As amateur radio operators we typically look at any input impedance specification and think 50 Ohms. But what is 50 Ohms? Buried within the whole topic of input impedance is a “characteristic impedance.” At this point we typically lose amateurs thinking we are moving into rocket science. But this stuff is really simple as you…
Month: August 2021
Special Event Station W8J at the Jackson County Fair
At the Jackson County Fair of 2021 at about 5 PM, the Cascades Amateur Radio Society had a booth and was displaying amateur excellence to the public at large. In the first photo you can see both Dave (W3IGT) and Bill (KD8AAD) in the near field actively working the special event station that the club…
How Much Do You Really Know…? (by Dale [K8TS])
How Much Do You Really Know…? By Dale Cole (K8TS) When you were in school, did you pass from grade to grade because of what information you knew, or were you booted up a level because the teacher did not want you in her class a second time? It happens, we all know that. The…