9M63MJ is special event callsign for Malaysia Independence Day 2020
9M63MJ is special event callsign for Malaysia Independence Day 2020. This program is conjunction with Malaysian 63rd independence Day Celebration
Monthly performance of 8J17CALL for July-August
Please be advised that monthly performance of 8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station for July-August, 2020 (23rd July to 22nd August, 2020) are as follows
Auxiliary display makes ham radio field operations easier
Dan Maloney KC1DJT writes on Hackaday about an auxiliary display for the FT-817 developed by Andy G7UHN
Ham College 68
Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 6.
E1F Miscellaneous rules: external RF power amplifiers, prohibited communications, spread spectrum, auxiliary stations, Canadian amateurs operating in the U.S., special temporary authority, control operator of an auxiliary station
QSO Today - Michael Walker VA3MW
Michael Walker, VA3MW, joins me from the Canadian State of Ontario where he started his ham radio journey
AB7SL Charles
Large personal page wilth photos, details and links
W8LBZ Sandusky Radio Experimental League
The Sandusky Radio Experimental League Inc,(SREL), is a club of amateur radio operators in Northern Ohio. SREL sponsors the 53.35, 146.655 and 444.375 repeaters.
S50E Danilo Brelih site
S50e, radio klub cerkno
How to assemble a BNC connector
Technical Reference/Coax Cables and Connectors
How to install a BNC connector on a coaxial cable like the ELSPEC1030AF / HPF195RG and 58C/U cables
Trans-Atlantic opening on 144 MHz between the Canary Islands and the Caribbean
story: There was a remarkable trans-Atlantic tropo opening on 144 MHz the 27th and 28th of August 2020 between the Canary Islands and the Caribbean. Several stations on the island of Tenerife managed to make successful contacts on FT8 and SSB with stations on Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
FCC proposes charging amateur radio license fees
In the USA amateur radio licenses are, like the UK, free of charge but now the FCC is proposing imposing a charge of $50 for a new license or a renewal
ARRL Audio News - August 28, 2020
ARRL Audio News - August 28, 2020
FCC Proposes to Reinstate Amateur Radio Service Fees
Amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio license application if the FCC adopts rules it proposed this week. Included in the FCC’s fee proposal are applications for new licenses, renewal and upgrades to existing licenses, and vanity call sign requests. Excluded are applications for administrative updates, such as changes of address, and annual regulatory fees. The FCC pr...
Hurricane Watch Net Logs More than 29 Hours of Continuous Operation for Laura
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) logged 29.5 hours of continuous operation in advance of Hurricane Laura, beginning at 1300 UTC on August 26, and after the storm made landfall. One primary function of the HWN is to elicit real-time ground-level weather conditions and initial damage assessments from radio amateurs in the affected area and relay that information to the National Hurricane Center (NHC...
ARRL Access to Amateur Radio for the Disabled
Articles for the sight impaired
The Ramsay Dipole for 40 20 15 meters
Antennas/Fan Dipole
A multiband Fan Dipole that works on 40 20 15 meters band, making a folded dipole for 7 MHz band and additional element for the 21 MHz and 14 MHz
The sun is swallowing a comet
A comet discovered just yesterday is diving into the sun. As you might expect, it's not going well for the comet
London Air Ambulance GB1LAA
This year's International Air Ambulance Week will take place between 5th - 13th September 2020, with the focus on supporting and generating donations for flying medical services around the world
ARRL Board elects new CEO
The ARRL Board of Directors has elected David Minster, NA2AA, of Wayne, New Jersey, as ARRL’s new Chief Executive Officer, starting on September 28
Ham radio ISS contact in UK press
The UK newspaper the Daily Mail featured an article about the amateur radio contact between Canadian students and ISS astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR
Hurricane Laura: ARRL asks FCC to allow Pactor 3 and 4
Another hurricane and yet again the ARRL has to ask for a special waiver from the FCC to use what are elsewhere a routine amateur radio digital modes
Board of Directors Elects New ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA
The ARRL Board of Directors has elected David Minster, NA2AA, of Wayne, New Jersey, as ARRL’s new Chief Executive Officer, starting on September 28. Minster is currently Managing Partner at Talentrian Partners, a management consulting firm serving the consumer goods and luxury goods industries. Minster began his career as a software engineer, moving into management at Unilever, as a Chief Infor...
ARRL Seeks National Club Coordinator
ARRL is seeking a National Club Coordinator who will act as the primary point of contact for Section Affiliated Club Coordinators. Section Affiliated Club Coordinators work with clubs to foster and coordinate activities to promote recruiting and training of new radio amateurs, endorse ARRL membership, and impart a positive image of amateur radio within the community. In addition to maintaining l...
FCC Grants Temporary Waiver to Permit PACTOR 4 for Emergency Communications
The FCC has granted an ARRL request for a 30-day waiver to facilitate relief communications in the wake of Hurricane Laura. The waiver temporarily permits amateur data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than currently permitted under the FCC’s rules. ARRL pointed out in its request that Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members would be working with federal, state, and local emergency m...
Amateur Radio Volunteers Ready as Deadly Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) teams along the Gulf Coast were ready to assist as needed after Hurricane Laura made landfall as a powerful and deadly Category 4 storm along the Texas-Louisiana border with sustained winds of 150 MPH. The National Hurricane Center (NHC)-predicted “unsurvivable storm surge” was in the vicinity of 20 feet or greater, driving Gulf waters inland into waterwa...
Proppy HF Circuit Prediction: Space Weather
Propagation/Resources
Current space weather condition gauges, with solar indices taken from the latest WWV report
RAC Band Planning Committee update: Proposed Two Metre Band Plan
As announced in The Canadian Amateur magazine, the RAC Band Planning Committee has completed the new proposed 2m band plan
Hurricane Laura: Emergency Communications preparations
Michael Searcy WX5WMS was interviewed by KLTV about Emergency Communication preparations in East Texas
Amateur Radio Volunteers Prepare to Greet Dangerous Hurricane Laura
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) teams along the Gulf Coast have plans in place to deal with Hurricane Laura, now expected to make landfall as a powerful and dangerous Category 4 storm. “Catastrophic damage will occur” in a Category 4 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns. More than a half-million people in Louisiana and Texas have been ordered to evacuate ahead of the sto...
Tulare County Radio Club
Offers irlp echolink node in tulare county california
3 Elements Yagi LFA for 50 MHz
Antennas/6M/6 meter Yagi Antennas
A short 3 element LFA Yagi for 50MHz with a 1.94M boom. This antenna has been designed in order to minimise the upward and downward lobes typically seen the the EL plane on Yagi antennas.
Georgia operation
Peter, G4ENL (9X9PJ, HB9DVG), is now active as 4L/G4ENL and reports on QRZ.com: After leaving Rwanda I am now in Georgia again working on major hydro-power development. Its a beautiful country, friendly people with a great and ancient tradition.
Spiral lights on Mars
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has discovered a vast spiral of ultraviolet light swirling over the South Pole of Mars
Ham radio exam testing in Indonesia during pandemic
While the UK speedily adopted an effective online amateur radio testing system that people can do from home other countries are still running in-person exams as best they can
Students use ham radio to call an astronaut in space
NASA reports on May 15, 2020, Canadian students used ham radio to talk with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy KF5KDR, currently aboard the International Space Station
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