News West has a special election edition broadcast this week sharing contributions from the candidates, explaining how the proxy voting system works and how you can make your voice count. Follow this link http://www.vk6.net/news/
The Alinco power supply for amateur radio has been around for a while but this latest model has some extra features. All switch mode power supplies or their harmonics can interfere with some of our bands. It appears to … Continued
Radiation resistance is that part of an antenna’s feed point resistance that is caused by the radiation of electromagnetic waves from the antenna, as opposed to loss resistance which generally causes the antenna to heat up. The total of radiation … Continued
In telecommunications, return loss is the loss of power in the signal returned/reflected by a discontinuity in a transmission line. This discontinuity can be a mismatch with the terminating load or with a device inserted in the line. It is … Continued
The following is a scan of an article written by the late Pierce Healy VK2APQ in the now no longer published March 1975 edition of Electronics Australia Magazine. This article details the involvement of Amateur Radio in Post cyclone communications. … Continued