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	<title>KB6NU&#039;s Ham Radio Blog</title>
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		<title>Dayton 2012: Another great ham radio experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Dayton experience started at 3:45 am Thursday morning. That&#8217;s when I had to get up so that I could make it to the Fairborn Holiday Inn in time for the first session of this year&#8217;s Four Days in May (FDIM). FDIM is a one-day conference put on by the QRP Amateur Radio Club International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/dayton-2012-another-great-ham-radio-experience/</link>
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		<title>Design a project, make some money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got this in my inbox this morning, and I like this idea a lot. It seems like a win-win-win for the kit designer, kit builder, and Jameco. We think this is a pretty big deal, so I’ll get right to the point. Design an electronics project, we’ll kit it and pay you a royalty every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/design-a-project-make-some-mone/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Join the ARRL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to joining your local amateur radio club, you should also join the American Radio  Relay League (ARRL). The ARRL is that national association for radio amateurs and offers many services for amateur radio operators: QST. QST is the ARRL’s monthly magazine. Every month, you’ll receive a magazine full of good information, projects, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-join-the-arrl/</link>
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		<title>Ham radio in the news &#8211; 5/15/12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These items are different from the usual reports of emergency communications. The first two are memories of family members who were hams, the third is a celebration of a club&#8217;s longevity&#8230;&#8230;Dan Sounding off as true listeners ham it up and tune in to a wave of nostalgia. Columnist reminisces about his father, who was an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/ham-radio-in-the-news-51512/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Buy QSL cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you start making contacts, other amateurs will want to swap QSL cards with you, even if you just talk to them on the local repeater. The purpose of a QSL card is to confirm that you had a contact with another amateur. For sure, you’ll want to have some cards printed up if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-buy-qsl-cards/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Buy a DMM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A digital multimeter, or DMM for short, is the most basic piece of test equipment you can own, and every ham should have one. With a digital multimeter (DMM), you can make voltage, current, and resistance measurements. Some multimeters do even more, but that’s a topic for another book. Why do you need a multimeter? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-buy-a-dmm/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Join SkyWarn, ARES, or RACES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the principles upon which the amateur radio service is founded is that, when needed, amateur radio operators will provide public service and emergency communications. Part 97.1 (a) reads: Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-join-skywarn-ares-or-races/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Get on the air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you’ve acquired a radio, the next step is to get on the air. You’re now an amateur radio operator, not an amateur radio listener. If your first radio is a VHF transceiver, the first thing to do is to find the repeaters in your area.  One way to do this is to use the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-get-on-the-ai/</link>
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		<title>From the trade mags: modern transceiver design, twisted pairs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple more articles from the engineering trade magazines. High-performance HF transceiver design. This article describes some of the decisions that an engineer must make when designing a modern amateur radio transceiver. It also sheds some light on the test methods used to test today&#8217;s receivers. Use a twist (and other popular wires) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/from-the-trade-mags-modern-transceiver-design-twisted-pair/</link>
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		<title>21 Things to Do: Find an Elmer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amateur radio can be a complicated hobby. You will, undoubtedly, have questions about the technology, questions about the rules, and questions about operating procedures. An “Elmer” is someone who can help answer those questions and help you avoid some of the pitfalls of the hobby. He or she is a ham that you can go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-find-an-elmer-2/</link>
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