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NVWX.COM
N7NNV
Amateur Radio (Ham Radio)
Lat. North 41° 02' 22.3" Lon. W 115° 34' 05.7" Station Elevation 5620 ft
Elko County, Elko Nevada USA
ITU 06 Grid DN21FA

How to Become a Ham

HF RADIO STATION

The HF station consists of an Icom 7000 hooked up to a LDG AT-100Pro automatic tuner. Depending on the conditions, the rig is connected to either a 550 foot end fed wire antenna suspended at 40 feet, or a HyGain DX-88 vertical antenna. The VHF and UHF side of the radio is connected to a Diamond X-200A antenna that is on a 35 foot pole. The station is on top of a hill and over looks the entire valley all the way to Elko, which is approximately 19 air miles to the southwest.

         


Calculate Dipole Antenna (half-wave)

Enter the Desired Centre Frequency in MHz
i.e. 3.7625 MHz

Total length of the dipole will be feet
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Each leg of the dipole will be feet
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How To Read HF Propagation Numbers.

The A index = LOW is GOOD.
1 to 6 is BEST
7 to 9 is OK
11 or more is BAD

K index: LOW is GOOD.
0 or 1 is BEST
2 is OK
3 or more is BAD
5 is VERY VERY BAD

SFI index: HIGH is GOOD.
70 NOT GOOD
80 GOOD
90 BETTER
100+ BEST

A low "A index" is most important!


Enter your callsign to see if you have an eQSL waiting!


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