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
SOTA activator all at sea!
Tom Read M1EYP, a prominent SOTA - Summits on the Air activator from Macclesfield, Cheshire, is suddenly experiencing a significant change to his portable operating habits
ARRL Audio News - July 23, 2021
ARRL Audio News - July 23, 2021
ARRL Board of Directors Creates Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee
At its just-concluded July 2021 meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors approved By-Law changes creating a third Standing Committee that joins the existing Administration and Finance Committee and Programs and Services Committee. The charter of the new Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee (EC-FSC) is to develop and recommend new or modified Board policy and programs for emergency c...
Stations to Celebrate Fourth Anniversary of FT8
N-Type Connector on Cellflex Cable
Technical Reference/Coax Cables and Connectors
Installation of Female N-Type Connector on 1-5/8 RFS Cellflex Cable
Telecoms firms need to do more to help customers struggling to pay bills
Our research shows that, in general, broadband and mobile customers are getting better services while prices have been falling in recent years. However, many people on low incomes are struggling to pay, and not all are getting the support they need
Sweden: 80m AM contest August 7
An 80m AM contest will be held in Sweden on Saturday, August 7, from 0700-0900 GMT using 3600-3750 kHz
France: HAMEXPO 2021 cancelled
The REF Board has cancelled the HAMEXPO 2021 event that had been planned to take place for September 25 at the Le Mans Exhibition Center in France
SOTA in the Canadian Rockies
SOTA in the Canadian Rockies will be presented by Paul Mower VA6MPM at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th
Cuba jamming Ham Radio? Listen for yourself
IEEE Spectrum report that as anti-government protests spilled onto the streets in Cuba on July 11, something strange was happening on the airwaves
FCC Investigating Alleged “Jamming” on 40 Meters
Reports suggest that jamming stations have been deployed on the lower portion of 40 meters. The jamming appears to be coming from Cuba. The signals, spaced at regular intervals, exhibit a squishy, popping noise. The apparent jamming showed up after anti-government protesters took to the streets in Cuba, followed by a government crackdown. So far, there’s no proven connection between the jamming...
Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building permit for an 80-foot ham radio tower as an accessory use. The Building Commissioner in Framingham had granted ARRL member Mikhail “Misha” Filippov, KD1MF, a building permit for the tower, and Filippov had begun pouring concrete for the tower footings. Neig...
ARRL Announces Leadership Changes in the Central Division
ARRL Central Division Director Kermit Carlson, W9XA, has stepped down as Central Division Director. Carlson made the announcement at the July 2021 Board of Directors meeting this past weekend. Vice Director Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, has acceded to the Director’s chair, and ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Brent Walls, N9BA, to succeed Luetzelschwab as the Central Division Vice ...
Operating AMTOR
Operating Modes/Amtor
Putting one of those old modems back into use.AMTOR is an acronym for AMateur Teleprinting Over Radio and was mostly used on HF. The mode is based on the marine SITOR code that was introduced to amateur radio by Peter, G3PLX. The mode is an enhancement of RTTY with active error correction that copes reasonably well with interference and fading.
EZNEC (PRO/2) WILL BE FREE
Beginning 2022 EZNEC will be released to the public domain and become free of cost and can be freely copied and distributed.
UK Band Plan
RSGB Bandplans largely based on those agreed at IARU Region-1 General Conferences with some local differences on frequencies above 430 MHz
The G4AON SSB Transmitter
Technical Reference/HF Radios
This transmitter covers the 160, 80, 40 and 20 metre bands and provides both SSB and properly generated CW. The CW side of this transmitter is not compromised and produces excellent CW. On SSB the audio has been tailored to provide a rising response to 3 KHz, with a sharp drop above that frequency. There is RF speech clipping to both provide more "punch" and to limit the peak output.
Nevada appointed Factory Direct dealer for LDG tuners
We are delighted to be appointed FACTORY DIRECT Dealers for the LDG range of Auto Tuners from the USA, including the new LDG Z-100A 125W Auto Tuner for Icom radios
UK Advanced distance Learning
The Strangford High Frequency Enthusiasts Group can announce that it's distance learning packages for the full licence have been extremely successful
23cm band: Amateur radio coexistence with Sat-Nav
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the meeting of the ITU-R Working Party 4C (WP4C) July 5-13 which discussed the amateur radio 1240 MHz band
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