Abandoned mansion of a Portuguese radio amateur 'found his radio room'
I found a cool video with a ham related story.
These guys have a youtube channel where they visit abandoned homes and they show us one they´ve found in northern Portugal with a surprise...
QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast Paul Taylor - VK3HN
Paul Taylor, VK3HN, loves to operate QRP, SOTA, or Summits on the Air, with his homebrew pocket-sized multi-band transceivers that he designs and builds in his home workshop
ARRL, AMSAT seek changes in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation proposals
ARRL Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, and AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, on April 8, discussed with senior FCC International Bureau staff by telephone the FCC’s draft Report and Order (R and O) on mitigation of orbital debris (IB Docket No. 18-313)
USA: Fully-Remote Amateur Radio License Exam Administration
The USA's Ham Study group have released the latest update on the Fully-Remote Amateur Radio Exam Process
Multiband trap dipole
Antennas/Multiband
This antenna is a classical antenna working on 7,10,14,18,50 MHz is implemented with three traps for 30, 17 and 6 meters
Lockdown Morse
A new way and an opportunity to learn or improve Morse Code proficiency during the lockdown provided by Matt M0PTO
Ofcom publishes latest 5G measurement results
Ofcom has published the latest results from our spectrum measurement programme, including six additional 5G mobile sites
Special STAY AT HOME stations
Be looking for many special event stations to hit the airwaves to promote "STAY-AT-HOME" and raise awareness for the restrictions necessary to fight the spread the corona- virus
Polish QSO status
"Following similar news regarding international postal services' issues, we also must report that currently, the Polish Post Office, does not process any in and outbound international mail
GU75, Guernsey special event
The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society (GARS) will be running a special event station between May 6-12th (main days of operation are 8/9/10th), to mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Guernsey from Occupying Forces
Niue
Operators Stan LZ1GC and Ivan LZ1PM will be active as E6AM from Niue between September 28th and October 17th
The awful signal from the Titanic received in Pontllanfraith
April 15, marked the 108th anniversary of one of the world's largest maritime disasters, the sinking of the Titanic
ZS4 Sprint this afternoon
The ZS4 Sprint is on the air in South Africa from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC this afternoon with CW and phone activity on 40 metres
CQ Magazine quick contact links
As many of you are aware, CQ Magazine's home office is located in Hicksville, New York. Since New York State has issued a "stay at home" order for all non-essential business personnel, our employees are working from home, doing their best to keep our daily operations running smoothly
South African RAE postponed to Saturday 27 June 2020
Noel Hammond, ZR6DX, the RAE Manager says, "Thank you to everyone for all your efforts during this time for proceeding with the RAE. In order to give candidates more time and to facilitate HF assessments, it has been decided to move the examination date to Saturday 27 June 2020
Radio amateur delivers medicines to elderly
The Times of India reports on a radio amateur in West Bengal who drove 98 km to deliver medicines
Essex Ham Foundation Online Training breaks all records
The Coronavirus outbreak and the RSGB's introduction of online exams that can be taken at home have led to a surge in demand for free online amateur radio training courses such as that run by Essex Ham - New course starts today!
MacDoppler version 2.34 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that MacDoppler Version 2.34 has been released
New Morse Code numbers practice video
Having seen the popularity of our Morse code alphabet receiving practice video rise in recent weeks, most likely as a result of the lockdowns in many countries, we decided to increase the number of videos on this topic to meet the interest
XML Bandplan
Gerolf Ziegenhain created a structured XML file with the bandplan information, can be used by software developers as source for several usages.
ZL2AA Gisborne ARC
The Gisborne Amateur Radio Club is an Incorporated Society, Number 258284, is registered as a charitable group and is also Branch 11 of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Incorporated
VE3WDM amateur radio blog
Amateur radio makes the world a much smaller place.
Latvia - LRAL
Latvian amateur radio league
Amateur radio on BBC Three Counties Radio
The General Manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain Steve Thomas M1ACB and Paul Devlin G1SMP of the NHS were interviewed on BBC Three Countries Radio about Get On The Air To Care (GOTA2C)
"Internet box" jams Galileo GPS signal
France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has described how they responded to a case of interference to one of the downlink signals from the Galileo GNSS constellation
EA-QRP newsletter available for free download
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Spain's EA-QRP (low power) club is making the Spring 2020 issue of their newsletter available to all as a convenient PDF
The 5 MHz Newsletter
The latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter (No 24 – Winter/Spring 2020) is now available for free pdf download from the ‘External Links’ section of the Wikipedia 60m Band page
RSGB launches GOTA2C campaign in partnership with NHS
The RSGB has launched the “Get On The Air To Care” #GOTA2C campaign.
The Radio Society of Great Britain, working in partnership with the NHS, is launching a new campaign called “Get on the air to care” to support the emotional health and wellbeing of 75,000 licensed UK radio amateurs – just some of the 3,000,000 worldwide
ARRL Audio News - April 17, 2020
ARRL Audio News - April 17, 2020
ITU Interviews IARU President Timothy Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, on World Amateur Radio Day
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has posted an interview with International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Timothy Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, “Why World Amateur Radio Day is key to highlight crucial services.” World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is observed every year on April 18. In the interview, Ellam shares his views on why World Amateur Radio Day is important and how amateur radio...
2020 Youth on the Air in the Americas Camp is Canceled
The May/June Digital Issues of QEX and NCJ are Now Available!
The May/June digital editions of QEX and the National Contest Journal (NCJ) are now available for reading on your iOS or Android mobile device through the ARRL Magazines app, or with your desktop or laptop computer from the ARRL Magazines page on the web at www.arrl.org/arrl-magazines. App users please note that you may need to clear the cache in the app’s Settings menu to fully update. The digit...
Big Rapids Area Amateur Radio Club
Big Rapids is located in central Michigan and is home to about 11,000. Big Rapids is also home to Ferris State University and the Big Rapids Area Amateur Radio Club
FT-857D Serial and Sound Card Interface
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-857
A Simple Serial and Sound-Card Interface for the Yaesu FT-857D using an FT232R USB-to-serial bridge chip.
Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club still strong on the airwaves
Maple Ridge News reports amateur radio operators play a vital role in emergency coordination
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