PRESENTER PROJECT: Will You Take the Challenge? Or do you like getting caught in the rain?

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PRESENTER PROJECT: Will You Take the Challenge? Or do you like getting caught in the rain?

The final rules for the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Challenge have been posted! This weekend, 3-4 October 2020, is the first year of this new and very differently scored HF contest. The Steering Committee has come up with a metric to make the playing field “more level” between the Big Gun contest stations and the portable operators. By making the basic score scaled on a distance-per-watt metric, the QRO operators don’t necessarily have the advantage that they have in most contest pile-ups. In addition, the POC has multipliers to make the focus on Radio Sport rather than Radio Equipment.

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PRESENTER OPINION: Time to Put up that Beam?

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PRESENTER OPINION: Time to Put up that Beam?

Is it time to put up that tower and beam? According to a NASA press release, it just might be. NASA and NOAA scientists say that Solar Cycle 25 has begun! During a media event on Tuesday, the scientists discussed their analysis and predictions about the new solar cycle – and how the new solar cycle compares to the last one the impact it will have.

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PRESENTER OPINION: Build Your Own Resistor Load Bank→

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PRESENTER OPINION: Build Your Own Resistor Load Bank

I’ve written many blog posts about power supplies and electronic loads for AMETEK Programmable Power. This has been interesting to do, and I’ve learned a fair amount about power supplies and electronic loads. So much so, I’d really like to get an electronic load of my own. The only problem is that they’re still a bit out of my price range.

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