ICQPodcast Episode 378 - Gateways On The Air 2022
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news
IRTS panel of newsreaders
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) are currently trying to coordinate the weekly Sunday morning 40m and 80m news bulletins and form a panel of newsreaders as to make sure that there is always someone available to read each bulletin and, most importantly, to spread the workload evenly among the newsreaders
Grant for Amateur Radio group
KWHI News reports the Lee County Amateur Radio Emergency Services have received a substantial grant to purchase radio equipment
Netherlands: 433 MHz Low Power Device users
The Netherlands regulator, Agentschap Telecom (AT), has issued a clarifications of the rules concerning license-exempt Lower Power Device LPD users and radio amateurs in 433.050-434.790 MHz
BBC Countryfile featuring amateur radio now online
The episode of the BBC TV show Countryfile featuring segments on Marconi and Amateur Radio Summits On The Air (SOTA) is now available on iPlayer
Murdered ham radio op vk3vzp update
The man accused of killing two campers who disappeared while on a trip in the Victorian high country is facing delays in his case, a court has been told
Sable Island DXpedition update
Here is the latest update on the 2022 Sable Island CY0S DXpedition
Platinum Jubilee ham radio station GB70U on TV
The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society got coverage on ITV and BBC for their special event station for the Platinum Jubilee, GB70U
Six Meter Beacons List
DX Resources/Beacons/6 meters beacons
World-Wide 50MHz Beacons database maintanied by G0LGS provide a fully sortable table available also in a google map format
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2219
A Simple High-Performance Vertical Antenna, Digital SWR and Power Meter , The Loop on Ground Antenna, The K4ICY Antenna Launcher, CW Morse Decoder for Arduino, TX5N Raivavae, Austral Islands, VK9NT Norfolk Island 2022
Ham Radio Emergency Communications Drill being held in South Jersey
The Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club will participate in the annual amateur radio Field Day on June 25 and 26 for the 63rd consecutive year from its club house grounds within the Gloucester County 4-H Fair Grounds in Mullica Hill
Samuel Morse gave the first public Telegraph demonstration 178 years ago
A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse's telegraph 178 years ago at B and O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
How to receive SSTV from the ISS
In this video Randy Hall K7AGE shows you how to receive Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures from the International Space Station, the next transmissions are expected on June 8-9
Annual Amateur Radio Survey 2022
The annual amateur radio survey run by Essex Ham took a break during the pandemic, but now it's back !
QSO Today - Tracy McKim, VE3TWM
Tracy McKim, VE3TWM, believes in the effectiveness of low power communications to communicate across town or around the World
ARRL Audio News June 3, 2022
Connecticut Radio Amateur Endows ARRL Affiliated Club Initiative
Dr. Ed Snyder, W1YSM, of Wallingford, Connecticut, who provided funding for an endowment to support the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative in 2017, has generously donated additional funding to expand the endowment to include ARRL Affiliated Clubs. The endowment, formerly known as the W1YSM Snyder Family Collegiate Amateur Radio Endowment Fund, has been renamed and will now be known as the...
ARRL Seeking Administrative Coordinator for Club Grant Program
ARRL is seeking an Administrative Coordinator for the new ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program. The independent contractor will coordinate, administer, manage, and organize club grant applications at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut.
The Club Grant Program seeks to fund transformative projects that enable growth for amateur radio operators, on the air projects, ham radio training and me...
2022 Youth on the Air (YOTA) Camp is June 12 - 17
The 2022 Youth on the Air (YOTA) Camp will be on the air and streaming online. The campers will be operating special event station W8Y from the National Voice of America (VOA) Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester Township, Ohio, as well as from their hotel. Activation of W8Y will begin on the evening of Sunday, June 12, and conclude at 1 PM EDT on Friday, June 17. Campers will operate the sta...
Log Periodic Dipole Array Calculator
Antennas/Antenna Calculators
Description and online calculator for Log Periodic Dipole Arrays LPDA are directional antennas featuring a relatively constant characteristics across a wide frequency range.
ARISS contact is scheduled with the Matinecock District Boy Scouts, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the Matinecock District Boy Scouts in Centerport, New York
Essex radio amateur in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Essex-based radio ham Tim Neobard M7TMN has received a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
How to comply with FCC RF exposure rules
How to comply with FCC RF Exposure Rules Forum featuring Ed Hare, W1RFI at 2022 Dayton Hamvention
GB70U: From Guernsey to space - and back again
Platinum Jubilee special event station GB70U is active on the amateur radio QO-100 geostationary satellite transponders
Sasquatch Amateur Radio System (SARS)
Serving Southern California Since 1980
YLOTA
A blog dedicated to YL
Corned Fed Delta Loop
Antennas/Delta loop
Author found a ratio between the lengths of the sides of the Delta Loop that give reasonably low SWR into a 50 ohm coaxial cable almost independent of the high above ground and other surroundings. This ratio also gives good results no matter orientation. Includes an online delta loop antenna calculator.
Highland County club wins 'Academy Award' of amateur radio
The Highland Amateur Radio Association, a local organization of amateur radio operators called “hams,” was named the Club of the Year during the three-day annual Dayton Hamvention event at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center Saturday, May 21
Ham Radio Prep releases full course for the new US Amateur Radio Technician License exam
For those looking to get their entry-level US Amateur Radio Technician License, aka ham radio license, the exam questions are updating starting on July 1st, 2022. The new questions will be valid through 2026
Ham Radio Summer School
Ham Radio Summer School hosted by the Strangford High Frequency Enthusiasts Group will prepare you for the UK Full licence exam
Remote Monitoring Saves the Day!
New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management reports how remote monitoring can be used to track down a source of radio interference
ISS SSTV June 8-9 145.800 MHz FM
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images on 145.800 MHz FM probably using the SSTV mode PD-120
Wireless Institute of Australia represented at Dayton Hamvention 2022
On the 19th-22nd of May, new WIA Director Chris Dimitrejivic VK3FY and WIA Vice President Lee Moyle VK3GK attended Dayton Hamvention in Ohio USA representing the WIA
IC-7300 Bluetooth Support
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Icom IC-7300
It is possible to add a very small Bluetooth transmitter to the 3.5mm headphone jack and then use a pair of Bluetooth headphones around the shack. In this article Author provides some tips on choosing the proper Bluetooth interface.
New HEMA DL Region live
Following close behind the DL-HBW (Baden-Wuerttemberg) region, the DL/HBM (Bayern Mittlegebirge) region has now been added to the HEMA summit awards scheme in time to be available to those amateurs travelling to and from Ham Radio Friedrichshafen in three weeks time, for activation 'en-route'
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