Ofcom speedily respond to report of interference to licence-exempt devices
Ofcom sent an engineer out just 30 minutes after receiving a report of interference to unprotected licence-exempt devices, they say they treated the case as 'high priority'
John Portune, W6NBC, Wins the February 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award
St. Lucia operation
Operators Bill/K9HZ (J68HZ), Kyle/WA4PGM (J68PG) and Dan/W0CN (J68CN) will once again be active as J68HZ from a villa at Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia (NA-108, WLOTA L-1336), between March 2-11th
German North Pole DXpedition
Operators Martina/DF3TS and Thomas/DC8TMmwill activate Svalbard (EU-026) as JW/homecalls to start their DXpedition between April 10-13th, 2022
Alan Turing's grades
Alan Turing's grades report cards. Alan Turing was a code breaker and the father of computer science - here I react to some of his school grades
New 70cm beacon at Catalonia
Since March 1st a new 70cm band beacon is active nearby Barcelona, sponsored by Unió de Radioaficionats de Catalunya-URCAT
Costa Rica and its great VHF National Channel
Costa Rica is a small country but it has an exceptional repeater system, which helps to save the broken topography of this Central American country of 51,100 km², thanks to the work of the main radio clubs and individual radio amateurs who actively participate
DXpedition video - K5P Palmyra Atoll
The following is a YouTube.com video/presentation at a 'Redwood Empire DX Association' (W6KB) online club meeting by John Miller, K6MM, titled 'K5P DXpedition: The Cursed Paradise of Palmyra Atoll'
The strongest geomagnetic storm of the new solar cycle (so far)
Did you know, March is the most geomagnetically active month of the year?
France: New Amateur Radio Callbook available for download
A new callbook listing the more than 13,000 radio amateurs in France at the end of 2020 is now available for free download
WSPR Rowing Atlantic sea!
Yes I did it! Guirec Soudee, after 74 days at sea and over 2,900 nautical miles of rowing, between Canary Isl snd Carabbean Isl I finally arrived this Friday February 26th in St Barthélemy
Ofcom to add EMF clause to ham radio licences
Ofcom have decided to go ahead with their plans to introduce an unnecessary EMF clause into the amateur radio licenCe. It will be inplace no later than May 18 and there will be at least a 6 month grace period to comply
Thunderbolt Amateur Radio Assn
"Amateur Radio Operators in Pueblo, Colorado have formed an association dedicated to public service called the ""Thunderbolt Amateur Radio Assn."""
W3SGJ - Beaver Valley Amateur Radio Association
The first and oldest amateur radio club in Beaver County PA USA
HW VSP3 - Virtual Serial Port
Software/Virtual Serial Port
HW VSP is a free software driver that adds a virtual serial port (e.g. COM5) to the operating system and redirects the data from this port via a TCP/IP network to another hardware interface
Scotland Special Event
Look for special event station GB2CR to be active from Invergordon, Scotland, between March 4-18th. The special callsign's suffix stands for 'Collins Radio'
ICQPodcast - Progressive changes at the ARRL
In this episode, Martin (M1MRB) is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Edmund Spicer M0MNG to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in this episode’s features is in an interview with ARRL David Minster NA2AA, and the President, Rick Roderick K5UR as they discuss changes for the ARRL with Frank Howell K4FMH
Tim Hunkin rides again with The Secret Life Of Components
Long-time readers may remember one of the occasional Engineering Heroes series that focused on the British engineer, inventor and sometime TV presenter Tim Hunkin, known for his intricate creations, unusual arcade machines, and Secret Life Of Machines TV series’ from the years around 1990. It seems we’re now in for a fresh treat as he’s returning to our screens via YouTube with a new series
Hacking a transmitter - 1920s style
Back in the 1920s, when electronic breadboading often used a real wood breadboard, swiped from the kitchen in the dark of night, a limited supply of commercial electronic components inspired ham radio hobbyists to roll their own capacitors, inductors, switches, and whatever else was needed to build a transmitter
International Women's Day contest on Monday, March 8
Finland's SRAL reports International Women's Day will be celebrated in the spirit of a relaxed race. The contest will take place on March 8 from 0000-2359 Finnish Time (2200-2159 GMT)
New Zealand regulator's view of RF pollution
New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) says the RF spectrum 'has become an important economic resource, but its usefulness is diminished by pollution'
Problems with ham radio licensing in Brazil
Brazil's amateur radio society LABRE has written to the communications regulator ANATEL expressing their concern about the bureaucratic problems in becoming a radio amateur
WW8GM GM Amateur Radio Club
General Motors Amateur Radio Club - WW8GM EchoLink Repeater in SE Michigan
Single element Delta Loop Antenna
Antennas/Delta loop
Building a simple delta loop is very easy. With two fishing rods and some other material you can find in your local hardware store, you can build an efficient single element delta loop antenna
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2108
How to build a Software Defined Radio, Amateur radio 3D models, MFSK16 APRS Tracker, PCB gEDA, remoteRotator, Ukraine Repeater Map, Audio Repeater,
SARL Contests
News of two upcoming contests in South Africa
Guinea and Sierra Leone
Jean-Phillipe, F1TMY, currently active as J28PJ from Djibouti, has announced via Twitter (https://twitter.com/J28Pj) that he will be active from Guinea (3X) and Sierra Leone (9L) sometime in September 2021
French stores selling and / or repairing Amateur Radio equipment
Ludovic Vuillermet F5PBG has posted a handy list of stores known to sell and / or repair amateur radio equipment in France
MoU between Radio Society of Kenya and South African Radio League
The Radio Society of Kenya (RSK) approached the (SARL) around six months ago and following successful discussions a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during February 2021 with full approval from the Regulator – the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK)
QSO Today - John Ackermann, N8UR
John Ackermann, N8UR, was my guest almost 200 episodes ago and is a speaker in the upcoming QSO Today Virtual ham Expo
ARRL Audio News - February 26, 2021
ARRL Audio News - February 26, 2021
Video Documents Removal, Preservation of 250 kW Voice of America Transmitter
With the former Voice of America Delano relay site in Central California scheduled for eventual demolition for resale, the Collins Collectors Association (CCA), in association with the Antique Wireless Association (AWA), came up with a plan in 2014 (working, among others, with past ARRL Midwestern Division Director Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, a former Collins engineer), to retrieve one of the Collins...
Spring Red Cross Emergency Communications Drill Set
The spring 2021 Red Cross Nationwide Emergency Communications Winlink Drill will be held on May 8, which is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2021. Details and instructions are available. Sign up for email updates. A head of the May nationwide exercise, the American Red Cross (ARC) Emergency Communications training group will continue its Winlink Thursdays training sessions on March 11 and Ap...
com0com Null-modem emulator
Software/Virtual Serial Port
The Null-modem emulator is an open source kernel-mode virtual serial port driver for Windows, available freely under GPL license.Allows you to create an unlimited number of virtual COM port pairs and use any pair to connect one COM port based application to another.
VERON PACCdigi contest
We would like to invite you to take part in the first Dutch PACCdigi contest
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