Contest Results
Results of the IRTS 80 metres New Year's Day counties contest have been published
AmateurLogic 139: Now With 2020 Vision
Just how much faster is the Raspberry Pi 4? Tommy finds out. George has a free remote desktop solution with some unique features. Emile tries Vara Winlink. And Mike ventures into the “Box of Incomplete Dreams” for a QRP Labs WSPR kit
Barry Shelley N1VXY is interim ARRL CEO
ARRL reports at its meeting this weekend, the ARRL Board of Directors did not elect Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as the ARRL Chief Executive Officer
Barry Shelley, N1VXY, to Become ARRL Interim CEO
At its meeting this weekend, the ARRL Board of Directors did not elect Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as the ARRL Chief Executive Officer. Beginning Monday, January 20, Barry Shelley, N1VXY, will become interim CEO. Mr. Shelley was ARRL’s Chief Financial Officer for 28 years and CEO during 2018 before his retirement. The board has created a search committee to select the next CEO. More details on this ...
The Spectrum Monitor
Shortwave Radio/SWL DX Newsletters
The Spectrum Monitor, amateur, shortwave AM FM TV Scanning Satellite magazine, is edited and published by Ken Reitz KS4ZR, former managing editor, features editor, columnist and feature writer for Monitoring Times.
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels
American ISPs fined $75,000 for fuzzing airport's weather radar by stealing spectrum
The Register reports: Three ISPs will be fined $25,000 apiece by America's broadband watchdog, the FCC, for interfering with weather signals in Puerto Rico
Satellite Status and Tracking API's added to AMSAT website
Thanks to an initiative by Heimir, W1ANT, AMSAT added Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to the AMSAT web site to make it easy for developers to write apps for mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Variation to talkSPORT’s national analogue licence
Ofcom has approved talkSPORT’s request to change its national analogue radio licence, following a consultation
DK3ZL visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March
Dr Charly Eichhorn, DK3ZL is visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March. In Namibia, he will operate as V51QO with activity on the QO-100 satellite and as V5/DK3ZL at other times using SSB and CW
Full-fibre broadband in the UK
The briefing paper Full-fibre broadband in the UK is now available for download from the House of Commons library
QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast George Byrkit - K9TRV
George Byrkit, K9TRV, was first licensed in 1966, in Madison, Wisconsin. He returned to amateur radio as a licensee many years after letting that Novice license expire
Sweden: New rules for ham radio permit applications
The SSA reports applications for amateur radio permits will now take 2-3 weeks longer due to National Security considerations
BNetzA takes action against non-compliant devices
In 2019, BNetA, the German Federal Network Agency, blocked 4.5 million unsafe products that can cause radio interference or electromagnetic incompatibilities
WA9ORC The Chicago FM Club
WA9ORC - Chicago Illinois
McMinn County Amateur Radio Club
McMinn County Amateur Radio Club, Inc. in Athens, TN.
K7LHC London Bridge Amateur Radio Club
Lake Havasu City Arizona USA
CE5BYU Radio Club Los Angeles
Radio Club Santa Maria de Los Angeles, Chile
VE3SKY Skywide Amateur Radio Club
The Skywide Club, established in 1952, has been serving the amateur community for four decade
YC5NBX Jaka
Simple Homebrew HAM blog from indonesia
W1NPP Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club
Ham radio club in Maine USA
Wireless Association of South Hills
Serving the South Hills area of Pittsburgh, PA
USA Amateur Radio HF Band Plan
Download the PDF with USA Amateur radio HF band plan and common country prefixes updated in 2008 by Icom
PVRA, Inc Repeater Club
PVRA Repeater Club has repeaters throughout Connecticut.
Raspberry Pi and Automatic NOAA Satellite Reception
Technical Reference/Raspberry Pi
How to receive automatically NOAA wather satellite images with a Raspberry Pi and a RTL SDR. This project requires a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B a common NooElec SDR Dongle and a QFH Antenna in the attic. Article explains how to setup and configure software but no instructions on antenna.
6m and 4m Vertical Dipole Antenna
Antennas/4M
The two dipoles are parallel with a distance of 12 cm and are also fed in parallel.
The total length of the 4 m dipole is 208 cm and the 6 m dipole is 280 cm.
Propagation de K7RA
Solar Cycle 25 sunspots persisted for the first two days (January 9-10) of this reporting week, January 9-15, with daily sunspot numbers of 14 and 11. That brought the weekly average daily sunspot number from 8.4 last week to 3.6. Average daily solar flux edged up from 71.8 to 72.5
Special certificate to celebrate 30 years of LUSAT
AMSAT-LU will be issuing a special certificate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of LUSAT (LO-19) during LUSAT week which takes place January 18-26, 2020
RAC President attends ARRL Board Meeting
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XN, attended the annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Windsor, Connecticut, January 17-18
VK6WIA NewsWest
NewsWest this week is the New Amateurs Edition, where we congratulate and acknowledge those with new or upgraded callsigns or licenses, and where we share information useful for new Hams, including New Hams the series where I take a look at learning opportunities
Ofcom Consultation: Improving spectrum access for Wi-Fi
Ofcom wishes to boost the use of Wi-Fi in Amateur Radio spectrum at 5725-5850 MHz
Ham radio Winter Field Day
Members of the Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the National Amateur Radio Winter Field Day Exercise, January 25 and 26, 2020
ARISS educational radio contact with school in Toronto, Canada
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The lessons we teach - When you become a member of the amateur radio community you become part of a small group of humans who know and understand certain aspects of life. That's not to say that others don't share this or that the knowledge is unique or special, but radio amateurs are required to know this before they receive their license
160/80m Coaxial Receiving Loop Antennas
Receiving loop antenna for top band. This antenna allow to reduce noise on both bands. The stand alone 80m loop is approximately four feet in diameter. And made of light weight material. Which makes it ideal for portable use or you can mount it above a pre-existing vhf antenna, and due to it's small size it is quite rotatable.
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