ARRL Foundation Grants $270,000 to Amateur Radio Clubs
The new ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program, funded by a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), has awarded $270,000 to radio clubs that participated in the first round of applications.
The Club Grant Program, introduced earlier this year, includes $500,000 to be awarded to radio clubs with projects that will have the most impact on amateur radio, the community, and the ...
ARRL Mourns Loss of Caroline Kenney, QST Assistant Editor
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® mourns the passing of our colleague and friend Caroline Kenney. Kenney died August 18, 2022, after battling cystic fibrosis. She was 28 years old.
Kenney was Assistant Editor for QST, ARRL’s monthly membership journal. “Over the past 6 years, Caroline has been a committed professional member of our editorial team,” said CEO David Minster, NA2AA, ...
Ham Secretary
Software/QSL
The program serves to assist in a ham-radio activities secretarial with his hobby , such as Printing QSL cards or print labels directly from the program , printing envelopes and mailing envelopes for the feedback you send direct QSL cards, download address for sending cards direct from QRZ.COM or for any station. Checking whether for the QSO and his country is present QSL bureau.
Goonhilly - the station supporting Nasa's Artemis moon mission from Cornwall
Naturally, mission control in Houston and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are the places most closely associated with Nasa’s Artemis 1 moon adventure but a lesser-known spot on a remote heath in the far south-west of Britain is also playing a crucial part
Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo
Held in Hobart at the University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus in a spacious and contemporary venue The Sir Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre
Morse code detected an old B52's music gig
I was listening on Youtube to an ancient recording and could clearly hear NAWS DE CFH
Florida residents get ham radio training
Broadcaster WCJB reports North Central Florida residents have taken amateur radio training in case of a major disaster
Repurposing LEDs from commercial strips
Technical Reference/Homebrew
How to reuse high intensity surface mount LEDs as on-board indicators in your homebrew projects
Kosova
Mike, KN4PRE, is now active as Z6/KN4PRE
Introducing FISSURE: A Toolbox for the RF Hacker
No matter what the job at hand is, if you're going to tackle it, you're going to need the right kit of tools
GB0DOD Special Event Station - 17th September
Paisley Amateur Radio Club will be operating the special event station GB0DOD
NASA to provide update on Artemis I Moon Mission status
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 30, to discuss the flight test of the agency’s mega Moon rocket and uncrewed Orion spacecraft
QSO Today Bill Jordan AE4S
Bill Jordan’s, AE4S, love of electronics and radio paralleled his professional career as college professor
40-80 Coax Trap Dipole
Antennas/40M/40 meter Dipole Antennas
Full article on how to build a home-made wire dipole antenna for 40 and 80 meters band.
Article is fully in italian, as it was published on ARI RadioRivista, but is plenty of self explaining pictures that will guide you on homebrewing this trapped dipole antenna for the lower amateur radio bands.
Dramatic aging of Swiss radio amateurs
USKA report at a recent Section Presidents conference only 25% expressed any concern about the undisputed dramatic aging of Switzerland's radio amateurs
ICQPodcast - FT8 as a Messaging Network?
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Frank (K4FMH), Chris (M0TCH) and Martin (M0SGL) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature FT8 as a Messaging Network
WRC23 preparatory activities are intensifying
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the WRC23 preparatory activities
Radio hams in Nuclear Power Plant Exercise
The ARRL reports the Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) just completed a dry-run exercise for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio
Brazil celebrates 200 years of independence
LABRE presents a new Award - WID (Worked Independence Day) - to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Brazil
Essex Tabletop Sale
The great Essex Table Top Sale, hosted by Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS), returns to Danbury Village Hall CM3 4NQ, on Tuesday 6 th September
N6QAB Hidden Transmitter Controllers
Operating Modes/Radio Direction Finding
When it is time for you to hide a Hidden Transmitter there are several ways to control the transmission timing and audio of the transmitter.The most basic of these is of course the manual method of hiding in the bushes with your trusty HT and talking on and off for several hours.
Yaesu FT-950 CAT Manual
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-950
The CAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) System in the FT-950 transceiver provides control of frequency, VFO, memory, and other settings such as dual-channel memo- ries and diversity reception using an external personal computer. This allows multiple control operations to be fully automated as single mouse clicks or keystroke op- erations on the computer keyboard.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2228
Coax Attenuation Chart, 9:1 Unun Impedance Transformer, An 80 m dipole antenna for restricted spaces, 144 MHz 2m dipole for SOTA, 2m Lightweight Portable Dipole, TNXLOG, Virgo - Meteorscatter app,
ARRL Audio News August 26, 2022
Races for Director and Vice Director Set in ARRL Southeastern Division
Members of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® in the Southeastern Division will choose among three candidates running for Director and four candidates for Vice Director. Those are the only contested races in this year's election cycle for Director and Vice Director.
ARRL is governed by its Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL Divisions each year, for term...
Masonic Lodges on the Air Event to Take Place on September 24
Masonic Lodges on the Air (MLotA), an amateur radio special event, will be on the air Saturday, September 24, 2022, from locations across the county. The event is open to all amateur radio operators, and the idea for the event grew out of the realization that many Freemasons also have a love for amateur radio. The Fulton County Amateur Radio Club (FCARC) and the Fulton Lodge #248 in Ohio first h...
Nuclear Power Plant Exercise Includes Amateur Radio Emergency Service
The Ohio Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) just completed a dry-run exercise for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio. ARRL Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, said the drill was practice for the federally judged exercise scheduled for September.
The Ohio Emergency Operations Center (EOC) amateur station, W8SGT, was utilized and on the air to communicate ...
On Line Ham Radio Class
Ham Radio Class On-Line. A complete On-Line Course for the Technician, General or Extra Class amateur radio license.
Wire Beam Antenna Types
Antennas/Wire
In this article the author feature the various types of beam antenna that can ben builw using wires, like moxon, spieder and hex beam, delta loops, bird yagi
More UHF Cheap Yagi Antennas
Antennas/Yagi
A collection of 450 MHz Cheap Yagis that have proven great portable operations, back-packing and transmitter hunts, and are something inexpensive you can throw up in the attic for that weak repeater
Malaysian special callsign
Members of the Taiping Amateur Radio Club, and coordinated by the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS), will be active with special callsign 9M65MA from Jalan Istana, Taiping, Malaysia, between August 30th and September 1st
Class prepares people for ham radio exam
The Humboldt Amateur Radio Club is offering a class to prepare students for the Amateur Radio Technician Class license examination
Back Together - ARRL Annual Report
ARRL 2021 annual report notes that membership has been relatively flat for some 40 years now while the number of licensed amateurs has shown steady growth
When all else fails, ham radio doesn't
Inside Hamilton reports on the amateur radio club that connects Burlington to the world and beyond
AMSAT-EA satellites to launch in September
Felix EA4GQS reports Spain's latest amateur radio satellites to launch will be GENESIS-G and GENESIS-J on September 11
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