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New radio hams in Eire IRTS News reports 12 people passed the amateur radio exam held on July 9 at the Maldron Hotel, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin Saarland radio amateurs contacted astronaut on the ISS Germany's DARC reports NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS has made many radio amateurs happy in recent weeks when he operated directly from the space station via the ISS repeater and gave some amateurs a QSO with NA1SS ARISS contact scheduled with summer camp students Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at various Challenger Learning Centers located in six different states in the U.S. Direct-To-Full Exam - Your questions answered Essex Ham have released a video that answers some common questions about the new Direct-To-Full amateur radio exam Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club leads participation in 40th anniversary special event station w21 To commemorate its 40th anniversary, The Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club (FLARC) will take the lead in hosting the special event station W2I celebrating The Intrepid Sea, and Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, from 0000-2359 EDT (0400 August 2nd- 0359 August 3rd UTC) at various locations within the immediate New York City area Loop magnetic antenna for 80-160 meters band Antennas/Magnetic Loop Jeri Ellsworthhas started a video series devoted to building a magnetic loop antenna for the 160- and 80-meter bands. The first video, included after the break, is an overview of the rationale behind a magnetic loop Moebius style 80/40 m band antenna Antennas/Loop A loop antenna for 80 and 40 meters band, the main loop is based by a crossed line using aluminium strip lines. The main loop diameter is 150 cm. Western Washington DX Club in Palau Members of the Western Washington DX Club [WWDXC] (W7DX) will be active as T88WAA from Koror, Republic of Palau, approximately between November 2-14th Traffic messages in APRS map service Norway's NRRL reports the Norwegian Public Roads Administration information on road closures, roadworks and accidents is being made available through the NRRL's amateur radio APRS map service National ARRL program for school teachers Crescent-News (Defiance, Ohio) reports a local teacher was selected to attend the Amateur Radio Relay League HQ to participate in the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) URESAT-1 Update The CubeSat URESAT-1 is a project of Spain's national amateur radio society URE and a blog about the satellite is available giving technical and status information Yaesu FT 857 Filters Repair Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-857 Replacing two ceramin filters of a Yaesu FT-857 by desoldering and soldering new ones. Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2223 Interactive Worldwide Map of Amateur Radio and more, The Vertical Buddi Beam for 20m, DigiLink, KiWi WebSDR Maps, The K4ICY Minty Keyer, Magnetic Loop Controller for 4 Antennas, Code Practice Oscillator, VHF UHF Low noise Amplifiers , ZS1II VE2EK Amateur Radio Blog, IU1FIG Italian Amateur Radio Station, CME impact sparks auroras and STEVE As predicted, a CME hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of July 23rd. The impact sparked a display of photographic auroras over North America that reached as far south as Virginia New Direct-to-Full Exam feedback Comments on the Essex Ham Direct-to-Full Exam page suggest the new exam starting in January 2023 is welcomed by many ARRL recognises radio amateur ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio has recognized Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde, N1UL, as the 2022 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the IEEE, Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award Al Eros, VE4ZB – RAC Scholarship Coordinator Through the RAC Foundation, Radio Amateurs of Canada provides grants and scholarships to worthy community programs and to young Canadian Amateurs who are studying at the post-secondary level Satan turns hard drive cable into antenna to defeat air-gapped security It seems like [Mordechai Guri]’s lab at Ben-Gurion University is the place where air-gapped computers go to die, or at least to give up their secrets AM30FEDIEA+: 30 years of FEDI-EA Federación Digital EA (FEDI-EA) celebrates thirty years since its founding (1992-2022) this July, specifically on the 25th 144/430 MHz bands to be used for PMR during 2024 Olympics France's National Frequency Agency ANFR has announced the amateur radio 144 and 430 MHz bands will be used for PMR voice comms, 1240 MHz for PMSE and 2.3 GHz for video links during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games QSO Today Dave Mackey, K1KA Dave Mackey, K1KA, like many amateurs of his generation, was influenced by broadcast radio, broadcast hosts like Jean Shephard, and the magic of radio in the late 50’s and 60’s ARRL Audio News July 22, 2022 W0CY Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club Salina, Kansas USA K8NDS Magnetic Loops Antennas/Magnetic Loop Fractional Wave Loops antennas are a sort of magnetic loop antennas that differs in several aspects from the standard ones. Author is now SK however in his page he posted several examples and interesting links Instagram, TikTok and YouTube teenagers’ top three news sources Teenagers in the UK are turning away from traditional news channels and are instead looking to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to keep up to date, Ofcom has found QST now offering a column for radio clubs ARRL invites you to be part of 'Club Station,' the newest column in QST. This column is a space for radio clubs to share the different ways in which they're successful to help other clubs grow The Sandton ARC Power Hour Tech Talk This talk is perfect for all Amateurs or Elmers who want to learn more about logging and the modern logging tools or share their knowledge and experience Solar Tsunami and CME The CME's arrival today could spark minor to moderate geomagnetic storms with auroras at high latitudes Amateur radio operators are vital unsung heroes Amateur radio operators have a long and storied history across the globe and are often referred to as 'ham' radio operators Multi-Band 4 Foot Magnetic Loop with Gamma Match Antennas/Magnetic Loop This antenna works on 17, 20, and 30 meters, with the best bandwidth on 20 meters. The bandwidth on 17 and 30 is quite small but usable. There is a 20 KHz bandwidth on 20 meters. HARA donates radio history Old pieces of radio history that had a home in Highland County for several years now rest in a West Virginia museum due to the efforts of the Highland Amateur Radio Association (HARA) Brazil: Proposed regulatory changes mandate LOTW LABRE, Brazil's national amateur radio society, report ANATEL's proposed regulatory changes mandate the use of ARRL's Logbook of the World in order to upgrade ACMA disavows false endorsement of QRM Guru Story The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued an official statement, saying that '. . the ACMA has not endorsed a third-party interference management tool called QRM Guru. Any claims about the ACMA endorsing any third-party interference management tool are false.' Remote Morse Keyer Operating Modes/Remote Operations SW Keyer for remote operations. This is a simple tool based on the Morse Code Iambic and Semi-Automatic Keyer from the Morse-Code-Tools projects. You can use your key, bug or Iambic Paddle stright connected to your personal computer without a hardware morse keyer. Ham radio and the birth of radio astronomy Penticton Herald newspaper article on the birth of radio astronomy and the role played by radio amateur Grote Reber W9GFZ