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Digital Radio Operating Manual Those interested in digital radio can download a copy of the Digital Radio Operating Manual from the Galway Radio Club web page Hacking Ham Radio for Texting IEEE Spectrum magazine looks at an Arduino shield that taps the potential of VHF handheld radios for texting Canadian special event CF3BP Look for special event station CF3BP from York Region (North of Toronto) to be active from Nov 13th to Dec 12th, operated by members of the York Region Amateur Radio Club Jeanette KN6DAD used WSPR data to investigate Sporadic E The EI7GL blog reports on the recent TAPR PSR newsletter article titled 'Detecting Putative Sporadic E Propagation in WSPRNet Spot Records' What Ham Radio can teach us about power efficiency In her article Jennifer Sensiba K3JEN reminds us the 'QRP' corner of the amateur radio hobby has been pioneering doing something with almost nothing for decades Radio ham signs to Cooking Vinyl for debut solo album Radio amateur Dave Rowntree M0IEG has signed to Cooking Vinyl. His debut solo album is expected to be released in 2022 QSO Today - Nelson Farrier, NF7Z Nelson Farrier, NF7Z, is a relatively recent new ham, a retired middle school teacher of STEM learning to children, and a graduate of the ARRL Teacher Institute 2 Element Wire Yagi for 10 meters band Antennas/10M A page with an embedded video about a two elements yagi antenna for 28 MHz based on the original antenna design by VE7CA 1922 wireless book available for free download The 1922 book 'The Radio Boys' First Wireless' by Allen Chapman has a foreword by Jack Binns who was the Marconi Wireless Operator on the RMS Republic Ham radio club given Defib machine Australia's La Trobe University Student Paramedic Association has donated a Defibrillator (AED) to the radio hams in the Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club (BAREC) BBC News reports on a recently licenced radio ham John Emery 2E0HWE from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, got some good publicity for Amateur Radio in a BBC News article Karl Meinzer DJ4ZC made DARC honorary member Former AMSAT-DL President Prof. Dr. Karl Meinzer, DJ4ZC, who was first licensed in 1957 aged 17, has been named a new DARC honorary member Space Weather and the Russian ASAT strike Yesterday, Russia destroyed one of its own satellites, Kosmos 1408, creating a debris field in Earth orbit that briefly threatened the International Space Station The future of the RSGB Convention http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/november/the-future-of-the-rsgb-convention.htm Emergency Radio Communications event in Switzerland This year's Swiss Emergency Radio Communications event took place on November 13 Radio amateurs assist in rescue of firefighters buried in cave On Sunday, October 31, the State Network of Emergency Radio amateurs REER-SP provided support in the care of the disaster that occurred in Altinópolis / SP DMR Contact Manager Software/Radio Programming DMR Contact Manager is a Free software package designed to make it easy to maintain channel, zone, contact and call group information in these radios. It is fully compatible with the Ham-Digital and RadioID database systems and allows instant codeplug updates from a wide variety of sources. DMR Contact Manager is designed for use with Connect Systems CS700/CS701/CS750/CS800/CS801/CS800D radios, as well as the Tytera MD-380/390/390GPS, TYT MD2017/MD9600, AnyTone AT-D868UV and AT-D858, Retevis RT3, and similar radios that use the RDT/RDB file formats. Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2144 2 meter Magnetic Loop Antenna, Receiving Cubesat Telemetry , Speech Processor, L-Match Tuner Build for QRP Operation, Power and VSWR Indication on the FT-817, MOTA Mines On The Air, 3DA0RU Swaziland NewLogOSH Software/Logging Program for Amateur Radio use, features Digital modes such as FT4 FT8 currently implemented along to RTTY, PSK modes, DXCLuster and Radio interfacing. The database is built in the Sqlite environment. VK-DMR Monitor Software/Utilities VK-DMR Monitor and Alert is a Windows desktop application that scans the content of the Monitor page on the VK DMR (IPSC2-VKDMR) repeater website for any callsigns from a user-definable list. HS400OZ and OZ400HS celebrated 400 years of bilateral relations Between September 1 and October 31 HS400OZ and OZ400HS were on the air RamSat taking photos while orbiting Earth Yahoo reports the amateur radio CubeSat, RAMSAT, developed by students at Robertsville Middle School has been taking pictures of the Earth Central American convention held online Nov 5-7 The 61st. Convention of the Federation of Amateur Radio Clubs of Central American and Panama (FRACAP) was opened by its General Secretary, José Arturo Molina, YS1MS, on Friday, November 5 100 Years of Amateur Radio in India HamfestIndia 2021 Organizing Committee cordially invites you for the commemoration of 100 years of Amateur Radio in India Radio amateurs on Channel 4 TV Barry Amateur Radio Society members should be on Channel 4 TV at 8pm on Saturday, November 13 in the show Britain by Beach with Anita Rani New TAPR PSR newsletter available The Autumn issue #150 of TAPR's quarterly newsletter PSR includes tools for APRS and detecting putative Sporadic E using WSPRNet. It is available for free download France: Ham radio exam and operator certificate are now free National Frequency Agency, ANFR, site carries the announcement that the amateur radio exam and the operator certificate will now be free of charge USKA rewards its volunteers with excursion Switzerland's national amateur radio society, the USKA, showed its gratitude to the organisation's volunteers by organising a trip to Solothurn for them WIA meets with ACMA During October the WIA met with the ACMA to discuss several important topics including the new amateur radio class licencing proposals Clubs asked to update contact details Australia's WIA has asked clubs to update their contact details, many are now out of date after the events of the past 20 months W1AW 2021/2022 Winter Operating Schedule All licensed amateurs may operate the station from 1500 UTC to 2045 UTC RSGB 2021 Convention: Unwrapped The RSGB held its second online Convention on Saturday 9 October. This new video - RSGB 2021 Convention: Unwrapped - gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how the Society created the event Introducing the ID-52E D-STAR Digital Handheld Transceiver! The ID-52E, VHF/UHF dual-band digital transceiver, the latest in a long line of D-STAR handportables from Icom will be available from authorised Icom dealers at the beginning of December ARRL Audio News - November 12, 2021 ARRL Audio News - November 12, 2021 M.A.R.L - Malta Amateur Radio League Malta Amateur Radio League - Official Malta Club and QSL Bureau