Germany cuts the cost of amateur radio exams
It has been announced in Germany's Federal Law Gazette that the cost of amateur radio exams will be sharply reduced from October 1, 2021
Study on amateur radio in Brazil
LABRE reports Ricardo Benedito PY2QB has released a study on the current state of amateur radio in Brazil, the report notes there is little growth and a high prevalence of males
FEMA Announces HF Interoperability Activity on 60-Meter Channels 1 and 2
Channels 1 and 2 on 60 meters will be available starting on August 30 for interoperability between US government and US amateur radio stations involved in Hurricane Ida emergency communications. This situation will remain in place until the storm has passed and the need for these channels no longer exists, or on September 6, whichever comes first. These frequencies will be used: Channel 1 Primar...
Portable magnetic loop antenna
Antennas/Magnetic Loop
A portable loop antenna, made with a 3 meter loop resonates with the chosen capacitor from just below 7MHz to about 28.300MHz which makes it usable on the bands from 40m to 10m.
St. Annes International Kite Festival
Nigel, M0NJW, will be active as GB1SAK (suffix St. Annes Kites) from the St. Annes International Kite Festival on the north west coast of England, between September 3-5th
Spotting errors with DIGI modes
IRTS report that spots showing contacts that did not happen on the reported frequencies can occsionally be seen for the current DIGI modes
SSB Field Day next weekend
The IRTS SSB Field Day takes place next weekend, it runs for 24 hours from 1300 UTC on Saturday 4th September
International Chocolate Day
Members of the URE section of Torrent (Valencia) Union of Radio Amateurs Torrent (EB5URT) will activate the special event callsign EG5DIC to celebrate 'International Chocolate Day' (September 13th)
INDEXA Summer Newsletter
The Summer 2021 Issue of the INDEXA Newsletter (Issue 133) is now available
Highland Lakes Amateur Radio Club hams it up for conversations, competitions, community
Excitement over Solar Cycle 25 could last as long as 11 years for members of the Highland Lakes Amateur Radio Club
NASA sets coverage for two Russian spacewalks outside space station
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space
England special event
Ed, M0MNG, will be active as GB0KSS (suffix Kent Surrey Sussex) from Littlehampton in support of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex during the International Air Ambulance Week
CQ-DATV magazine to close after 100 issues
The popular Digital Amateur Television magazine CQ-DATV will publish its final edition in September
New WebSDR in Iceland
Iceland's IRA reports on August 24 Karl Georg Karlsson TF3CZ connected a new receiver over the internet covering 24-1800 MHz
Hurricane Watch Net Activates for “Catastrophic” Hurricane Ida
Slim Jim Antenna Calculator by M0NWK
Antennas/Slim Jim
Easy to use online Slim Jim antenna calculator. Input your frequency to automatically calculate the lengths of the different antenna parts.
QSO Map Pyton Script
Software/Developer Resources
This project is a python program used to plot the location of QSOs (radio contacts) on Google Earth or other mapping applications. It reads an ADI file of the QSOs and creates a KML file
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2133
USB Rig Interface, Dedicated 80m Vertical, Watching Propagation with FT8 Spots, OK1RD Beverage Antennas, Automatic Position Reporting System for HF, Repair or Replace Electrolytic Capacitors , Beverage switch-box,
Greater Louisville Hamfest 2021
Join us at Paroquet Springs Conference Centre in Shepherdsville as we celebrate 60 years of hamfests in Kentuckiana. It's all about Forums, the Flea Market, Tailgating, Prizes and Gathering together as hams
ICQPodcast - Grand Field Day
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode we feature a Grand Field Day
Japan delays transition deadline for new spurious standard
JARL reports it has been decided to extend the transition deadline to the new spurious standard for radio equipment
Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband
BBC News report: It's actually been very good but I noticed a series of outages - some a second, some longer, says Prof Alan Woodward
The curious case of the radio amateur and the insulin pump
A substantial part of gaining and holding an amateur radio licence relates to the prevention of radio interference. In days past this meant interference to analogue television broadcasts, but with ever more complex devices becoming commonplace in homes it applies to much more
FCC grants temporary waiver to permit higher symbol rate data transmissions for Hurricane Ida traffic
The FCC has granted an ARRL emergency request for a temporary waiver intended to facilitate relief communications in the wake of Hurricane Ida. The waiver was orally granted on Saturday, August 28, and immediately permitted amateur data transmissions related to Hurricane Ida traffic to employ a higher symbol rate for data transmissions than the current limit of 300 baud
Hurricane Watch Net Calls for “All Hands on Deck” on Sunday
As Hurricane Ida moves into the Gulf of Mexico drawing a bead on New Orleans, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is ramping up preparations to track the storm during its approach. “Sunday will be an “all hands on deck” situation for members of the HWN,” HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, said on Friday. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says a hurricane warning is in effect for Intracoastal City, Lo...
QRP HF Loop Antenna
Antennas/Magnetic Loop
This is an uncommon loop antenna, hombrewed without the small feeding loop. With small spare parts is possible to build a loop antenna tuner for portable usage tha can ben used with common HF QRP transceivers
U.A.E. special event
Members of the Emirates Amateur Radio Society (EARS) will activate special event station A60EXPO between September 1st and October 1st
Austrian special event
Members of the radio club OE3XAS (Austria District Locator [ADL] 305 Tulln-Stockerau) will activate special event station OE130KUK between September 1st and October 30th, to commemorate the 130 year anniversary of the first telegraphy course in the 'Franz Josef-Casern' barracks in Tulln
Switzerland delays FM shutdown
It had been planned for Switzerland to shutdown all FM broadcasters in 2022/3 but it has now been decided to delay until 2024
SARL Next Generation Beacon fund
The crowd funding initiative to collect funds for the SARL Next Generation Beacon programme was initiated by AMSAT SA. The R25 200 collected to date is far from the R60 000 required to finance a beacon in the Karoo and in the Western Cape
The International Amateur Radio Union
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is the worldwide federation of national amateur radio organizations. The membership of the IARU consists of more than 160 member-societies in as many countries and separate territories. It is the peak body for Amateur Radio in the world
News from the IRTS news team
Angus Sealy EI5IIB has joined the team of IRTS (Irish Radio Transmitters Society) radio news readers, and anyone within range of the repeaters of the Limerick and Clare Amateur Radio Club will be able to hear him on the weekly news roster
ICASA public hearing on draft equipment authorisation regulations
SARL News reports on the draft equipment authorisation regulations and the National Frequency Plan
QSO Today - Tony DePrato WA4JQS
Tony DePrato WA4JQS had an early love of radio and a junior high school mentor who helped him get on the air in the early 1960s
ARRL Audio News - August 27, 2021
ARRL Audio News - August 27, 2021
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