Quad Loop Antenna for 50 MHz
Antennas/6M
Building A Full-Wave Quad Loop Antenna for 6 Meters. This is an easy antenna to build and the materials cost about $15-20. It exhibits 1.8dB gain over a 1/2-wave dipole. Using an open-wire parallel feedline (commonly called ladder line) with an antenna tuner, it tunes up on the 10m band as a 5/8-wave loop as well
Oceania DX Contest breaks record
We broke our record for the number of logs that have been received this year with 1174 SSB logs and 725 CW logs being received by the deadline of October 31st 2021! That's a fantastic result
SEARG meeting
The November meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will be held on Monday the 29th of November at 8:00 p.m. sharp at The Sweep Bar, Adamstown, Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford
SARL vacancies
The South African Radio League have a vacancy for QSL Manager at the National Amateur Radio Centre as Willem, ZS6X has indicated that he wants to step down. If you are up to the challenge, contact the SARL Secretary
The Energous WattUp 1W PowerBridge transmitter is approved for unlimited distance wireless charging in Europe
A 1W system from Energous has been approved for free-space charging in Europe
Hams in Space
Raja Chari, KI5LIU, is the newest commander of a NASA space mission. Raja and his three fellow members of SpaceX Crew-3 are now aboard the International Space Station
A simple NonDirectional Antenna for 10 meter
Antennas/10M
This article is about a simple vertical end-fed-half-wave wire antenna for 10 meters that can be used in case of restricted space.
GB2/GB100 Scotland special event
Special event stations GB1002ZE and GB2ZE will be active to commemorate centenary achievement by Paul Godley's, 1921 DXpedition to Ardrossan, Scotland
Rwanda update
Members of the Holy Land DX Group (HDXG) will operate from Rusiga (WW Loc. KI48xe), Rwanda, signing 9X4X between November 24th and December 1st
New Transceiver at EI0MAR
Tony Ei5EM reports that on Saturday the 13th of November, the new Icom IC7300 was unveiled at EI0MAR, the amateur station in Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth
Virgin Island Amateur Radio Group bolsters repeater infrastructure
An ARDC grant will enable the group to purchase backup repeaters, improve repeater coverage, and train and outfit new hams
YOTA in December, bringing young people to amateur radio
Portugal's national amateur radio society REP has been actively promoting the YOTA month which is aimed at young people and takes place in December
Novel SSB transceiver design with only seven transistors
Ryan Flowers W7RLF writes on Hackaday about a simple 7 transistor QRP SSB transceiver
FUNcube-1 (AO73) celebrating eight years in orbit!
November 21, 2021, marked the eighth birthday of the FUNcube-1 CubeSat. Remarkably the tiny spacecraft, launched from Russia on November 21, 2013, continues to work well having travelled more than a billion kilometres in space
Homebase 10
Antennas/10M
The Homebase-10 is a simple to make wire halo antenna for 10m (28MHz) built using parts available from the local DIY store. The resulting antenna is very effective on 10m despite its small size and light weight. Also shown is a dual-band version for 10m and 6m.
YOTA Month
December is YOTA Month when several youngsters from Member Societies will become active on the air with YOTA as suffix in the call signs
Radio Caroline - 30 years ago
On 19th November 1991, a fierce storm broke the anchor chain on the Ross Revenge. Battered and bruised and without power she drifted 17 miles until she ran aground on the notorious Goodwin Sands. In the early light of the morning her crew was helicoptered off and she was left alone to succumb to nature
Talking Tech Power Hour
In South Africa, this month’s Talking Tech Power Hour has special guest Eddie, ZS6BNE and he will be sharing interesting and entertaining insights into Rapidly Deployable Amateur Radio stations (RADAR) and ultra-portable stations
URE report on IARU-R1 workshop
Spain's URE says vision of recent IARU-R1 workshop is 'By 2031, amateur radio will be booming throughout Region 1. It will have evolved into one of the leading expert communities for science and technology enthusiasts'
Ham radio exams in Belgium cancelled
The REF HQ station TM0HQ has achieved first place in the IARU Headquarters Stations contest for the 6th time, the UK entry GR2HQ finished 7th
French HQ station wins IARU HF World Championship
The REF HQ station TM0HQ has achieved first place in the IARU Headquarters Stations contest for the 6th time, the UK entry GR2HQ finished 7th
Dayton Hamvention is a 'Go'
Dayton Hamvention 2022 is not just going to be a premier hamfest but a reunion, as organizers prepare for the first gathering at the Xenia Fairground and Expo Center in Ohio after two years of cancellations
Haiti International Friendship ARC to set up emergency communications network
ARDC grant will enable the club to set up HF stations to provide emergency communications to remote areas cut off by the August 2021 earthquake
QSO Today - Michael Johnson, WO9B
Michael Johnson, WO9B's ham radio career has evolved through a number of phases over the last 50 years that now include CW and QRP operation, with his dog, during CWOPs weekly tests from local parks in Milwaukee
ARRL Audio News - November 19, 2021
ARRL Audio News - November 19, 2021
Ham Radio Volunteers Support Communications for Tour de Lincoln Bicycle Event
CWops is Inviting Nominees for its Award for Advancing the Art of CW
CWops is now accepting nominations for its 2022 Award for Advancing the Art of CW. This prestigious award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code (CW). Candidates may be: - authors of publications related to CW
- CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches, and instructors
- pub...
Nevada Amateur Radio Repeaters, Inc
NARRI is to promote the development of amateur radio repeaters in Nevada USA
A Low Profile 10 Meter Antenna
Antennas/10M
A simple vertical whip antenna for 28 MHz with three radials made of 8 foot pieces of scrap wire and a 102 inch whip
Ofcom fines two phone companies £35,000 for ‘slamming’
Ofcom has fined Guaranteed Telecom and Met Technologies a combined total of £35,000 after we found they took over the home phone services of more than a hundred people in total without their permission
ARRL announces Director election results
The ARRL New England and Roanoke Divisions will have new Directors on January 1. The results of these three-way contested elections for Director were announced on November 19, after ballots were tallied at ARRL Headquarters
Visualizations show the extensive cloud of debris Russia’s anti-satellite test created
It’s going to be a problem for years, if not decades - Satellite trackers have been working overtime to figure out just how much dangerous debris Russia created when it destroyed one of its own satellites early Monday — and the picture they’ve painted looks bleak
New RAC Web Contest Log Submission System
The Radio Amateurs of Canada Contests and Awards Committee (RAC-CAC) is pleased to announce the implementation of a new contest log submission system for the RAC Canada Day Winter Contest: December 18
ISS SSTV Dec 1-2 145.800 MHz FM
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120
Icom IC-R8600 Review
Radio Equipment/Receivers
Review of the excellent ICOM IC-R8600 Wide Band SDR communications receiver. Featuring Direct Sampling SDR below 30 MHz Hybrid Superhet / SDR above 30 MHz.
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