Category: Hamshack
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Automatic vs Manual Antenna Tuners: Which Do You Actually Need
An antenna tuner does not actually tune your antenna, it tricks your radio into seeing a happy match. Whether that trick should happen automatically or by hand is a genuinely practical question, not just a budget one.
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Icom IC-7300 vs IC-7300 Mark II, and How Both Compare to the G90 and FT-891
The radio that put SDR touchscreens in every ham’s hands just got a sequel. Here’s what actually changed, and where it and the original fit against the G90 and FT-891.
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Coax Connectors Explained: SO-239, BNC, SMA, and N-Type
Choosing coax is only half the equation. The connector on each end matters just as much, and mixing up the wrong one for the job causes more problems than the cable itself usually does.