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- … that the Summits on the Air award for 1,000 chaser points is called the Shack Sloth?
- … that FT8 can decode signals 21 dB below the noise, far weaker than a human ear could hear?
- … that the businesses of radio maker Alinco include scaffolding, ladders and fitness equipment?
- … that for the DXCC award, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico each count separately from the continental US? See DXing.
- … that a mast-mounted preamplifier can cut a receiving system's noise figure from about 8 dB to under 1 dB?
- … that 50-ohm coax is a compromise between about 77 ohms, where air-insulated coax has its lowest loss, and about 30 ohms, where it handles the most power? See Impedance.
