Unlocking amateur radio technology
The SARL (South African Radio League) technology symposium will be held on 27 March 2021 from 10:00 to 14:00 CAT
March QSO Expo: Can you help with speakers at the Expo?
I need your help, if you are willing. If you have already signed up as a Host or Co-Host, my thanks. You don't have to keep reading
France: Ham radio exam changes
After 8 years of waiting a new amateur radio decree has finally been published in the French Government Official Journal
January 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. In January 2021, Volunteer Monitors reported 2,277 hours monitoring the HF frequencies and 2,162 hours monitoring VHF frequencies and above. The Volunteer Monitor Coordinator issued 11 Advisory Notices. An Advisory Notice is an attempt to resolve rule violation iss...
Rochester Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (RARC)
The Rochester Amateur Radio Club, Incorporated (RARC) is an ARRL affiliated club located in Rochester, Minnesota. The purpose of the radio club is to: advance general interest and knowledge of amateur radio
Ham Goodies
Shopping and Services/Accessories
Amateur Radio goodies for not only the Shack, but also a range of outdoor/portable kit. Ferrite toroids, RTL SDR, Un-uns and Baluns for antennas and RF Filters. Based in the UK.
Monster antenna system
Here's a video of an extraordinary antenna. ZL3SV uses a 2x320mtr Dipole
Two YouTube channels - one common purpose
Using the power of simultaneous Livestream on both their YouTube channels, two amateur radio operators are raising public awareness on behalf of a Detroit area ham who has been diagnosed with end-stage renal failure
Bitcoin transfer via ham radio
A Bitcoin article describes how Rodolfo Novak VE3NAK and Sam Patterson KE8KRX used amateur radio to transfer Bitcoin using JS8call on 7.077 MHz
Malaysian radio hams in newspaper
The Star reports on the public service work carried out by members of the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society
QSO Today - Steve Hicks - N5AC
FlexRadio is the Platinum Sponsor at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. I wanted to bring back an interview that I had with Steve Hicks, N5AC, VP of Engineering at FlexRadio. Steve will be a speaker at the Expo
Ham radio exams to resume in the Netherlands
VERON has announced that the first amateur radio exam to be held in 4 months will take place on March 17
Ham radio licensing issues in South Africa
The SARL interacted this week with a senior councillor of ICASA and expressed the League’s concern about the complicated license renewal process, long delays, and in many instances unfamiliar terminology used in the process leading to applications being rejected
ARRL Audio News - March 5, 2021
ARRL Audio News - March 5, 2021
W4CN Amateur radio transmitting society
ATS louisville KY USA
Virtual COM
Software/Virtual Serial Port
Software to create virtual com ports when you need to assing different serial ports and you have just one COM port on your PC. Commercial version
Quantum Receiver Can Detect Huge Swath of the RF Spectrum
Danish DX Group
The object of Danish DX Group is to attract DX-interested radioamateurs in a closer co-operation
W5ABD Westside Amateur Radio Club
The Westside Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is the oldest such club in the New Orleans area. Westwego Lousiana
How to evaluate Choke performance
Antennas/Feed Lines/Choke
If you want to build your own common mode choke, this article explains how to measure the efficiecy of your choke before using it. In the examples has been used Amidon FT240-31 toroids.
Chattanooga-area radio hams seek community during pandemic
After the deaths of two radio amateurs, the Lone Ranger Net was established to check each evening that members were okay
Who is that masked man?
A person wearing a TV-shaped mask left old TVs on more than 50 doorsteps in 2019
RFzero now with FST4W
A new version of the RFzero library has been released. It includes the new FST4W narrow digital mode with its four sub-modes. This enables the RFzero GPS controlled RF source to send FST4W as a stand alone transmitter
March GEO Newsletter available for free download
The March PDF of the GEO Newsletter weather satellite publication produced by the Group for Earth Observation is now available for free download
Australia: Call-sign processing times back on track
Communications regulator ACMA has announced the backlog in issuing Australian amateur radio callsigns has been cleared
COVID-19 situation and YOTA Camps
The IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group have said no youth events will take place before mid-June, those scheduled for later in the year will be reviewed as the pandemic situation evolves
MARS Volunteers Recognized with Gold-Level President’s Volunteer Service Award
A dozen US Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) volunteers have been honored with gold-level recognition for the President’s Volunteer Service Award for 2020. They are Bob Mims, WA1OEZ; Ron Tomo, KE2UK; Mark Bary, N4EOC; Billy Pearson, KO4XT; Dave Bock, W8OHS; Bob Baker, K5LLF; John Monson, WB0PLW; Gary Geissinger, WA0SPM; Brian Handy, W8JBT; Bliss Wheeler, W7RUG; Jim Hamilton, K4QDF, and...
AMSAT-DL Operators Track Mars Probes
Members of Germany’s AMSAT organization, AMSAT-DL, in cooperation with the Sternwarte Bochum Institute in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, have been using the institute’s 20-meter (65.6-foot) diameter dish antenna to listen directly to signals from probes in Mars orbit. Signals have been copied from the Chinese Tianwen-1 and the Hope Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) spacecraft now orbiting Mars ...
ARISS, NASA, and ESA Continue to Probe Amateur Radio Problems on ISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, reports that the ARISS team has been working closely with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to identify what may have caused what ARISS is calling a “radio anomaly” on January 27. The net result has been an inability to use the NA1SS ham station gear in the ISS Columbus module. For the time ...
MKARS
Founded in 1958, as the Wolverton & District Radio Club, largely by members of the Diplomatic Wireless Service at Hanslope Park, MKARS now has over 120 members
Two elements Triband Yagi Antenna
Antennas/Yagi
This project was originally developed by Markus VE7CA A Portable 2-Element Triband Yagi - PDF Article
BBC Monitoring Service in 1941
In 1941 British Pathe produced a newsreel about the radio monitoring work carried out by the BBC
ICQPODCAST on DMR BrandMeister
The ICQPODCAST now has a DMR BrandMeister Talk Group
NASA to provide update on Perseverance 'firsts' since Mars landing
Since NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover for the unpaved road ahead
Approaches to tackle noise problems vary, remedies elusive
RF noise is a frequent discussion topic among radio amateurs. A proliferation of electronics has cluttered and complicated the noise environment; it’s not just power lines anymore
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