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Our shack |
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On this page you can find some pictures of the equipment we use at home. |
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Here you can see a global picture of our "shack". Shack is the word radio amateur's use for the place where they put their equipment and from which they talk to other stations.It also the place where the amateur makes most of his home build equipment. This is his sanctuary.
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This is our laboratory where we do our measurements and fabricate our transceivers and antenna's. This part is as much a part of our hobby as the transmitting it self. Many of the modern communication techniques where actually developed or improved by radio amateurs. |
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In this part of the "shack" communications are made trough out the world. These communications can be done over voice, CW or some digital modes. By CW we mean the little beeps that where used in the early years of wireless communication and that where invented by a Mr. called MORSE. Under digital modes we understand things like Packet radio, SSTV, RTTY ect. |
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The radio seen left on the second shelf is mostly used for long distance communications on the 144 - 145 MHz band. The modes most used for these long distance sessions are SSB modes. SSB Stands for Single Side Band. Fore more information about these modes feel free to mail us or pay a visit to a HAM Radio association near you.This sort of communications is used the most by ON1BOO. |
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This part of the shack is the digital side. With the equipment seen in the middle of the top shelf communications are made in packet mode and SSTV. Packet radio can be compared to the old BBS systems you could dial in to with your modem and computer. There is a whole network off these BBS's through out the world and they are all connected to each other. SSTV Stands for Slow Scan Television. In this mode we transmit pictures to each other. These pictures are transmitted line by line, dot by dot.More about SSTV can be found on the home page of ON4VT Danny. |
