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In order to improve communication quality and communication efficiency of CW, people have invented and used various abbreviations in long-term practice, which is to abbreviate frequently used words and sentences in communication to one or a few letters. It has evolved and perfected and formed the abbreviation that is now commonly used internationally. There are two common rules for commonly used English abbreviations.  ...

For CW morse key, now we most commonly use the double paddle automatic morse key. In fact, in addition to the automatic double paddle button, there are three types of morse keys including straight key, single paddle morse key and semi-automatic morse key.  ...

Both the antenna analyzer and the standing wave meter can be used to test the standing wave of the antenna feeder system, but the functions and characteristics of them are also quite different. So, should we choose an antenna analyzer or a standing wave meter?  ...

Power supply is the basic equipment for hams. especially for shortwave radio and mobile radio, the input voltage can affect the output power. So, it's very important to choose the suitable power supply. but, what aspects should we pay attention to when choosing a power source for our radio?  ...

As the most important receiving component of GPS module, GPS antenna is the main window of GPS to the outside world. Speaking of GPS antennas, we have to mention the active and passive antennas we often talk about. Do you know the difference of them? let's learn more together.  ...

After we complete , it needs to be debugged. The purpose of antenna debugging is to make the antenna system resonate at the transceiver frequency by trimming the length of the antenna element. Match the impedance of the antenna system with the transceiver impedance of the radio. Debugging generally uses standing wave meter, power meter or antenna analyzer.  ...

Why is your signal report of 50W radio not as good as the one just 5W radio? That's because in addition to the environmental loss, the power of the radio has a lot of loss in the antenna system. So many hams like to install them antenna outdoor to reduce antenna system loss. But what do you need to know when installing an outdoor antenna?  ...

SWR is short for Standing Wave Ratio. It's a parameter often used by hams to indicate if the antenna matchs with the transmitting radio. For SWR value, it has different effects on the built-in and external antennas. so there are differnt SWR standard required for antennas with the different working environment.  ...

In my country, there also will have a QSO activity via digital repeater or MMDVM Hotspot  every Saturday. To promote hams communication from different provinces, on this digital activity, not only use DMR Radio, but also YSF, C4FM , P25 radio and Wires-X.  ...

GP antennas is short for GroundPlaneAntenna. These antennas are with a ground plane. Their elements are usually mounted by vertical ground, so they are also called vertical GP antennas. The antennas has a low emission inclination, and its coverage is similar to a circle with the radius of the emission point, so it is indispensable as a simple and effective DX weapon. The disadvantage is that it is a little noisy.  ...