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	<title>Cyde Weys Musings &#187; Ham radio</title>
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		<title>The joys of 2 meter simplex</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2009/03/02/the-joys-of-2-meter-simplex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m up in Parsippany, New Jersey at the moment on business travel.  That in itself wouldn&#8217;t be anything special, except that the eastern seaboard was just rocked by a huge snowstorm.  I had to leave a day early to ensure that I made it here for an important meeting Monday morning, only for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Day 2008, wherein even a near-miss with a collapsing antenna can&#8217;t spoil the fun</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/07/01/field-day-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Montgomery Amateur Radio Club]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday this past weekend I did so many ham radio activities I had to split them across two blog posts.  Yesterday I wrote about the 17 foot antenna I installed on top of my house.  Today, I&#8217;ll regale you with tales from Field Day 2008.
Field Day is an annual 24-hour North American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking amateur radio to the next level</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/30/installed-antenna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50/50 rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amateur radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ham radio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[installation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was pretty awesome.  Saturday was jam-packed with ham radio activities, from morning until midnight (and beyond).  That&#8217;s right, an entire day of ham radio!  I started off by installing the 17-foot antenna I bought awhile back on top of our house.  That took a good four to five hours, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to learn Morse code in GNU/Linux</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/23/learn-morse-code-in-linux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/23/learn-morse-code-in-linux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GNU/Linux]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[command line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CW]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morse code]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know what you&#8217;re thinking &#8212; as if GNU/Linux and ham radio couldn&#8217;t possibly be nerdy enough when separate, let&#8217;s put them together!  But let&#8217;s take a step back &#8230;
I started getting involved with ham radio just three months ago with VHF/UHF voice FM, and already I&#8217;m hungering for more.  I don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antenna preparations for ARRL Field Day</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/20/putting-up-antenna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/20/putting-up-antenna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[antenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antenna mount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[base station]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since I&#8217;ve discussed non-computer-related construction projects on this blog, so to break the drought, here are some details on a shortly upcoming antenna project.

The Amateur Radio Relay League&#8217;s annual Field Day is coming up next weekend.  Field Day is the largest weekend of the year for amateur radio operators.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An amazing 4X Yagi array</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/07/an-amazing-4x-yagi-array/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/07/an-amazing-4x-yagi-array/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amateur radio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cross-polarized]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This right here is the definition of want:

Yes, that&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s a 4X Yagi antenna array on an electronically controlled alt-azimuth mount.  Oh man, what I wouldn&#8217;t do to have one of those.  It&#8217;s amazing.  It has four times the antennae of a simple Yagi beam, thus four times the gain (an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to run a power cable through a 1996 Ford Taurus firewall</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/31/ford-taurus-firewall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/31/ford-taurus-firewall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/31/how-to-run-a-power-cable-through-a-1996-ford-taurus-firewall/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I bought a fused power cable at the hamfest in Maryland this weekend so I could install my mobile ham radio in my 1996 Ford Taurus.  There was just one problem: getting the cable from the battery in the engine compartment to the passenger compartment.  In between these two sections is the firewall, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Attending my first hamfest</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/30/attending-my-first-hamfest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/30/attending-my-first-hamfest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amateur radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/30/attending-my-first-hamfest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I attended my first hamfest (amateur radio convention), the Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest in Timonium, Maryland.  Having just started with ham radio less than a month ago, I&#8217;m definitely getting into it pretty quickly.  The rate at which I&#8217;m blowing through money will attest to that.
Overall, I give the hamfest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is Major Tom to ground control</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/24/hearing-genesat-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/24/hearing-genesat-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/24/this-is-major-tom-to-ground-control/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
My friend Greg and I spent several nights this past week attempting to listen to amateur radio signals from the International Space Station (he&#8217;s been using Gpredict to find time windows of orbits close to us).  Not only is one of the crew members on the station a ham, but they also have a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>We get signal.  Main transceiver turn on</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/22/national-traffic-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/22/national-traffic-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/22/national-traffic-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, accept my apology for the groan-inducing title of this post.  It popped into my head and I couldn&#8217;t not run with it.
Last night I was idly chatting away on a 2 meter band repeater in Rockville, MD (frequency 146.955 MHz) when someone by the name of Fred (callsign K3CSX) broke in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>My first night of amateur radio</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/18/my-first-night-of-amateur-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/18/my-first-night-of-amateur-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/18/my-first-night-of-amateur-radio/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got my dual-band transceiver earlier today (a Yaesu FT-7800R, if you must know) and I just spent several hours tonight playing with it.  I made my first contact in short order after listening in on some local repeater bands and getting the hang of how a typical ham radio conversation works.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>CQ CQ CQ THIS IS KB3QNZ CALLING ANY STATION</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/10/cq-cq-cq-this-is-kb3qnz-calling-any-station/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/10/cq-cq-cq-this-is-kb3qnz-calling-any-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ham radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amateur radio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/10/cq-cq-cq-this-is-kb3qnz-calling-any-station/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday I took the amateur radio license exam.  I passed.  As of today, I am an official FCC-licensed ham radio control operator.  My callsign is KB3QNZ.  I can legally transmit in a variety of radio frequencies up to a maximum power of 1,500 Watts (depending on the frequency).  Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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