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Germany: DARC meets with BNetzA DARC reports on a meeting with representatives of the Federal Network Agency BNetzA which discussed the future of amateur radio exam questions and regulation of automatic stations such as HAMNET American Legion post forms ham radio club The American Legion reports their Tennessee post has formed an amateur radio club Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Virginia The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group (LARG) of Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, was founded in July 1993. LARG is a family oriented club with a wide variety of activities and interests. Some of these activities include public service, emergency communications support, high altitude balloon radio, camera and video flights, fox hunts, contesting and radio sport DX-ing Chinese booster rocket tumbles back to Earth: 'Non-zero' chance of hitting populated area http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/july/chinese-booster-rocket-tumbles-back-to-earth.htm 40 Segment LED S-Meter Technical Reference/Homebrew Provide your radio with a very string signal, then adjust the HIGH LEVEL pot to the threshold of illuminating the last LED (all LEDs on). Absolute Radio Pirates Absolute Radio Pirates will celebrate the music and personalities of the pirate radio stations of the 60s with a one day take over from Absolute Radio 60s on the 12 August from 10am-4pm TM59LH - ILLW 2022 The 'Radio Club F8KGS' will be participating for the very first time in the ILLW - International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2022 from Dunkirk, France Cosmic rays are decreasing Cosmic rays from deep space, which penetrate Earth's atmosphere, are subsiding NRAO to launch new Amateur Radio learning program for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ students with support from ARDC Following a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) will soon launch a two-year project to engage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ students in learning about the electromagnetic spectrum and the excitement of amateur— also called ham— radio Lunar reflection reception tests at 47 GHz Portugal's national amateur radio society REP reports on the recent 47 GHz moonbounce (EME) test by Miguel Pelicano CT1BYM Russia to pull out of International Space Station BBC News report that Russia says it will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and build its own station instead Setting Up Your HF Station Operating Aids/Beginner's Guides From buying an amateur radio transceiver, choosing the correct power supply, selecting the antenna and its feed line, to choosing the best microphone and accessories. A nice presentation for beginners. 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