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Can half of a directional antenna (Yagi-Uda, HB9CV) be replaced by a ground plane?

Consider a center-fed dipole antenna. It‘s well understood how the bottom element can be replaced by a ground plane (in practice, generally a few rods but in principle a conducting plate would work as well), creating a „groundplane antenna“. I was…
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What is the difference between a scanner and a receiver?

What is the difference between a scanner and a receiver?
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Transmitting Callsigns

I started learning for my technician test and I noticed one of the FCC guidelines is that you have to Transmit your callsign at the beginning of radio contact, and every 10 minutes How does transmitting your callsign every 10 minutes work? What…
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What does a License look like?

What does the HAM license look like? Is it a card? A document? All I could find on google is ham radio license plates.
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Getting Started In Ham Radio

I'm 13 years old. I hear all the fuss about ham radio how awesome it is. I really want to join, but I hear you have to get a certification. How much does it cost? How long does it take? How much does a ham radio cost? What could you do with it?
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World wide Radio Module

currently I am involved in a project were a data link is needed to communicate different devices. This is in one to many configuration and the devices are stand alone. For this project there is need 9.2Kbps, even less, and the expected coverage is…
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Designing a helical antenna for a dish

I'm interested in a dish antenna with an axial mode helical feed for receiving video. My target frequency is about 1280 MHz or the 1.2/1.3GHz range. I've been able to figure out helical basics, like circumference equals wavelength, more turns is…
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What is IQ in the context of SDRs?

What is IQ, in the context of software-defined radios (SDRs)?
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Is "coil loading" a type of impedance match?

If I have a too short dipole, or vertical, I can add a coil to lenghten in electrically. But it's my understanding that I could also do this with any other kind of match: given the complex impedance at the frequency of interest, I could calculate,…
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How long does it take the FCC to process vanity requests?

How long does it take for the FCC to process vanity callsign applications? My application shows as Pending in license manager but oddly does not show up at all in Application Search.
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Must all three VEs hold the required licence class to "prepare" an examination, or just one?

47 CFR § 97.507 states that: (a) Each telegraphy message and each written question set administered to an examinee must be prepared by a VE holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license. A telegraphy message or written question set may also be…
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Using an SDR on a Laptop with Noisy Power Supply

I'm going to start this off by saying I'm very new to this and I don't really know a lot so any detailed information would be much appreciated. I have just started using an SDR (a cheap RTL model) with my MacBook Pro laptop. The laptop itself is a…
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Why is gain used?

It always confused me why 100 watts out of your transmitter could radiate 200 watts coming from a high-gain antenna. Why is the term gain used instead of directionality?
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Looking for a book that contained a circuit for receiving (literally) underground amateur radio transmissions

In this comment in Earth Science SE I've said: This is a really cool question! I remember (a long time ago) reading about electromagnetic waves inside conductive soil that travelled near but below the Earth's surface for at least a few miles, and…
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Demodulation based on external frequency source

I saw a design for a walkie talkie that used a mixer that mixed the TX freq to the RX path before demod. Looking at the SA616 chip, demod is acomplished by Gilbert cell quadrature detector that is downstream from this. The simplest FM detector is…
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