Taming the Quadrifilar Hliceal Antenna
Antennas/Satellite
The Quadrifilar Helical antenna provides circular polarization and complete hemispherical reception, which is precisely what is needed to receive the polar orbiting weather satellites, and as a 2 meter antenna it will receive horizontal, vertical and clockwise circular polarization.
Radio hams assist Homeland Security
The Wiscasset newspaper reports on one of the radio amateurs who are assisting Homeland Security with ham radio communications
Indian students offered the chance to learn Ham Radio in lockdown
Are you tired in kockdown? Indian Students are being offered the chance to Learn from Home about interesting scientific hobby known as Amateur (Ham) Radio!
Message from the RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a part of our daily lives for several weeks now and will most likely continue to be for some time. The pandemic is of particular concern for Radio Amateurs because ours is a hobby that can be practised by people of all ages from elementary schoolchildren to senior citizens
Stuck in the shack? Make use of your downtime
For over five years, the Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club has presented a live monthly speaker series for its members and guests highlighting the leading talent from the local amateur radio community. The Club reminds hams everywhere that these monthly club videos are available for you to view to stay active in the hobby while isolated because of the coronavirus epidemic
ARRL Audio News - March 27, 2020
ARRL Audio News - March 27, 2020
Field Day 2020 — A Time to Adapt
Many individuals and groups organizing events for Field Day 2020 have been contacting ARRL for guidance on how to adapt their planned activities in this unprecedented time of social distancing and uncertainty. “Due to the unique situation presented this year, this can be an opportunity for you, your club, and/or group to try something new,” ARRL Contest Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, said. “Field...
HamSCI 2020 Workshop Successfully Reworked as a Virtual Event
VK6YSF - Peter
Amateur radio web site of Peter Miles , VK6YSF.
The purpose of this site is to promote amateur radio and also as a way to document and share the various radio activities and projects that I'm involved with.
OARC
Ohio Area Repeater Council
TRGM
CS5TRGM Tertulia Radioamadoristica Guglielmo Marconi
Yaesu FT-857D Select Know Wobbles - How to replace
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-857
A youtube video instructions on how to replace, the Select know. Very often this know wobbles after some years of usage and in this video is well documented all passages needed to replace the knob.
Yaesu FTM-300D
Yaesu FTM-300D new 144/430 MHz Dual Band C4FM Digital/Analog FM Mobile Transceiver GPS C4FM Dual RX WIRESX Node
Kosovo scouting trip
Operators Erik ON4ANN and Erik ON4CCV will be active as Z68AN and Z68EC (callsigns pending), respectively, from Kosovo between April 27-30th
Noctilucent clouds over the South Pacific
Are you ready to see an electric-blue cloud made of frosted meteor smoke?
Netherlands special event
Operators Harm PA0HPG, Michel PA0VCC, Ad PA2PCH, Nico PA3ADU, Gerrie PA7TT, Harm PD0GIB, Bert PD2B and Gerard PD2VW will activate special event station PA75ASN between April 1st and May 7th
Coronavirus: Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls
BBC News report that people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest
Coronavirus: Ham radio clubs connect amid social distancing
ARRL report members of the K7UAZ Amateur Radio Club in Tucson -- a student organization at the University of Arizona -- have moved their radio club meetings to the radio
Coronavirus: Bengal Ham radio operators help police in tracking
Outlook India reports "Ham radio operators in West Bengal are helping police in tracking down mass gatherings and sending vagabonds to the shelters during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Thursday"
FCC to Hold Open Meeting on March 31 by Teleconference
The FCC will hold its March 31 open meeting by teleconference. “Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and related agency telework and headquarters access policies, this meeting will be in a wholly electronic format and will be open to the public on the internet via live feed from the FCC web page and on the FCC YouTube channel,” the Commission announced this week. Agenda items are expected to be...
Annual Intrepid Spirit Award Goes to the VP8PJ DXpedition Team
The annual Intrepid-DX Group Intrepid Spirit Award will go to the Perseverance DX Group’s VP8PJ South Orkney Island DXpedition team for its “superb activation” from Signy Island. “This DXpedition was extremely well planned and executed from this very remote, cold, and harsh Island,” the Intrepid-DX Group said in announcing the award. “This award is to recognize the entire team’s collective effo...
LY1YK Contest Club
Lithuanian contest club
RACK Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville
Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville - ( RACK )
N3TWT South Mountain Repeater Association
The South Mountain Repeater Association (SMRA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group of amateur radio operators dedicated to community service and emergency communications within Cumberland County and the surrounding area in Central Pennsylvania.
LARC
Livonia Amateur Radio Club
BCC - Bavarian Contest Club
German contest club
2.3GHz to 432MHz RX converter for FT-817
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-817
A very small receiver converter that can be plugged to the backside of the battery powered portable transceiver FT817 from Yaesu. A high performance receiver for 2.3GHz amateur radio signal
100 Watt RF Power Amplifier for 2 GHz
Technical Reference/Amplifiers
Modification to an old cellular phone base station modules, with a fairly reduced output power (10 watts or so), the stock power amplifier modules will cover the 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz amateur radio bands.
Turkish special event
Members of the Turkish Radio Amateur Club (TRAC)[YM3KB], have activated special event station TC105GL and will be on the air until March 30th
Hamfest and convention cancellations
The ARRL has created a Web page that lists all hamfests and conventions that have advised the League that they are canceling scheduled events due to the concerns over the coronavirus
RAC welcomes new Special Advisor for World Radio Conferences
As we are about to begin another four-year process leading to the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023, Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, has decided to step down as RAC Special WRC Advisor to let another RAC representative start the process
Ofcom awards six new community radio licences
Ofcom has just announced the award of six new community radio licences in England
ISWL callsigns for April 2020
The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of April 2020
Electromagnetic Field 2020 is cancelled
The organisers have announced the popular Electromagnetic Field, EMF 2020, event planned for July 23-26 has been cancelled
FREE UK Foundation License online course
I have created a FREE UK foundation license course. I have designed this because of the COVID-19 allowing people to study material for their exam
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