Jeanette Epps KF5QNU joins Starliner mission to ISS
Astronaut and radio amateur Jeanette Epps KF5QNU has joined the Boeing CST-100 Starliner-1 crew for a mission to the International Space Station
Hurricane Watch Net Announces Tentative Mid-Week Activation for Laura
One down, one to go. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) says that a vastly weaker Tropical Storm Marco made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River on Monday at around 2300 UTC, with maximum sustained winds of 40 MPH. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Tropical Storm Laura, now just below hurricane strength, “to become a major hurricane over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico on Wedne...
Candidates Set for 2020 ARRL Division Elections
The candidates for the 2020 ARRL Division Elections are now official. ARRL members will choose between two candidates for Director in the Dakota, Great Lakes, and Midwest Divisions in this year’s election cycle, and from among three candidates for Vice Director in the Great Lakes Division. In the Atlantic and Delta Divisions, incumbents are unopposed for both Director and Vice Director. In the ...
Hurricane Watch Net Firms Up Wednesday Activation Plans
With Hurricane Laura set to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate at 1300 UTC on Wednesday, on its primary frequency of 14.325 MHz, with simultaneous operation starting on 7.268 MHz at 2100 UTC. “Of course, any change in the forward speed of this storm would change the timing of landfall,” HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, pointed out. “Laura...
Dayton 97
103 Amateur Radio photos taken at the Dayton Hamvention in May 1997
Hoosier Hills Ham Club
Hoosier Hills Radio club
KN2MET NYC Metro
NYC METRO is a not for profit 501(c)(3) publicly supported organization, supporting the Amateur Radio Communities Emergency Services.
Virginia beach hamfest
The Show is held at the Virginia Beach Pavilion, Virginia Beach, Va.
Rectangular Loop antenna for 2 meter band
Antennas/2M
An interesting and easy to build loop antenna for VHF bands, that present a feedpoint impedance of 50 ohms thus avoiding the need for a 1/4 wave impedance transformer. This antenna is ideal for sota and other portable operations
YOTA online event streaming via YouTube and satellite
At 1800 GMT on Thursday, August 27, YOTA Online will be streamed on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and hopefully via the amateur radio Digital TV transponder on the geostationary satellite QO-100
DARC defers subscription increase due to economic situation
In response to the economic hardship faced by many of its members Germany's national amateur radio society DARC has decided to phase in over 2 years the planned increase in membership subscription
VK 60m update
The Australian radio regulator advises that submissions to their paper on 60m sharing between amateurs and commercial services are being analysed and will be considered by the ACMA board in the next couple of months
QSO Today Mark Smith - KR6ZY
Mark Smith, KR6ZY, has been a ham since the mid-nineties and finds problem solving and building amateur radio equipment his special interest of our ham radio hobby
Two new Mountain Goats!
Congratulations to Jordan Harrop M3TMX and Ian Wareing GW8OGI, two of the latest intrepid radio amateurs to achieve Mountain Goat status in the SOTA - Summits on the Air awards scheme
As Marco Weakens, Attention Turns to Laura, Which May Become a Category 2 Hurricane
With now-Tropical Storm Marco continuing to weaken, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) canceled plans to reactivate on Monday morning. Although no longer a hurricane, Marco is producing heavy rainfall and gusty winds along portions of the northern Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported at 1200 UTC. Marco was some 85 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River with m...
ARI Trieste
Associazione Radioamatori Italiani Sezione di Trieste
A Tutorial on the Decibel
Technical Reference/Electronics
This tutorial provides background information on the decibel and instructions for performing calculations involving decibels. This tutorial combines information from several authors, including Bob DeVarney, W1ICW; Walter Bahnzaf, WB1ANE; and Ward Silver, NOAX
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2019
Low Cost Antenna Traps, Tuning Antenna Traps, LogView for WSJT-X , Marine Mobile with Three Antennas, Make a Chirp Programming Cable, GridLocW Locator converter , King of Spain Contest,
‘We are there in more ways than just radio’
Since 2013, Woody Howse K7EDH has been the chairman of the devoted and diligent 94-person group, which was founded by former Island public safety director Ron Elsoe and Bob Farmer
Dutch 144 MHz DATV experiment is a success
VERON report on the success of their experiment to encourage radio amateurs to use Digital Amateur Television (DATV) in the 144 MHz band
G-QRP Club Convention
I am just out of this week's progress meeting for the Convention and all is on track for it to be a great weekend of live QRP talks with QandA sessions after each one
Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary
Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS) members will operate GB80BOB, a special event call sign for the 80th anniversary of The Battle of Britain. It will be active between the 1st and 28th of September 2020
Young radio amateur in the UK press
The i newspaper has published an article about amateur radio by Rhiannon Williams featuring one of the new generation of radio amateurs, 10-year-old William M7WHB
Hurricane Watch Net to Activate as Louisiana Braces for Marco and Laura
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate for Hurricane Marco today (Sunday, August 23) at 2100 UTC on 14.325 MHz, switching to 7.268 MHz at 2300 UTC, where operation will continue until 0100 UTC. Just barely a category 1 hurricane, Marco is forecast to make landfall on Monday afternoon. “The purpose of this activation is to line up reporting stations for Marco as well as for Laura, which is ...
Interface for SSTV using a Soundcard
Operating Modes/SSTV
A SSTV interfsace (soundcard) to minimize RF feed back and a soundcard limiter to prevent over driving the soundcard
Arecibo Observatory damaged
The WIA report that an auxiliary cable that helps to support a metal platform above the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope’s reflector dish in Puerto Rico snapped in the early morning hours of August 10, causing a 100-foot gash in the reflector dish.
YOTA online session
Are you ready for our upcoming YOTA online session already? Set your alarms for 18:00 UTC (20:00 CAT) on Thursday 27 August 2020
NZART AGM and AREC Annual Meeting
It is planned they are still going ahead with plans to hold meetings at Wellington over the 4/5/6 September 2020.
Bletchley Park Trust to undergo organisational restructure
The Bletchley Park Trust has announced that following the coronavirus pandemic it is to restructure, up to a third of staff could go
W8TQE Adrian Amateur Radio Club
50 Plus Years of Ham Radio
Sardinia QRP Club
A QRP association of amateur radio operators based in Sardinia Island Italy
San Diego County Amateur Radio Council
San diego county amateur radio council, sandarc. serving the san diego amateur radio community.
VU2SGW
My blog is general info regarding HAM radio hobby and collection of my QSL cards
SKCC Group
A group of hams decided to make those wishes come true and founded the Straight Key Century Club - a/k/a SKCC.
The Morse Sagas: Cobweb Antennas
Antennas/CobWebb
Useful tips on building cobweb antennas. Since I've done so many posts on the Cobweb antennas I thought it best to separate them on a different page so that potential Cobweb builders can see all the posts together. Hopefully this will make planning and building easier.
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