ARRL Audio News - August 27, 2021
ARRL Audio News - August 27, 2021
Radio Amateurs Prepare for Potentially Catastrophic Storm this Weekend
The National Weather Service has forecast that Hurricane Ida is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the US Gulf Coast on Sunday. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, urges radio amateurs in, and just outside of, affected areas to prepare themselves and their property for a potential emergency.
At 1710 UTC on Friday, August 27, messages from the NWS National Hu...
W3OI Radio Club
Lehigh Valley Amateur Radio Club
9 Element Yagi for 144 MHz
Antennas/2M
A portable Yagi antenna for 2 meters band.
Ofcom fines Star China Media Limited for breaking fairness and privacy rules
Ofcom has today fined Star China Media Limited a total of £200,000 for serious breaches of our fairness and privacy rules on its CCTV and CGTN services
Jon Kummer, WA2OJK appointed Media Sales Director of CQ
CQ Communications President Richard Ross, K2MGA, today announced the appointment of Jon Kummer, WA2OJK, as Media Sales Director for CQ Amateur Radio effective immediately
Bonaire Amateur Radio Club formed
As of 2021, there are 9 radio amateurs who actually live permantly on the island and who are also active. Apart from that at least six PJ4-callsigns were issued to amateurs who live outside Bonaire, but who have an address on the island, so the group have decided to start their own radio club
ESA SDR MakerSpace online technical briefing
September 6 sees the start of three free Webex afternoon sessions on the results from an ESA ARTES MakerSpace project that investigated satellite communications and Software Defined Radio (SDR)
Registration Now Open for AMSAT Space Symposium
Huntsville Hamfest Hosts 2021 ARRL Southeastern Division Convention
Three-Way Races for Director Set in New England and Roanoke Divisions
ARRL members in the New England and Roanoke Divisions will choose among three candidates running for Director in each Division. The candidates include two incumbents. Those are the only contested races in this year’s election cycle for Director and Vice Director. In the New England Division, the candidates for Director are the incumbent, Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, of Lincoln, Massachusetts; past N...
7 Element QUAGI for Satelitte Operations
Antennas/Quagi
In order to increase the gain for satellite opeations, working on 144 MHz bands, the author choose the Quagi design, having restriction of 3 meter lenght for the boom. In Italian
Grace and Henri Keep Amateur Radio Weather Spotters Busy
Big Sandy Amateur Radio Club
The Big Sandy Amateur Radio Club, meeting are the 3rd Thursday of every month at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Center in Louisa, Kentucky.
W9SRO The Society Radio Operators
The Society Radio Operators, Chicago Illinois
Antenna Switch
Technical Reference/Antenna Switch
An home made antenna switch with a Dummy Load selector.
If you forget the radio is connected to the open or grounded side of the switch and you try to transmit, it is very easy to damage the finals of your transceiver.
Trinidad and Tobago special event
Members of the Amateur Radio Society (TTARS) will be active with the special callsign 9Y59IND from Port of Spain, Trinidad Island (SA-011), between now and September 12th
Vanderbilt’s silent CubeSat awakens 6 months after launch
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, or AMSAT, volunteers have established communications with RadFxSat-2, a small CubeSat that had been silent since it deployed in a Virgin Orbit launch Jan. 17, 2021
Eavesdropping by LED
f you ever get the feeling someone is watching you, maybe they are listening, too. At least they might be listening to what’s coming over your computer speakers thanks to a new attack called 'glow worm.'
Comet Antennas - Hamfest 2021
Let's check out Comet Antennas at Huntsville Hamfest 2021, and talk to Mick and let him show us across their line of VHF UHF even HF mobile antennas and mounts
Hackaday: Where’s that radio? A brief history of direction finding
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Installation and test of 40M band UltraLight Magnetic Loop Antenna
In this video Paul OM0ET shows how to setup the 40M band UltraLight Magnetic Loop Antenna and tests it in real QRP conditions using a Xiegu X5105
Simon saunders blog
Simon Saunders' Blog, from UK
Longmont Amateur Radio Club Website
Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Colorado
Serving the Longmont Colorado area
EA7URR
Asociacion de radioaficionados rocieros
Groundplane Antennas at Various Heights
Antennas/Theory
Mounting on roof at the right ground level can greately impact on antenna performances because will affect the radiated angle of energy.
Ukraine special event
Look for special event station EM30RUARL from Chernihivska to be active between now and December 31st
Tonga update
Masa, JA0RQV, is now active as A35JP from Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu Island (OC-049). He was heard on 17 meters CW, August 22nd. He will be in Tonga until October 31st (early November)
RTE on long wave 252 kHz back on air
RTE carried out essential maintenance of the Long Wave transmitter in Clarkstown, Co. Meath for two months during which period RTE Radio 1 was not available on 252 kHz
The Web working group
A work party is being put together to work on the replacement for the present South African Radio League website
Amateur Radio Digital Communications
Since its allocation to Amateur Radio in 1981, Internet network 44, known as the AMPRNet, has been used by amateur radio operators to conduct scientific research and to experiment with digital communications over radio with a goal of advancing the state of the art of Amateur Radio networking, and to educate amateur radio operators in these techniques
6m DXpedition to Austral and Marquesas Islands
Lance, W7GJ, says: Hello Sixers! As Es season draws to a close, it is of course time to gear up for EME ;-) Remember, if you have a good yagi, an amplifier, a quiet QTH and some ground gain, I can work you when your moon is near the horizon!
Farnham WebSDR to shutdown
The popular amateur radio WebSDR at Farnham is to cease operation in a few weeks
Hurricane Watch Net Turns Attention to Henri as Storm Hits New England
Now a tropical storm with sustained winds of about 60 MPH, Henri came ashore along the Rhode Island Coast with its sights set on Southern New England. The National Hurricane Center has warned of dangerous storm surge, strong, gusty winds, and flooding rainfall expected across portions of the Northeast. Heavy rain already has been reported in New York City, where flash flooding resulting from mo...
Turlock Amateur Radio Club
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