IRTS Amateur Radio Training Courses
IRTS News reports that while online amateur radio training courses have been successfully completed it is still not possible to take the exam due to the pandemic
Saint Paul Radio Club, Inc.
Gimme Five - QRP SSB Transceiver
Technical Reference/QRP Projects
Gimme Five reloaded, a compact 5 band QRP SSB transceiver in SMD technology. This unit covers 5 bands within the amateur radio spectrum (3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz). Receiver is a single conversion unit with an interfrequency of 9 MHz. Transmitter uses 5 stages and has got a power level of 10 watts PEP output.
Minami Torishima
Take, JG8NQJ, will once again be active as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island, Minami Torishima (OC-073, JCG 10007)
Hamfest will bring together amateur radio enthusiasts from across the nation
Greg Williams says amateur radio is a hobby with something in it for all types of personalities
Ham radio on BBC Radio Lincoln
The Lincoln Short Wave Club, hosts of the National Hamfest, celebrated their 100th anniversary in February and Steve Burke M5ZZZ / G6TVP was interviewed on BBC Radio Lincoln
Derek G4CQM has carried out a major upgrade to his websites
Derek G4CQM has carried out a major upgrade to his websites to HTML5 standards compliance throughout. This enables viewing on PC, Tablet and Mobile devices and benefit from interactive features
ARISS contact scheduled for students at John F. Kennedy High School, Denver, Colorado, USA
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS)
German radio hams tackling RF noise pollution
DARC reports 35 Electrical Noise Area Monitoring Systems (ENAMS) have been delivered and another 20 locations are sought as part of the effort to monitor the interference from human-made noise on the HF bands
Hinckley Amateur Radio & Electronics Society
Hinckley, Leicestershire
ham radio club
W0ZWY Sioux Empire Amateur Radio Club
Chester & District Radio Society Web Site
The Chester & District Radio Society is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)
Jpole for 70cm
Antennas/70cm
A homemade Jpole antenna for 70 cm band made with 6mm copper pipe
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2107
FBK 2m-70cm dualband coax antenna, Fritzing, Yeggi 3D printable Models for Ham Radio, Remote Orbitron Interface, GPS clock, Weather APRS data converter
ARRL Audio News - February 19, 2021
ARRL Audio News - February 19, 2021
Shore Point Amateur Radio Club
Shore Points Amateur Radio Club of Southern New Jersey, Atlantic County, NJ
W3HZW Kent County Amateur Radio Club
Located in Dover, Delaware the Capitol of the First State.
Ham Radio And The WTC Disaster
"W2IK's Personal experience being the first responder at ""ground zero"" during the WTC 9/11 disaster."
Brookings Radio Research Club W0BX0
Brookings Radio Research Club homepage, South Dakota
2 meter transverter for KX2
Technical Reference/Transverters
A 144 MHz transverter made by ur3lmz and connected to and Elecraft KX2 transceiver
Permission granted for 60 foot ham radio masts
Vermont radio amateur Zachary Manganello K1ZK has been granted planning permission for magnificent towers up to 60 feet high
Radio amateurs want to be of service when communications fail
Nashville Scene reports thousands of Nashvillians were affected by the cell and internet service outage that came after the Christmas Day bombing downtown - but it was exactly the type of situation amateur radio operators prepare for
ARRL Board Considers Plan to Cover New $35 FCC Fee for Some Young Applicants
At its Annual Meeting in January, the ARRL Board of Directors considered a motion to offer a new service that would pay the new but not-yet-implemented $35 FCC application fee for a limited number of new radio amateurs younger than age 18 who, at the time of testing, belonged to an ARRL Affiliated 501(c)(3) charitable organization and passed their tests through an ARRL VEC-sponsored exam sessio...
Innovator Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, Donates Sophisticated Vector Signal Generator to ARRL
ARRL Life Member Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, has donated a Rohde & Schwarz SMBV100A vector signal generator to the ARRL Laboratory. The device offers internal signal generation for all major digital radio standards. “That is absolutely fabulous news and extremely generous,” ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, told Rohde. ARRL Laboratory Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, said the instrument will be a valuable addition ...
Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Tentatively on for 2021
Amateur Radio Special Events
Promote and announce amateur radio special event stations.
Harrisburg Radio Amateurs Club
The friendly voice of central pennsylvania
The DX Shop
Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe/UK
The DX Shop Limited are suppliers of high end equipment and manufacturers of the Linear Amp Gemini range of HF to UHF solid state linear amplifiers for the serious Radio Amateur.
AMSAT Ambassador and ARRL registered instructor Clint Bradford, K6LCS, is certainly keeping busy!
He reports these upcoming satellite presentation dates
RSGB consulting on their new Direct-To-Full exam
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee has launched a consultation to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system
ARRL to consider covering young members license fee
At its meeting on January 15-16 the ARRL Board considered a plan to pay the planned FCC license application fee for young radio amateurs
Direct entry to Full Licence: RSGB Consultation
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee (ESC) has just launched a consultation to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem, ex-LU1SM, SK
The former president of Argentina, Carlos Menem, ex-LU1SM, died on February 14. He was 90. Menem took office in 1989, serving for 10 years. Menem was active on the air in the 1980s and 1990s. He had earlier served as regional governor. Menem served as a senator from 2005 until 2019. According to the New York Times, “Menem was hospitalized in December with kidney failure and had been put in a me...
ARRL Board Considers Plan to Cover New $35 FCC Fee for Some Young Members
At its Annual Meeting in January, the ARRL Board of Directors considered a motion to offer a new plan that would pay the new but not-yet-implemented $35 FCC application fee for a limited number of new radio amateurs younger than age 18 who, at the time of testing, belonged to an ARRL Affiliated 501(c)(3) charitable organization and passed their tests through an ARRL VEC-sponsored exam session. ...
British Columbia Radio Amateur Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite
As reported on Spaceweather.com, Canadian radio amateur Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, has snagged another signal from deep space. His latest conquest has been to copy the signal from China’s Tianwen-1 (pronounced “tee-EN-ven”) probe, which went into orbit around Mars on February 10. Tilley told Spaceweather.com that the probe’s X-band signal was “loud and audible.” “It was a treasure hunt,” Tilley told ...
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