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Radio infrastructure an important tool for Quesnel Search and Rescue Communication will be running smoothly for the Quesnel Search and Rescue (QSAR) after they teamed up with the Quesnel Amateur Radio Operators Society (QAROS) to replace a radio repeater destroyed by wildfire QSO Today - Antoine De Ramon NYeurt 3D2AG Antoine De Ramon NYeurt, 3D2AG, is one of three hams in paradise, who holds up the CW representation from Fiji, the largest Island in the South Pacific and the second largest island in the World next to Australia Ham radio on BBC Midlands TV On January 3, 2021, Jim Lee G4AEH a BBC Radio 4 announcer and newsreader from Nuneaton, was interviewed about amateur radio on the BBC TV Midlands Today show Take Your Hamshack to Outer Space The next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is ready to lift off on August 14-15, 2021 and we’ve loaded it with amazing speakers, content, prizes, networking, and exhibits. Anyone can attend from their home or office. Early bird discounts are now available Ham Radio Portable Operating The latest video from Randy Hall K7AGE covers amateur radio portable operating from the southern Oregon coast Online talk about UK Exam Syllabus This evening, Wednesday, July 28, Steve Hartley G0FUW is giving a Zoom talk about the 2019 Amateur Radio Exam Syllabus ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 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 Caravan Ham Radio Shack Ham shack located in a caravan and run by solar power. This page describes VK5SW experience of converting an old, disused and rundown caravan, to a fully functional solar powered Ham Radio shack. USB Rig Interface Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing This project is a USB Audio, Serial and PTT interface for rigs that does not directly support digital modes provided by applications such as FLDIGI, WSJT-X and JS8CALL. Plug these interface devices into your Windows or Linux laptop or Raspbian Raspberry Pi and you can send and receive digital tones to/from your rig and automate the frequency and mode control and PTT control. IRTS News broadcast on 4 metre band The East Leinster Amateur Radio Club, EI0EL, having successfully completed their monthly pilot of the IRTS News Broadcast on 4 Metres continue their monthly broadcasts New licensing proposals to support satellite broadband sector Ofcom has published proposals to change the way it licenses certain satellite systems. A number of new satellite broadband networks are currently being developed, which use Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) systems to connect people to the internet – particularly those in hard-to-reach areas Satellite presentation for YOUR Club The AMSAT Ambassador program brings the excitement of working amateur radio satellites to YOUR club! QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Build-a-thon kits Rex Harper, W1REX, called the Expo office to remind us that if you want to participate in his two 'build-a-thons' at the Expo, your kits need to be ordered immediately to have them in time for the Expo weekend Phones, Fires and Failures Phones, Fires and Failures will be presented by Alan Thompson W6WN at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th AM1SAT International Award From September 13-19 AM1SAT will be active on the amateur radio satellites from a number of locations in Spain, diplomas will be available for contacting the stations Hamnet Listen to the SARL Hamnet weekly audio report transmitted on Amateur Radio Mirror International Sundays at 10 CAT Sunday Automatic Position Reporting System for HF Operating Modes/APRS A basic introductionto APRS on HF Bands for radioamateurs and how to setup an APRS tracker using Argent Data Systems T3 Mini TNC device, configured and assemble ready for portable operations. Ham radio station at American Legion's yard sale Al Sirois, N1MHC and NNA1AS will offer to send free National Traffic System messages to any USA, Canadian and some other countries on Saturday, Aug. 7 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the American Legion Post 36, 25 Industrial Park Road, Boothbay 160m - Activity in Brazil (PY) in the last two weekends of August I would like to advise all hams around the world to an intense activity in all bands, 80 and 160 meters in particular, on the last two weekends of the month of August due to the CVA Contest Ham radio to aid in cyclone relief in the Sunderbans The Hindu newspaper reports local youth in the Sunderbans are being given amateur radio training to assist in disaster preparedness Transatlantic Cable Anniversary As part of the anniversary celebrations of the Transatlantic Cable on Tuesday 27th July, between Valentia Cable station and the Hearts Content Cable station in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the Kerry Amateur Radio Group EI1K will continue the tradition of making HF QSO's with their friends at VO1TAC (TransAtlanticCable) First Capitol Amateur Radio activation In association with the August 2021 celebration of the Missouri State Bicentennial (missouri2021.org), there will be a first-ever amateur radio activation of Missouri's First Capitol State Historic Site on August 10th IRA resolve 2.4 GHz TX issue and contact St Helena Iceland's national amateur radio society, the IRA, have resolved the issue with their 2.4 GHz transmitter and TF3IRA is now active on the QO-100 geostationary satellite Irish Radio Transmitters Society statement The IRTS Committee is extremely disappointed with a Facebook post during the week referencing Committee member resignations A Rodada Pioneiros do Araguaia A group of hams from the Rio Araguaia region The University of Calgary Radio Astronomy Laboratory Radio astronomy research at the University of Calgary Speech synthesiser for FT-817 Technical Reference/Arduino This construction project is for anyone wanting to give this popular little radio a voice of its own. This Speech synthesiser reads out the current frequency, mode and menu settings whenever they are changed via the front-panel controls Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2128 160m Spitfire Antenna, Portable HF Antenna Options , Kenwood Ts590 v Elecraft K3, FTdx3000 Information pages, Kantronics TNC Wiring, USB to Serial Drivers by PROLIFIC, PC programming cable for Kenwood TH-F7E EI0HQ in IARU Contest The Irish Radio Transmitters Society report a team of 15 IRTS members operated the society's headquarters station call sign EI0HQ in the International Amateur Radio Union HF World Championship last weekend Call for Internal Review over Ofcom's handling of FoI Ofcom were asked the date when they changed published policy on re-issuing Amateur Radio call signs but their answer was unsatisfactory and an internal review has been requested The SARL HF Contests in August The aim of the HF Contests is for participants to contact as many radio amateurs in Southern Africa as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 m bands. The contest takes place over three Sundays in August Olympic Games - JA1TOKYO is on the air On July 16 JARL opened the special commemorative station 'JA1 TOKYO' in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo, to commemorate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games being held from July 23 IARU-R1: COVID-19 situation and YOTA activities The IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group has issued an update on amateur radio youth activities planned for 2021 Swiss radio amateurs study proposed legislation Switzerland's national amateur radio society the USKA is concerned about the impact on radio amateurs of proposed legislative changes IARU Monitoring Co-ordinatior to stand down Peter Young VK3MV has been the IARU Monitoring Co-ordinatior for many years. He has given notice to the WIA Board that he wishes to relinquish that position. Peter has offered to assist the incoming coordinator to get established