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May 2023 issue of The ARRL Current

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Simple and Accurate Measurement of Small Network Losses with the NanoVNA
John Stanley, K4ERO
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A Mountaintop Trifecta: SOTA, POTA, and the ARRL VHF Contest
Bob Witte, K0NR
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Spring is in full swing, and it's the perfect time to venture out and operate
portable. Bob Witte, K0NR, decided to do just that for the 2022 ARRL June VHF
Contest, taking his operation all the way to the summit of Pikes Peak, a
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Digital Filter Design Using Octave
Russ Ward, W4NI
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In "Digital Filter Design Using Octave," Russ Ward, W4NI, describes how to
use the Octave language, which is available for free online, to derive a set
of decimal fractions necessary for filter design. Read QEX [
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MJ53 in the CQ World Wide 160 Contest (CW) from Jersey
Bob Beebe, GU4YOX
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operator Bob Witte, K0NR, who wrote about a multi-purpose operation on Pikes
Peak that counted for "A Mountaintop Trifecta: SOTA, POTA, and the ARRL VHF
Contest." With this year's ARRL June VHF Contest fast approaching on the
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