Discovering Radio – Page 4 – Sharing what I’m learning about amateur radio

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ft-70d, satellites, yaesu

Lessons learned trying to work satellites with the Yaesu FT-70DR

I’ve been trying to work the AMSATs with my new VHF/UHF Yagi and my Yaesu FT-70D. Since these satellites generally receive (Rx) on one frequency and transmit (Tx) on another, I had to learn to use the “split memory” function…

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December 25, 2020

antennas, how-to

Lessons learned building my first VHF/UHF tape measure antenna

As soon as I got my Technician’s license and my first radio (a Yaesu FT-70DR), I set out to build one of the VHF / UHF (2m / 70cm) tape measure Yagi antennas I had been reading about online. This…

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November 28, 2020