March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report
The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report The FCC delayed action on the renewal application of a General Class licensee in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, in order to review allegations of repeated transmission of obscenities and failure to properly identi...
Prince George Amateur Radio Club
Moxon Beam for 2m
Antennas/Moxon
A home made, dirty and quick moxon antenna for 144 MHz made with PVC pipes.
W.I.A.R.C. West Island Amateur Radio Club
VSPE - Free Serial Port
Software/Virtual Serial Port
Virtual Serial Ports Emulator for Windows. Virtual Serial Ports Emulator tool (and VSPE API) is free on 32 bit platform and can be used with no charge for any purpose. No registration or activation key is required.
NanoVNA-H4 Vector Network Analyzer
NanoVNA-H4 Vector Network Analyzer - 10KHz-1.5GHz HF VHF UHF Antenna Analyzer with 4-inch LCD touchscreen,portable with 1950mAh battery
An ESP32 walkie-talkie for those spy radio moments
One of the most thrilling childhood toys for the adventurous 1970s or 1980s kid was probably the toy walkie-talkie. It didn't matter that they were a very simple AM low-end-VHF radio with a range of about 500m and a Morse key of debatable utility, you could talk clandestinely with your friends, and be a more convincing spy, or commando, or whatever was the game of the moment
Sprite season begins
This week, a magnificent display of jellyfish sprites over Kansas kicked off the spring season for upward-directed 'space lightning.'
Amateur radio community invited to take part in MARS exercise on 60 meters
Radio amateurs are invited to take part in the MARS exercise now under way until April 10 in support of the US Department of Defense. The five USB channelized 60-meter frequencies are available for interoperability (communication between services)
Past ARRL San Diego Section Manager and Southwest Division Vice Director Tuck Miller, NF9T - SK
Past ARRL San Diego Section Manager (SM) and Southwest Division Vice Director Tuck Miller, NF9T (ex-NZ6T), of Danville, Illinois, died on March 10. An ARRL Life Member, he was 67
2017-18 charges for German radio hams
Germany's Federal Network Agency BNetzA will be billing radio amateurs for 34.52 Euros to cover the cost of providing services in 2017 and 2018
Simple J-Pole for the 2m band
Antennas/J-Pole
A very essential j-pole antenna for 144 MHz. To adjust the SWR you will have to play with the 40mm distance between the coax feed and the braid inner conductor connection
N7BYU Brigham Young University Amateur Radio Club
Brigham Young University Amateur Radio Club (BYUARC) was founded in 1949 and has been headquartered in several places on BYU campus over the years, finally coming to its permanent location in the Wilkinson Student Center in the 1970s.
Ham Radio: Using Repeaters
Operating Modes/Repeaters
The most basic form of repeater receives communication on one frequency and re-transmits at a different frequency. This is known as duplex communication.
Repeaters are generally set up to operate with FM modulation on the amateur bands within the VHF (30 MHZ – 300 MHZ) and UHF frequencies (300 MHZ – 3 GHz). These are generally the frequencies used by handheld and mobile devices.
HamFest 2021
The Moorabbin and District Amateur Radio club is pleased to announce the 2021 HamFest will be on Saturday 8th May, with doors opening at 10am
Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day
Sunday 18 April is World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) and this year marks the 96th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), which was founded at the 1925 International Radiotelegraph Conference in Paris
SARL virtual AGM
The 2021 SARL Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 17 April on the Bluejeans platform
Watch next space station crew launch live on NASA TV, NASA App
Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, KG5GNP, are poised to launch Friday, April 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station
New National Shortwave Listeners Club
A new club to cater for the needs of shortwave listeners and aspiring radio amateurs was launched during the week
Oklahoma SM Kevin O’Dell, N0IRW, stepping down; Mark Kleine, N5HZR, appointed as OK SM
Kevin O’Dell, N0IRW, Oklahoma’s long-serving Section Manager (SM) — serving two terms from 2010 to 2014 and again serving since 2016 — has decided to step down effective April 9, 2021
Contests on QO-100 allowed in time for Yuri Gagarin contest
On April 4, AMSAT-DL opened the QO-100 NB satellite transponder to general contest operation in the upper mixed-mode range. This weekend (April 10-11) will see the Yuri Gagarin contest
Lima Alfa Contest Club
Norwegian contesting club located in the southeast part of Norway
5 Band Pipe Vertical Antenna
Antennas/Vertical
A simple, cheap and easy to build 26 feet long vertical antenna that works DX on 20 - 10 meters including WARC Bands, it is designed for portability for field days, camping, or permanent installation, cost, and to achieve at least 1/2 wavelength on the WARC bands.
UKEICC SSB one hour contest
The final UKEICC SSB one hour contest of this season will be held on Wednesday April 7th starting at 2000
EI2IMD on the air for International Marconi Day
The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will be QRV as EI2IMD on Saturday April 24th as an official Marconi station for the International Marconi Day 2021
Home QTH contest
Today, Easter Monday, IRTS is running a one-hour 'Home QTH' contest on 2 metres, starting at 3.00pm local time
ARISS contact for students at The School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program 2021, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 6, 2021 11:27 UTC. IK1SLD in Casale Monferrato, Italy. will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station
Live from PJ2T
Geoff PJ2DX will be presenting the next talk at Denby Dale amateur radio club
11-year-old radio ham presented with transceiver
The El Defensor Chieftain reports eleven-year-old Keller Ford is now a licensed amateur radio operator, he has the callsign KI5PGE
Cyprus radio hams remove discriminatory language
At their AGM held on March 21, the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS) made changes to their Constitution to make it gender neutral as part of an effort to make the Society more welcoming to female members
VO1FN: The 144 MHz Trans-Atlantic SDR Monitoring Station
John Desmond EI7GL writes in his blog about the VO1FM monitoring station in St. Johns Newfoundland that will be listening for trans-Atlantic FT8 signals
LA3F - Follogruppen av NRRL.
Hjemmesiden til Follogruppen av Norsk Radio Relc Liga
A QRP Transmatch ATU
Antennas/Tuners
A home made Antenna Tuner made with a simple inductor and a few spare parts. Despite the title, the author succesfully tested this ATU with higher power inputs.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2113
High Performance common-mode chokes, A Practical, 5-Band Homebrew Wire Beam , Morse Code Course by UBA, What is a HAM Mesh Network, Online dBm to watts conversion, Free Virtual Serial Port, mW to dBm Calculator,
Southgate Vibes Podcast #47
Steve Richards G4HPE is here with the latest edition of Southgate Vibes. There's two new episodes every week - on Tuesdays and Fridays
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