Imagine Christmas 1989 and you got this high end desktop air-band scanner from Radio-Shack for $179 ($455 in 2024 money). Wood grain, digital keypad, back-lit lcd display and 20, I say TWENTY memories!! Receives your airport ATIS in your kitchen 10mi away and has excellent selectivity and sensitivity.

Now move 35 years later. $20 on eBay and 20 min cleaning gets you the same excitement and performance and you even remember programming :)

#pilot #aviation #flying #avgeek #pilotlife #hamradio

For a unique shack wall hanging not found in any #HamRadio store, consider having this estimated ground conductivity map printed up by a local printer:

fcc.gov/media/radio/m3-ground-…

It's public domain, as almost all US Government stuff is.

M3 Map of Effective Ground Conductivity in the United States for AM Broadcast Stations

Figure R3 of 47 CFR 73.190 of the Commission’s Rules contains a map of the estimated effective ground conductivity in the United States. This data is used to predict the propagation of AM signals across the United States.

^www.fcc.gov

Watched this video and snapped one of these "hangar scanners" :)

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Soldering is easy.
Here's how to do it.

Download this comic book and share it with your friends!
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#electronics #soldering #HamRadio

The FCC just published an exciting enforcement advisory!

“REMINDER: amateur and personal radio service licensees and operators may not use radio equipment to commit or facilitate criminal acts”

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachment…

#amateurradio #hamradio

This Week in Amateur Radio:
Starkville man ends reign as king of #HamRadio parts: ‘It was rough trying to say goodbye’ (Mississippi)

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