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    <title>Sun Coast Amateur &lt;br&gt;Radio Club Society - blog:2025-07-30</title>
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    <entry>
        <title>how_to_identify_an_unknown_ferrite_core_video</title>
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        <created>2025-07-30T19:56:57+00:00</created>
        <issued>2025-07-30T19:56:57+00:00</issued>
        <modified>2025-07-30T19:56:57+00:00</modified>
        <id>https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-07-30/how_to_identify_an_unknown_ferrite_core_video</id>
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            <name>Anonymous</name>
        </author>
        <summary>


&lt;h1 class=&quot;sectionedit1&quot; id=&quot;how_to_identify_an_unknown_ferrite_core_video&quot;&gt;How to Identify an Unknown Ferrite Core (Video)&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;
&lt;iframe src=&quot;//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q95Vwk3kZok?&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; style=&quot;width:425px;height:239px;&quot; class=&quot;vshare vshare__center&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; data-domain=&quot;www.youtube-nocookie.com&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;How to Identify an Unknown Ferrite Core (Video)&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;how_to_identify_an_unknown_ferrite_core_video&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;11-&amp;quot;} --&gt;</summary>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>news_item_example</title>
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        <created>2025-07-31T01:49:12+00:00</created>
        <issued>2025-07-31T01:49:12+00:00</issued>
        <modified>2025-07-31T01:49:12+00:00</modified>
        <id>https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-07-30/news_item_example</id>
        <author>
            <name>Anonymous</name>
        </author>
        <summary>


&lt;h1 class=&quot;sectionedit1&quot; id=&quot;news_item_example&quot;&gt;News Item Example&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;wrap_tip &quot;&gt;This shows where in the video I explain this section →&lt;/span&gt; &lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;06:49&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:3,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This is an example to show people how to post a news item.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/links/syntax#news_item&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;links:syntax&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;links:syntax&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more info and to see a video of how this post was created.  And if you just want to play around and try stuff, use this &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/playground&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;playground&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;playground&quot;&gt;playground page&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
Here&amp;#039;s a video going through how this page was created:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;iframe src=&quot;//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AR6cyoyViBw?&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; style=&quot;width:425px;height:239px;&quot; class=&quot;vshare vshare__center&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; data-domain=&quot;www.youtube-nocookie.com&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;News Item Example&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;news_item_example&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;500-989&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h1 class=&quot;sectionedit4&quot; id=&quot;level_1_headline&quot;&gt;Level 1 Headline&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:5,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;15:12&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:6,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Level 1 Headline&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;level_1_headline&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:4,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;990-1062&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit7&quot; id=&quot;level_2&quot;&gt;Level 2&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;level_3&quot;&gt;Level 3&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level3&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;level_4&quot;&gt;Level 4&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level4&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h5 id=&quot;level_5&quot;&gt;Level 5&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level5&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h4 id=&quot;level_41&quot;&gt;Level 4&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level4&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h3 id=&quot;level_31&quot;&gt;Level 3&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level3&quot;&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Level 2&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;level_2&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:7,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1063-1169&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit8&quot; id=&quot;text_formatting&quot;&gt;Text Formatting&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:9,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;18:30&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:10,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;Bold Text&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;em&gt;Italic Text&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;em class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;Underlined Text&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;code&gt;Monospaced Text&lt;/code&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;del&gt;Strike-through Text&lt;/del&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;ALT&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;DEL&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;Red&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:xx-small;&quot;&gt;Really small&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:xx-large;&quot;&gt;Huge&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif;&quot;&gt;Serif&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sans-serif&lt;/span&gt; is that even a question?
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;



&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Text Formatting&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;text_formatting&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:8,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1170-1613&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit11&quot; id=&quot;lists&quot;&gt;Lists&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:12,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;22:26&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:13,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
An Ordered List:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 First Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 Second Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 A sub item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 another sub item                   
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level3&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 A sub sub item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level3&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 second sub sub item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 Third Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;


&lt;p&gt;
An Unordered List
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 First Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 Second Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 Third Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 A sub Item under the third
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level3&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 A sub-sub item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 A Fourth Item
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;


&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Lists&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;lists&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:11,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1614-2181&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit14&quot; id=&quot;links&quot;&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:15,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;25:09&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:16,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/playground&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;playground&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;playground&quot;&gt;This text links to the playground&lt;/a&gt;.  Internal links are green.
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; class=&quot;urlextern&quot; title=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; rel=&quot;ugc nofollow&quot;&gt;OpenStreetMap&lt;/a&gt;.  External links are blue. (with name)
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; class=&quot;urlextern&quot; title=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; rel=&quot;ugc nofollow&quot;&gt;https://osm.org&lt;/a&gt;.  External links are blue. (without name)
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;level1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;li&quot;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; class=&quot;urlextern&quot; title=&quot;https://osm.org&quot; rel=&quot;ugc nofollow&quot;&gt;https://osm.org&lt;/a&gt;  External links are blue. (without name)
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;


&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Links&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;links&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:14,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2182-2529&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit17&quot; id=&quot;attaching_files&quot;&gt;Attaching Files&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:18,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;28:44&lt;/kbd&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_end&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:19,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_detail/hambasics/azimuthal1.png?id=blog%3A2025-07-30%3Anews_item_example&quot; class=&quot;media&quot; title=&quot;hambasics:azimuthal1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_media/hambasics/azimuthal1.png?w=200&amp;amp;tok=fcc5ce&quot; class=&quot;mediaright&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; title=&quot;Mouse Over Text&quot; alt=&quot;Mouse Over Text&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
This is a right-aligned picture and the text is showing on the left.  I&amp;#039;m adding a bunch of extra lines after this using &lt;code&gt;\\&lt;/code&gt; so that the next picture shows below instead of on the left with the text.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
Here&amp;#039;s a centred picture:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_detail/blog/2025-07-30/screensize.png?id=blog%3A2025-07-30%3Anews_item_example&quot; class=&quot;media&quot; title=&quot;blog:2025-07-30:screensize.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_media/blog/2025-07-30/screensize.png?w=600&amp;amp;tok=b5cb6e&quot; class=&quot;mediacenter&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
This is a downloadable PDF that&amp;#039;s stored on this website:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_media/blog/2025-07-30/simple_pdf_file.pdf&quot; class=&quot;media mediafile mf_pdf&quot; title=&quot;blog:2025-07-30:simple_pdf_file.pdf (17.1 KB)&quot;&gt;This is a really simple PDF file&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
Here&amp;#039;s a preview of a local PDF:
&lt;iframe class=&quot;plugin__pdfjs&quot; src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/plugins/pdfjs/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=%2F_media%2Fblog%2F2025-07-30%2Fsimple_pdf_file.pdf&quot; style=&quot; width: 100%; height: 400px; border: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
This is a downloadable PDF that&amp;#039;s stored externally:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=1efb24&amp;amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fapc-cap.ic.gc.ca%2Fdatafiles%2Famateur_basic_questions_en.PDF&quot; class=&quot;media mediafile mf_pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://apc-cap.ic.gc.ca/datafiles/amateur_basic_questions_en.PDF&quot;&gt;Basic Qualification Question Bank&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
Previews of external PDFs don&amp;#039;t work.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
For more information about PDFs, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/links/linking_and_viewing_pdfs&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;links:linking_and_viewing_pdfs&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;links:linking_and_viewing_pdfs&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;section&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Attaching Files&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;attaching_files&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;codeblockOffset&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:17,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;2530-3747&amp;quot;} --&gt;
&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit20&quot; id=&quot;some_cute_things&quot;&gt;Some Cute Things&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;
&lt;!-- EDIT{&amp;quot;target&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;plugin_wrap_start&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;hid&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;secid&amp;quot;:21,&amp;quot;range&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0-&amp;quot;} --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrap_rightalign plugin_wrap&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;42:40&lt;/kbd&gt;
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&lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/images/smileys/facepalm.svg&quot; class=&quot;icon smiley&quot; alt=&quot;m(&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/images/smileys/cool.svg&quot; class=&quot;icon smiley&quot; alt=&quot;8-)&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/images/smileys/eek.svg&quot; class=&quot;icon smiley&quot; alt=&quot;8-o&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/lib/images/smileys/fixme.svg&quot; class=&quot;icon smiley&quot; alt=&quot;FIXME&quot; /&gt;
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≅β
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– &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:&amp;#118;&amp;#97;&amp;#55;&amp;#102;&amp;#105;&amp;#64;&amp;#114;&amp;#98;&amp;#111;&amp;#120;&amp;#46;&amp;#109;&amp;#101;&quot; class=&quot;mail&quot; title=&quot;&amp;#118;&amp;#97;&amp;#55;&amp;#102;&amp;#105;&amp;#64;&amp;#114;&amp;#98;&amp;#111;&amp;#120;&amp;#46;&amp;#109;&amp;#101;&quot;&gt;Patrick, VA7FI&lt;/a&gt; 2025/07/30 17:26&lt;/em&gt;
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Fancy Quote
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Click to display ⇲
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Click to hide ⇱
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This text is not visible until it is expended.
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&lt;p&gt;
For more on the &lt;code&gt;WRAP&lt;/code&gt; plugin, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/links/wrap&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;links:wrap&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;links:wrap&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.
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&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit25&quot; id=&quot;tables&quot;&gt;Tables&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;46:31&lt;/kbd&gt;
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Basic Table
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		&lt;td class=&quot;col0&quot;&gt;One &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1&quot;&gt;Two &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col2&quot;&gt;Three &lt;/td&gt;
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		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;A   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 leftalign&quot;&gt;B   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col2 leftalign&quot;&gt;C     &lt;/td&gt;
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Highlighted header
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	&lt;tr class=&quot;row0&quot;&gt;
		&lt;th class=&quot;col0&quot;&gt;One &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col1&quot;&gt;Two &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col2&quot;&gt;Three &lt;/th&gt;
	&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/thead&gt;
	&lt;tr class=&quot;row1&quot;&gt;
		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;A   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 leftalign&quot;&gt;B   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col2 leftalign&quot;&gt;C     &lt;/td&gt;
	&lt;/tr&gt;
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Alignment
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	&lt;thead&gt;
	&lt;tr class=&quot;row0&quot;&gt;
		&lt;th class=&quot;col0&quot;&gt;One &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col1&quot;&gt;Two &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col2&quot;&gt;Three &lt;/th&gt;
	&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/thead&gt;
	&lt;tr class=&quot;row1&quot;&gt;
		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;A   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 centeralign&quot;&gt;  B  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col2 rightalign&quot;&gt;  C&lt;/td&gt;
	&lt;/tr&gt;
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Combined Cells
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	&lt;thead&gt;
	&lt;tr class=&quot;row0&quot;&gt;
		&lt;th class=&quot;col0&quot;&gt;One &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col1&quot;&gt;Two &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col2&quot;&gt;Three &lt;/th&gt;
	&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/thead&gt;
	&lt;tr class=&quot;row1&quot;&gt;
		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;A   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 leftalign&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;B and C   &lt;/td&gt;
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		&lt;th class=&quot;col0&quot;&gt;One &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col1&quot;&gt;Two &lt;/th&gt;&lt;th class=&quot;col2&quot;&gt;Three &lt;/th&gt;
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		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;A   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 leftalign&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;B   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col2 leftalign&quot;&gt;C     &lt;/td&gt;
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		&lt;td class=&quot;col0 leftalign&quot;&gt;D   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;col1 leftalign&quot;&gt;F     &lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit33&quot; id=&quot;latex&quot;&gt;\$ \LaTeX{} \$&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;kbd class=&quot;__keyboard&quot;&gt;49:54&lt;/kbd&gt;
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As a whole line using two &lt;code&gt;$$&lt;/code&gt; signs:
\$$
\frac{\sin{x}}{n} = 6 \qquad \text{(``six&amp;#039;&amp;#039; get it?)}
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Or inline using only one &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; sign: \$ \frac{\sin{x}}{n} = 6 \qquad \$
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&lt;h2 class=&quot;sectionedit36&quot; id=&quot;other_plugins&quot;&gt;Other Plugins&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;level2&quot;&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
There are a lot of plugins installed on this site that are not explicitly explained on the syntax page.  However, they are all listed at the end of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/links/syntax#syntax_plugins&quot; class=&quot;wikilink1&quot; title=&quot;links:syntax&quot; data-wiki-id=&quot;links:syntax&quot;&gt;syntax page&lt;/a&gt;, and each has a link where more information can be found on how to use it. 
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>the_grey_line_-_a_twilight_of_propagation</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-07-30/the_grey_line_-_a_twilight_of_propagation"/>
        <created>2025-07-30T19:44:23+00:00</created>
        <issued>2025-07-30T19:44:23+00:00</issued>
        <modified>2025-07-30T19:44:23+00:00</modified>
        <id>https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-07-30/the_grey_line_-_a_twilight_of_propagation</id>
        <author>
            <name>Anonymous</name>
        </author>
        <summary>
&lt;h1 class=&quot;sectionedit1&quot; id=&quot;the_grey_line_-_a_twilight_of_propagation&quot;&gt;The Grey Line - A Twilight of Propagation&lt;/h1&gt;
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The Twilight Zone of Propagation 
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&lt;p&gt;
Ham operators can control many aspects of their station equipment and operating style to maximize their success with DX chasing, contesting, or other involvement with varied emergency communication experiences. There is one magical factor, the Twilight Zone of Propagation, also known as “A Tale of Two Ionospheres.”
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Advancements in scientific tools over the last 50 years have given a better understanding of “the grey line” and nature&amp;#039;s radio waves bouncer, the ionosphere. 
The attached PDF gives a good overview of this twilight zone phenomenon. Stay safe on the air!
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://scarcs.ca/_media/blog/2025-07-30/gray_line_the_twilight_zone_of_radio_propagation.pdf&quot; class=&quot;media mediafile mf_pdf&quot; title=&quot;blog:2025-07-30:gray_line_the_twilight_zone_of_radio_propagation.pdf (523.8 KB)&quot;&gt;gray_line_the_twilight_zone_of_radio_propagation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
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