EMC: BNetzA removes three products from the market
The German communications regulator BNetzA has excluded three products that do not comply with the European EMC Directive 2014/30/EU from the German market
Hams Support Chicago Marathon
A team of 135 radio amateurs from four states supported medical teams volunteering for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 10. The Chicago Marathon is the third largest marathon in the world. This marked the 13th year that amateur radio volunteers have partnered with the marathon medical team to help coordinate responses, arrange for deployment of medical supplies, and provide situa...
Australian Telecoms Regulator Reports High Interest in New 2 × 1 Contest Call Signs
Straight Key Century Club Achieves Membership Milestone
HLA 300 Amplifier Review
Radio Equipment/HF Amplifiers
In this survey some practical experiences were written down, that might become handy in case you are contemplating purchasing such an amplifier.
WA3RNC Electronic Kits
Manufacturers/QRP Kits
Electronic Kits manufacturer, produce the Penntek TR-45L QRP Transceiver and the TR-25 CW Transceiver Kit
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2141
Loading of Short Antennas, CW morse code course by I4CQO, Modified harpin antenna for 40m, TangerineSDR Project, DXFile, NEC-Win Plus+, ADIF to KML converter
How your phone, laptop, or watch can be tracked by their Bluetooth transmissions
Over the past few years, mobile devices have become increasingly chatty over the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol and this turns out to be a somewhat significant privacy risk
New museum to recognize Warsaw radio station that was second biggest in the world
In memory of what was once the second tallest radio transmission station in the world, scientists are looking to set up a museum to commemorate its history
ICQPodcast - ARDC supporting Amateur Radio
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode we feature is ARDC supporting Amateur Radio
NRSI Radio News for Sunday the 24th of October
National Radio Society of Ireland news broadcast
Scouts jamboree fun covers radio skills to Morse Code
The Dunmow Broadcast carries a report on the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) activities of the 1st Dunmow Scout Group in Essex
Swedish report on IARU-R1 workshop
Sweden's SSA reports on the IARU Region 1 'Shaping the Future' workshop which took place October 15-24
Austrian Telecomms Act passed
Austria's amateur radio society ÖVSV report on October 13, the Telecommunications Act 2021 was passed in the country's National Council
ARISS contact with students at Tarwater Elementary School
Amateur radio operators using the club call sign W7MRF in Chandler, AZ will serve as the relay amateur radio station for this ARISS contact
MorseExpert for Android
Software/Android
Morse Code Decoder for Android based on the algorithms implemented in CW Skimmer. Morse Expert decodes Morse Code audio to text. It is optimized for decoding weak, fading signals in the presence of interference, especially on the Amateur Radio bands. The input audio might come either from the built-in microphone or from another device, such as a radio receiver.
Voskhod
On Saturday, we published a link to a video which appeared to show a defunct Russian satellite making a fiery return to earth. This reminded me of the opening scenes of a short sci-fi film about ham radio that we published in April last year
WIA announces new Club Coordinator
Peter Schrader, WIA Director VK4EA writing on WIA Front Page News tells how Angelo Giuffre VK2NWT is our new WIA Club Coordinator
Radio industry calls for government protection from smart assistants
The Guardian newspaper asks: Could Alexa kill the radio star? The government is considering introducing legislation to ensure that Amazon and other tech companies do not abuse their growing power over UK airwaves
Court upholds strata ban of 11-metre radio antenna
BC (British Columbia) Supreme Court has upheld a Surrey strata council's ban on a suite owner building a 11-metre amateur radio antenna on a patio
High school students learn how to use ham radio
Students at Central Medford High School practiced how to communicate on the Amateur Radio Emergency Service while taking in the international Great American ShakeOut, an earthquake preparedness exercise
Contest 2x1 Callsign - Wrap Up
Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 10am will be remembered by many VK contesters as Frenzy Day
JOTA in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Searchlight reports on Scout amateur radio activities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines during the recent Jamboree on the air
AM radio ‘flutter’
John Dunn writing for EDN describes the cause of flutter on AM broadcast signals
Radio ham restores emergency comms system
The Hindu reports radio amateur Shibu George has rejuvenated a radio communications system for disaster management
The National CW Speed Week
The National CW Speed Week started at 04:00 UTC (06:00 CAT) this morning Sunday 24 October and will end at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CAT) on Saturday 30 October 2021
QSO Today - Andy Mitchell - VA3CW
Andy Mitchell, VA3CW, as an eleven year old Boy Scout, participated with his small troop in Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air, in 1974. This exposure changed the course of Andy’s life, profession, and interests
ARRL Audio News - October 22, 2021
ARRL Audio News - October 22, 2021
Magnetic Loop for 20 meters band
Antennas/20M
A magnetic loop antenna designed for 14 MHz.
This kind of antennas is also known as STL, small transmitting loop and can be an excellent solution when you are not allowed to put antennas on your roof
20 years ago, a severe geomagnetic storm
20 years ago today, two CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field
New EMF Regulation: QO-100 satellite / Microwave operation
BATC has released a video of an online talk given by Ian GM3SEK and Peter G4SDE on EMF calculations for Microwaves and QO-100 satellite operations
WSJT-X version 2.5.1 released
The development team have announced the General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1.
ARDC Grants to Fund Amateur Radio Project Expansions
Two recent Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) grants will benefit the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC), K6TZ, and Oregon HamWAN. A $35,550 grant will enable SBARC to construct an amateur radio station at the new Chrisman California Islands Center (CCIC) in downtown Carpinteria, California, at the invitation of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF). According to Levi Maaia, K6L...
Remote SDR - SDR Control
Software/Radio Control
Remote SDR is a web application allowing to remotely control an amateur radio transceiver between 1 MHz and 6 GHZ. It allows processing of Adalm-Pluto SDR in addition to HackRF or RTL-SD Reception in NBFM, WBFM, AM in addition to SSB Transmission in NBFM or SSB and more
UK EI Contest
The next UKEI CC contest will be the 24 hour International DX SSB Contest on next weekend, October 23rd and 24th, followed by the monthly one hour CW contest on Wednesday October 27th
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