Amateur Radio activity on 24 September
Heritage Day and National Braai Day are celebrated on 24 September each year. This year on Friday 24 September, three amateur radio activities will take place
QSO Today - Mark Beckwith, N5OT
Mark Beckwith, N5OT, grew up in Southern California, befriended by amateur radio’s most famous television producer, Dave Bell, W6AQ, who was his amateur radio mentor in the 1970s
BEARS
Bethel Educational Amateur Radio Society
Ham Cockpit
Software/Utilities
Ham Cockpit is a program of a new type. All of its functions are implemented in the plugins, the main program simply loads the plugins and helps them work together. Ham Cockpit is an integrated environment for a Radio Amateur that every user can build according to his needs. It can work as SDR client, a logger, a cluster monitor, a propagation prediction tool, or have any combination of these working together.
ARRL Audio News - September 17, 2020
ARRL Audio News - September 17, 2020
PD Powerbank for SOTA Radios
Operating Modes/Portable Operations
This post describes how the newish Power Delivery (PD) mode mobile powerbanks can be used to power a SOTA transceiver as well as keeping your other hiking devices charged.
Southgate Vibes #95
Listen to the latest edition of the Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast. Steve Richards G4HPE is here with the latest edition. There's two new episodes every week
The Gambia
Gerard, F5NVF, will be active as C5C from Kololi, The Gambia, between October 24th and November 19th (maybe more if he can stay there longer)
Madeira Island
Operators Helmut DF7EE and Elmar PD3EM will once again be active as CT9/DF7EE and CS9/PD3EM, respectively, from Madeira Island (AF-014) between October 25th and November 2nd
Ofcom publishes applications for second round of small-scale DAB licensing
Ofcom has published the applications we have received to operate small-scale radio multiplexes in North West England and North East Wales
A CME hit Earth's magnetic field today
Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are underway on Sept. 17th following the predicted arrival of a CME. The strike was, at first, seemingly weak and inconsequential
Local amateur radio clubs
Essex Ham take a look back on the launch of a local club back in 2012 and the prospects for local clubs post-Covid
The OO21WCC-Award
From 18 to 26 September 2021, Belgium will be hosting the 100th anniversary of the UCI World Cycling Championships
GB0EEH at opening of East Essex Hackspace
The East Essex Hackspace in Hawkwell, Hockley, opens today, Saturday, September 18 at 11am, and all are welcome to come along and take a look at the country’s newest active Hackspace
ARRL Headquarters to Close Briefly on Friday, September 17
Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, Joins ARRL Headquarters Staff
Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, of Batesville, Mississippi, has joined the staff at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, where he will serve as manager of the Education and Learning Department (formerly the Lifelong Learning Department). He had consulted for the department as an instructional designer and was instrumental in the implementation of ARRL’s Learning Network webinars. Goodgame teache...
Cross-Yagi 10el Antenna for 70cm
Antennas/70cm
10 Elements Cross-Yagi Antenna for 433 MHz. The base of the 10el antenna is the recalculated RA6FOO antenna.Circular polarization is realized - by a phasing quarter-wave line, matching of horizontal and vertical polarization antennas
European Radio Amateurs' Organization Newsletter
EURAO Newsletter comes out quarterly, either in pdf format and as a website. Spread the word!
ARISS seeks hosts for Ham Radio contacts with space station crew
Starting on October 1, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will accept applications from US schools, museums, science centers, and community youth organizations — individually or working together — interested in hosting amateur radio contacts with crew members on the International Space Station (ISS)
Consultations: assessment of BBC’s plans to relaunch BBC Three as broadcast televisional channel
Ofcom is today seeking views on our provisional decision to allow the BBC to relaunch BBC Three as a broadcast television channel
ARRL awards Colvin Grant to latest Bouvet Island DXpedition
ARRL has awarded a Colvin Grant of $5,000 to Amateur Radio DXpeditions (ARD), the Norwegian non-profit organization that is sponsoring the 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island next fall
HS18IARU active on QO-100 geostationary satellite
Thailand's national society RAST reports HS18IARU is now active on all bands and the geostationary satellite QO-100 to promote the upcoming IARU Region 3 conference
RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit
Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has declassified documents relating to RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit (3TU) whose operators intercepted Morse code to provide strategic and tactical support to the Australian Defence Force
Tokyo Ham Fair 2021 is Canceled
RTTY Service Station K6KPH is Back
RTTY Service Station K6KPH, operating from the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS), is officially back on the air. K6KPH also transmits W1AW Qualifying Run texts and the W1AW Field Day Bulletin. The station was off the air due to COVID-19 restrictions and antenna damage. Repairs to the transmitter site in Bolinas, California, were performed under a US National Park Service grant and support...
AMSAT Shifts to Virtual Format for 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting
The 39th AMSAT Space Symposium, planned as an in-person event for late October, will now be a virtual event due to the lingering effects of COVID-19. Initial plans had called for a “live” event in Bloomington, Minnesota, following last year’s virtual symposium. AMSAT President Robert Bankston, KE4AL, said that AMSAT members voiced concern over the continued coronavirus pandemic and the risks as...
Next SpaceX Commercial Crew to ISS Comprised of Radio Amateurs
Four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). They are Raja Chari, KI5LIU; Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC; Kayla Barron, KI5LAL, and Matthias Maurer, KI5KFH. As the most experienced space traveler, Maurer, who is a European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut, could end up with a very heavy ...
Araucaria DX Group
DX group and contests sponsor in spanish
Muskegon County Emergency Communication Service
Provide communication service primarily to the public safety organizations
SimpleSat Rotor Controller
Software/Antenna rotor control
his controller uses the Yaesu GS-232 command set to control a Yaesu G-5500 Az-El rotor. The controller was designed to be compatible with the SatPC32 tracking program and should work with any tracking program that supports the Yaesu GS-232 format. This controller has been tested with the Arduino UNO and the Arduino Mega2560.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2135
Trapped vertical Antenna, Simple 2.4 GHz SWR Meter, AN-SOF - Professional Antenna Simulation, Beverage Receive Antenna, QRP Ham Radio Kits, Spectrum Analyser I1KFH, VA3RJ DX Calendar
The SARL 100 Working Group
The SARL 100 WG is currently compiling the history of the SARL (South African Radio League) in preparation for the centennial celebrations in 2025
Deaf pupils to talk to astronauts on the International Space Station in a world first
A group of pupils at the Mary Hare School for deaf children in Newbury will be talking to an Astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbits above them at 11,000 miles per hour
Four radio hams will head to space station
ARRL reports four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
FUNcube-1 (AO73) returns to full sunlight
After a few months of normal eclipse periods, FUNcube-1 (AO73) will re-enter full sunlight from next week for a period of approximately two months
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