A Ham radio operator will tell you all about the standing wave ratio (SWR) of his antenna, and he may even have a meter in the shack to measure it. He’ll know that a 1.1 to 1 SWR is a good ...

Ham radio, despite fading in freshness as a communication ... “propagation,” “ionospheric layer,” and “20 Meter antenna SWR vs. frequency.” “A lot of amateur radio people think ...

Radio direction finding and fox hunting can be great fun and is a popular activity with amateur radio (ham radio ... and using a cheap and portable 2 meter band VHF Yagi style beam antenna ...