Tidworth veteran's radio mast refused
Wiltshire Council have rejected a request for planning permission submitted by Bob Coleman G0WYD for a retractable mast that had been installed six years ago
List of CEPT ham radio allocations
The DARC has made available a comprehensive list of the amateur radio allocations for the CEPT Class 1 and CEPT Novice licences in all the CEPT signatory countries
Alinco DR-605 Microphone Cable Repair
Technical Reference/Microphones
Repairing the RJ45 plug end of the mic cable of a Alinco DR-605 dual band mobile transceiver. Alinco microphones are well known for the cable jacket getting brittle and breaking
The Winter QRP Contest
The QRP contests are intended to be fun activities to promote QRP operation between radio amateurs. Using home-built equipment or operating as a portable/field station and using temporary antennas is encouraged but is not a requirement
National Short Wave Listeners Club
Ireland's IRTS News report that meetings of the National Shortwave Club on Sunday evenings at 2000 on the Zoom platform will continue over the Summer months and they continue to attract around half of the membership of almost 120 most weeks
Old QSL Collection
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 19,100 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries
NASA launches Entrepreneurs Challenge to identify innovative ideas
NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies with the potential to advance the agency’s science mission goals
A History of Amateur Radio in Newfoundland
The Muse reports amateur or 'ham' radio has a rich history in Newfoundland and Labrador
The RV Braveheart for sale
The RV Braveheart, is well known to most serious DXers, and it has been chartered by numerous DXpedition teams over the years, is now up for sale. The asking price is 250,000 New Zealand Dollars or approximately 145,600 Euro
The ZS2 Sprint
The ZS2 Sprint on 18 July. This is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amateurs in the Eastern Cape and radio amateurs in Southern African countries
Special CW Event
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of the international group 'The Slow Morse Club' on Facebook, the special callsigns TM1SMC (operated by Jeff/F4IIQ) for France, GB1SMC (operated by Ray/G0OKR) for England and EI1SMC (operated by John/EI3HQB and Keith/EI5KJ) for Ireland will be active between July 17-25th
Interfacing Yaesu DR-1X Repeater
Technical Reference/Repeater
Instructions and Diagram for Interfacing the STM32_DVM DMR Controller to the Yaesu DR-1X Repeater
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Islands
Brian, GW4DVB, will once again be active as J88PI from Palm Island (aka Prune Island, WW Loc. FK92HO, IOTA NA-025), in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Island group, between July 24th and August 1st
OH2BH Book now available online for free
Marti Lane OH2BH is one of the world’s best known DXers and his book 'Where Do We Go Next' published in 1991 has gone on to be a classic with over 12,000 copies published in four languages
IRTS Committee Meeting July 17th
The next meeting of the IRTS committee will be held on the Zoom platform on Saturday next July 17th at 1100
Slow Morse Club EI1SMC 17th to the 25th July
Starting next Saturday, July17th and running for 9 consecutive days until Sunday July 25th special event stations EI1SMC, GB1SMC and TM1SMC will celebrating the 'Slow Morse Club's' first year of operation
'Red' Skelton special event
Special event station K9R is now active until July 18th. Activity is to celebrate the 108th birthday of one of America's most beloved comedic talents, Mr. Richard 'Red' Skelton
QSO Today with Andreas Spiess HB9BLA
Andreas Spiess, HB9BLA, is a well known YouTube personality from Switzerland with over 330 thousand subscribers, over 30 million views, and focused on sensors, microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi programming, and projects that use this technology applied to amateur radio
Miracle Whip Inspired Antenna Tuner
Antennas/Tuners
There are quite a few variants of the design accompanied with many opinions on the effectiveness of the antenna. This page features links to some similar projects and a homebrewed personalized version of this portable antenna tuner
US Postal Service issues space stamps
The US Postal Service is issuing a set of stamps bearing images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
Ofcom Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21
Ofcom has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the period April 1, 2020 to March 31, 202
ZD7GB may be on QO-100 from St Helena
Gerry Bulger G3WIP / ZD7GB hopes to operate on the QO-100 geostationary satellite amateur transponder from Jamestown, St Helena
BARC Virtual Monthly Meeting
Bangalore Amateur Radio Club - Virtual Monthly Meeting - July 2021
MacLoggerDX Version 6.34 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.34 of MacLoggerDX has been released
ARRL Audio News - July 9, 2021
ARRL Audio News - July 9, 2021
Common-mode chokes Measurements
Technical Reference/Radio Frequency Interference/Noise Reduction
Common-mode chokes are useful solutions for RFI reduction. Winding a few turns of coaxial cable on the FT 240-31 toroid can reduced the noise below the received noise floor. In this article author measure different chokes
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2126
Practical Amateur Radio Grounding, How to Ground an Antenna: aerial earthing, 6 meter portable antenna, Electronic Ionosonde to Monitor the Ionosphere , History of the Hexbeam Antennas, 43 Elements Yagi Antenna for 23cm band, HexBeam Antenna Explained,
Finland's countrywide amateur radio carnivals
Celebrating many events such as the half time mark of the SRAL centennial and the start of new relaxed COVID domestic regulations, the entire OH population is overjoyed and is taking full advantage of the current tropical temperatures all over their homeland, with their beautiful lakes and rivers, now at their best
Radio hams combine High-tech with Low-tech
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports amateur radio operators find creative ways to communicate when all else fails
Announcing the Summer 2021 AM QSO Party
Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society and the AM Amateur Radio Europe Facebook group are pleased to announce the Summer 2021 AM QSO Party
Email to ARRL Life Members
To keep member records up to date, ARRL emailed Life Members on June 16 and will be sending a follow-up email in the next few days, asking them to verify their mailing address. Be assured that it is a legitimate request sent from ARRL. Thank you to all those who responded. If you need to update your address information, call (860) 594-0200, email membership@arrl.org, or respond to the email you ...
Radio Cadena Escolar
Balcony Dipole Antenna for 20 Meter
Antennas/Stealth
Antenna may be made practically from any wire (strand, solid) having a reasonable diameter 0.5 2.0 mm (24- 12 AWG). Antenna may be installed at any balcony of 3 to 6 meter length.
Elsa to Make Landfall along North Florida Coast, ARES Net Activated
Briefly a hurricane, Tropical Storm Elsa is moving northward, nearly parallel to Florida’s western coast, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds, which continue spreading inland across the western Florida peninsula. As of 0900 UTC, the storm was 50 miles south-southwest of Cedar Key, and 70 miles west-northwest of Tampa with maximum sustained winds of 65 MPH. It’s moving to the north at 14 MPH. El...
First X-Class Major Solar Flare of Solar Cycle 25 Blacks Out HF on July 3
A lot of radio amateurs may have been wondering, “Where did the bands go?” as the first X-class solar flare in 4 years blacked out HF propagation for a time on July 3. “Many American radio amateurs reported sudden HF propagation blackouts on Saturday morning, July 3, when solar active region 12838 produced an X1.5 major solar flare that reached maximum intensity at 1429 UTC, the first X-class s...
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