Benin
Ian, ZS6JSI, has been active recently as ZS6JSI/TY from Parakou about 400km north from capital city. He has been there since late January and is expected to be there for 6 months
Cocos Keeling Islands
Members of the Northern Corridor Radio Group will be active as VK9CE from Cocos Keeling Islands (OC-003) between March 16-23rd
Elon Musk: SpaceX will double Starlink's satellite internet speeds in 2021
CNET report that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter Monday that his company's satellite internet service, Starlink, will offer speeds close to 300 Mbps later in 2021. That's roughly twice as fast as currently advertised, and would represent a significant step forward for the service as it seeks to deliver high-speed internet to underserved regions across the globe
UKEICC CW Contest
The UKEICC monthly one hour 80m CW Contest will be held on Wednesday next the 24th at 2000. EI5G and, for this contest at least, GM7V will be bonus stations
Become an amateur radio operator: Free online classes prepare people for upcoming FCC licensing exam
Amateur radio has been around for more than 100 years and, in this day of cell phones, computers and other high-tech devices, ham radio, as it is also known, continues to play an important role in the world of communication
Online exams boost ham radio numbers
The figures released cover the whole of 2020 for both in-person and Remotely Invigilated (RI) Online exams. Due to the pandemic in-person exams were only held during the first 10 weeks of the year and there weren't many of them
Amateur radio exams survey now open
The focus of this year's survey from Essex Ham is the the amateur radio exams
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.
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