Locally owned Radio Shack forced to close
Emmet Bresee has owned and run a Radio Shack for more than 30 years, 18 years in their current location in Smyrna, but he is now being forced to close his store. It is one of the four remaining Radio Shack brick and mortar stores in Middle Tennessee
Focused frequencies
As amateur radio operators we are fortunate to have a wide range of frequency allocations. Most other services are limited to one band. Amateur Radio stretches from 135 kHz all the way up to light - literally. Most activity takes place between 160 metres and 23 centimetres, which all together constitute 136 MHz of spectrum
'Incredible achievement' as Cranfield students sweep the board at space satellite design competition
A team of space engineering students from Cranfield University has achieved phenomenal success in an annual competition of their peers
Proposal to ban all 300-2000 MHz transmissions in SZM
Inside GNSS reports on the proposal to ban all radio transmissions between 300 MHz and 2000 MHz in the area designated the Shielded Zone of the Moon (SZM), this would also be applicable to Mars
Student scientists tracking satellite in space
WVLT TV News reports student scientists are learning with guidance from mentors as they track their tiny satellite orbiting above the Earth and transmitting on 436.300 MHz
New superhet radio video from Electronics Notes
The superhet or superheterodyne has been at the centre of radio receiver technology for over a hundred years. However it is still interesting and useful to understand how it works
ARISS Contact Scheduled with Patients at the Children’s National Hospital
Patients at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, will participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. They will chat with ISS Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI, on Tuesday, September 21 at 1805 UTC. This will be a multipoint telebridge contact via amateur radio between the ISS and the hospital, with IK1SLD as the direct ISS-to-amateur radio con...
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TangerineSDR Project
Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio
The TangerineSDR is a Modular Software Defined Radio Project with the following objectives, Development of SDR radios that allow experimentation, provide support to unaffiliated other groups, to provide hardware modularity, to allow varying performance, To allow users to experiment with differing configurations.
Southgate Vibes Podcast #96
The latest edition of the Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast is out NOW! To listen just click the link here.. Or ask your smart-speaker to 'Play The Latest Southgate Vibes Podcast'
Lincoln Short Wave Club Used Equipment Sale
On Saturday 9th October 2021 the Lincoln Short Wave Club will be holding our Used Equipment Sale, as this year is our centenary year this will be a bumper sale with lots from three silent keys
Sao Tome and Principe
The Czech DXpedition Group will be active as S9OK from Sao Tome Island (AF-023)
Get your Amateur Radio License, test on Oct. 23
Amateur Radio (ham radio) is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics, and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across the County, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones. It's fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need
IRTS release results of amateur radio survey
The IRTS have released the results of their survey, it shows just 3% of respondents were under 25 and only 2% were female
Jack Purdum, W8TEE, joining CQ
Arduino authority Jack Purdum, W8TEE, is joining the CQ staff as Microcontrollers Editor, while current Microcontrollers Editor Anthony Luscre, K8ZT, shifts to a new column encouraging hams to explore different activities within the hobby
Download IC-705 exterior case 3D data and create your own accessories
Icom is allowing the download of 3D data of the exterior case of the IC-705 HF/VHF/UHF Mobile Transceiver allowing customers to create their own related accessories
La Palma volcanic eruption - radio hams on standby
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palmas in Spain’s Canary Islands erupted for the first time in 50 years on Sunday, September 19
Enhance your D-STAR experience with iOS/Android Apps
The RS-MS1i (for iOS™ devices)/ RS-MS1A (for Android™ devices) App allows your mobile device to wirelessly connect to a D-STAR transceiver and remotely set DR functions, link with a map app and send/receive messages in DV mode
Graphing Ham Licenses
Monthly graphs and raw numbers of the number of ham radio licenses granted by the FCC by n5dux
F5KEE Viry Chatillon Radio Club
F5KEE le radio club de Viry Chatillon
ADIF to KML converter
Software/Log Converters
This freeware application for Linux and windows, allows you to convert an ADIF file to a KML file so you can map your QSOs easily and open it with google maps, or google earth or any application supporting the KML format
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2136
CN2R Phased Beverages, Dummy Load Construction, Loaded Quarter Wave Antenna Inductance Calculator, 100W UHF Linear Amplifier, G1MFG FlyDog Kiwi SDR , SDR Receiver with RTL-SDR and Gnu Radio, 6el LFA Yagi for 50MHz
Vacancies at SARL QSL Bureau
Willem Weideman, ZS6X has informed SARL Council that after 19 years as the QSL Manager, he wants to retire. Johan van Aarde, ZS2I in Mossel Bay, who has been dealing with the ZS1, ZS2 and ZS5 QSL cards has also said that he is retiring after contracting Covid 19
Amsat Space Symposium shifts to virtual event
The AMSAT-NA 39th Space Symposium and Annual Meeting, planned as an in-person event, will now be a virtual event on Saturday 30 October, due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Satellite light pollution
Go outside and enjoy the night sky because it might be about to change. That’s according to Dr. Samantha Lawler with the Physics Department at the University of Regina
ARISS contact scheduled with students at the Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Children’s National Hospital. Children will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio call sign KE5DNI, during the ARISS radio contact
Sweden: High power permits extended automatically
Good news from the Swedish regulator PTS regarding high power permits. PTS has extended higher power permits for the next 5 years, so radio amateurs do not need to apply for a new permit
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)
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