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ARRL Exam Review for Ham Radio Ham Radio/Exams/Exam Practice Online browser-based resource for your computer, tablet or other mobile device. Use this review and practice exam resource with the current editions of ARRL License Manuals. 80m Vertical Antennas/80M This is a FULL SIZE quarter-wavelength vertical made on a 18m Spiderbeam fiberglass telescoping Spiderpole Bridge works ahead SpaceX and NASA have delayed the launch of the next U.S. crew flight to the International Space Station to no earlier than Sept. 29, allowing time for ground teams to replace an interstage on the mission's new Falcon 9 booster after it was damaged during transport PREDICT Version 2.3.0 released John Magliacane, KD2BD announced the release of PREDICT Version 2.3.0 Croatian special event The YOTA Summer Camp 2022 is being held in the old town Karlovac, Croatia, inside the site of a bastion fort, with four rivers and many parks, between now and August 13th, 2022 NRAO program to educate emerging generation of scientists using amateur radio A new National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) program aims to educate emerging generations about the electromagnetic spectrum through an interactive, substantive experience with amateur radio WA7LAW The Snohomish County Hams Club WA7LAW.COM is a site to support the activities of the Snohomish County Hams Club and for the use by ALL amateur radio operators in and around Snohomish County, club members or not. Automated Voice announcements over RF Technical Reference/Audio Automated voice announcements project built to have an automated way to deliver club announcements via the repeater network. The SARL HF Phone Contest this afternoon The SARL HF Phone Contest will be on the air from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC this afternoon Apogee View The Amsat News Service say that this year’s Hamvention theme was Reunion, which was certainly evident among this year's attendees GB8PCA - Prostate Cancer Awareness In August GB8PCA will be on the air to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer and that early detection saves lives Amateur radio stations for emergency communications The Times of India reports the Tripura State Government will set up at least nine amateur radio stations for communications in a disaster ISRO launch AzaadiSAT satellite To mark India's 75th year of independence, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have launched an amateur radio satellite 'AzaadiSAT' developed by 750 young women from 75 schools across India QSO Today Richard Bateman, KD7BBC xxxx LARK Radio Club Lake Area Amature Radio Klub The Colony, Lewisville area Radio club. A Mobile Antenna Mount for T-Hunting Operating Modes/Radio Direction Finding A collection of pictures for a mobile antenna setup for T-hunting. Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2225 20 / 40 Meter Short Coil Loaded Dipole Antenna, Sherwood Tools - Rigs, Price and Satisfaction Studies, CW Trainer for Morserino 32, ESP32 CW Keyer, Iambic Master, VSWR Calculator, The Timing Keyer A radio relic The Astronomy magazine site carries a picture of the radio telescope built in 1937 by radio amateur Grote Reber W9GFZ WIA supporting Binar satellites This year the Board of the WIA agreed to support the upcoming mission 2 that will see satellites: Binar-2, Binar-3 and Binar-4 be deployed from the ISS in the same way as Binar-1 into LEO Radio seized for interfering with police transmissions In Texas, authorities cracked down after a hand-held radio caused emergency interference with police transmissions Young radio amateurs special event The Young Amateurs Radio Club (YARC) will host their first annual youth-organized special event from September 1-15, 2022 Radio amateur awarded six-figure NSF grant The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a grant of $399,211 to Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF, Ph.D., assistant professor physics and electrical engineering at The University of Scranton ARRL Audio News August 5, 2022 EA8BRW DX Blog Spanish DX News blog and dx info portal by EA8BRW Homebrew an OCF Off-Center Fed Dipole Antenna Antennas/OCF This type of antenna is a popular antenna design as the performance is very good across the HF bands and requires little or no tuning. It’s a dipole fed off center with a 4:1 balun at the offset feed point. The antenna shown covers 80, 40, 20 and 10 meters. The formula can also be used to adjust the overall length to cover more or fewer bands and the resulting overall length. 160-10m, 80-10m or 40-10 meters depending on your available space. Other bands will require a tuner. Poldhu ARC Open Day The Poldhu Amateur Radio Club is holding an Open Day on Saturday, the 6 August from 10am Eruption proved continuing importance of shortwave When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano exploded earlier this year, bringing down communications to and from Tonga, RNZ Pacific reverted to shortwave to reach the isolated island nation Free PDF G3XBM Project Scrapbook If you need inspiration for your next project you might find it in this free PDF Connacht Amateur Radio Newsletter The August edition of the free 25 page Connacht Radio News features articles on 3D-Printing for amateur radio and the Nano VNA Speakers and Presentations wanted We are adding presentations and speakers to our Expo website as they come in. So far they are great! We are still looking for additional speakers and presentations in all areas of amateur radio ISS astronaut's favourite ham radio contact NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS, who is on the International Space Station, describes his amateur radio contact with 8-year-old Isabella from Kent, UK, as his favourite so far Miniature CI-V for Icom Radios Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing With some fantasy the circuit can be easily assembled on a small scrap of pre-perf board,and then fitted in the DB9 serial connector shell. The interface requires two NPN transistors and few more passive components. ARRL Audio News July 29, 2022 The Pop-Up Vertical 2.0 Antennas/End-Fed Basically, this antenna is a 23-foot wire fed through a 4:1 un-un transformer. This antenna can be easily used in portable operation, for operating all bands from 40-10 meters. Johnnie Walker to join Boom Radio to celebrate the pirates Johnnie Walker is to host a show as part of a range of special programmes on Boom Radio on Sunday 14 August in celebration of the era of the offshore pirate stations