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Foundations of Amateur Radio by Onno Benschop

May 17, 20264:54Games & Hobbies

Foundations of Amateur Radio Recently I discovered that the antenna that I had connected to my WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter beacon was not a 40m antenna, instead, it turns out to be a 15m antenna. The how and...

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