsoLoop Antenna, Amateur Radio, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, Ham Radio, how to build a small transmitting loop antenna, Limited Space Atennas, magnetic loop antenna, MFJ 1786

The Tarheel Screwdriver Antenna: one up on the Texas Bug Catcher2 comments

frrl wrote 8 months ago: The Tarheel Screwdriver Antenna One up on the Texas Bug Catcher The veteran – The Trusty Texas … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Club, bug catcher mobile antenna, frrl.net, Ham Radio, Mobile antenna review, Review HF Mobile Antenna, Review Screwdriver antenna

Play for Free - The Baygen Freeplay Plus AM/FM/SW Radio: yes Virginia, there is a free lunch2 comments

frrl wrote 9 months ago: Play for Free – The Baygen Freeplay Plus AM/FM/SW Radio Yes Virginia, there is a free lunch In … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL Special Service Clubs, bayen clockwork radio, Baygen Free play radio. C Crane, clockwork radio, crank radio, emergency radios, frrl.net, Ham Radio

A FM Radio for one-dollar - How is this possible?1 comment

frrl wrote 9 months ago: A FM Radio for one-dollar- How is this possible? We love Walmart On the way out of the Walmart store … more →

Tags: Ham Radio, Amateur Radio, ARRL, frrl.net, single chip fm radio, walmart one dollar radio, tea5756 FM stereo receiver IC, Philips Semiconductors’ digitally tuned TEA5767/68 FM, SC1088 is a bipolar integrated circuit

Dematerialize your Linux System: Or, why buy the Taxi when all you need is a ride?

frrl wrote 9 months ago: Dematerialize your Linux System Or, why buy the Taxi when all you need is a ride? See our related ar … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Amazon Cloud Computing, amazon E2C, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, elastic cloud computing, frrl.net, Ham Radio, linux and cloud computing

Going Virtual - How to Virtualize your Linux/PC Environment1 comment

frrl wrote 9 months ago: Going Virtual - How to Virtualize your Linux/PC Environment Bare Metal There is a term/concept you m … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, bare metal pc, disaster recovery backup strategy, frrl.net, Ham Radio, how to virtualize a personal computer, Linux operating systems on Virtual PC 2007

Let the Republic of China Backup your Linux and Windows PC

frrl wrote 9 months ago: Let the Republic of China Backup your Linux and Windows PC If you find yourself, for whatever reason … more →

Tags: Ham Radio, ARRL, frrl.net, ARRL Special Service Clubs, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Linux backup strategy, review of clonezilla backup software, Linux disaster recovery solution, amateur radion

Product Review:Lights of America LED Light Bulb39 comments

frrl wrote 10 months ago: Product Review: Lights of America LED Light Bulb Or, are you ready to replace your incandescent ligh … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, ARRL, ARRL Special Service Clubs, C Crane Vivid LED Light Bulb, CFL comparision with LED light bulbs, CFL comparison, compact flourecrent lights, Comparison of LED Light Bulbs, Energy savings of LED light bulbs

Quick Index to Articles

frrl wrote 10 months ago: Quick index to articles This is a quick index to all the articles on this site organized by category … more →

Long Live The All American Five. Or, Recovering a Piece of Radio History1 comment

frrl wrote 10 months ago: Long Live The All American Five Or, Recovering a Piece of Radio History “Watching” the R … more →

Tags: Ham Radio, Amateur Radio, Richard McWhorter, ARRL, frrl.net, ARRL Special Service Clubs, AA5, All American Five Radio, All American Five Radio Design


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