VHF Multipath: More Than One Signal Path
Multipath distortion is a common phenomenon that I've become accustomed to living in a mountainous region. It can mess up…
Get a Vanity Call Sign
A common question I hear from new hams is “how do I get a vanity call sign?” The process is…
Observations From a New Ham
On reddit/amateurradio, a new ham shared these observations after being licensed for two months. At Ham Radio School, we are…
Operational Amplifiers: Basic Building Blocks
Operational amplifiers (commonly called op amps) are a ubiquitous building block for designing electronic circuits. Today, these devices are fabricated…
Using Elmers For High Impact
In this post Online License Course Provides New Teaching Options, I described how we modified our approach to teaching the…
Online License Course Provides New Teaching Options
Our most recent Technician license class for the Tri-Lakes Monument Radio Association made use of the Ham Radio School online…
Quadrature Modulation
In the world of amateur radio, we use a variety of modulation schemes to encode our voice or digital data…
Power and Phase
The Technician and General license exams emphasize the concept of impedance matching to achieve maximum power transfer. This is often…
