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Fox hunting event All you must bring along is your family, friends, food, drinks and utensils and oh yes, a handy talkie and antenna if you will participate in the rescue of Fred and Fiona, our two radio foxes who we understand from their last garbled cell phone contact have gotten themselves horribly lost in the park and need rescuing Kids are hams too The Xenia Daily Gazette reports ham radio has no boundaries as there are operators all over the world, there are also no age parameters just ask 10-year-old Riley Lorang Sherwood Tools - Rigs, Price and Satisfaction Studies Radio Equipment/Reviews and Comparisons A growing set of pages with tools and analyses of various elements of data elements based on Sherwood RX tests QTC ham radio magazine available as free PDF The May edition of the Radio Amateur Society of Australia magazine QTC is now available as a free PDF Bilsdale TV transmitter fire caused by water in electrics BBC News report that a fire which destroyed a TV and radio transmitter was caused by water getting into electrics at the site, an investigation has found ICQPodcast - on the cusp of a scientific revolution? In this episode, Martin Butler M1MRB is joined by Frank Howell K4FMH, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature On the Cusp of a Scientific Revolution? International CQ Pride contest CQ Pride, a contest celebrating diversity in amateur radio, is right around the corner The Sandton Tech Talk Thursday 26 May is time for the Sandton Tech Talk. If you are interested in what is really going on overhead, then do not miss this Talk Enabling the deployment of newer mobile technologies including 5G Ofcom is consulting on proposed changes to certain spectrum licences held by Vodafone and Telefónica, which would allow them to deploy new technologies, including 5G Florida broadcasts Ukraine war news on shortwave CBS News reports a farm in central Florida has become one of the largest shortwave radio operations in the world Ham Radio operators on the air for nationwide ARRL Field Day Event xxxx Top Band QSO Party The West Rand ARC would like to invite all radio amateurs to take part in the SARL Top Band QSO Party from 8 to 12 June Radio amateurs assist after hotel gas explosion Cuban radio amateurs assisted in the aftermath of the gas explosion on May 6 at the Saratoga Hotel, Havana Spy Numbers Recordings Shortwave Radio/Numbers stations From the sortwave radio audio archive, a collection of recordings of several spy numbers stations, russian, spanish, cuban audio recordings Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2217 Big Wheel Antenna for VHF , Making Sense of Solar Indices, Six meter Hentenna, SDRangel, The SPC Tuner, E-field Probe Antenna, WebSDR in Andorra Lenoir Amateur Radio Club to host Field Day The Lenoir Amateur Radio Club (LARC) is hosting a Field Day at Mulberry Recreation Center in Lenoir on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26. LARC's Field Day is part of an annual nationwide emergency communications event A happy family reunion at Helsinki airport May 16, 2022 The well-known DXpeditioner Alex, UT5UY has reunited with his family in Finland Faster internet speeds on offer to millions of UK households Gigabit broadband is available to 66% (19.3 million) of all UK homes – up from 37% a year ago – according to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring update, which has just been published Announcing: 2022 Inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio and Contesting Halls of Fame Dave Pascoe, KM3T, and Craig Thompson, K9CT, Inducted into CQ Contest Hall of Fame; seven new members added to CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Marconi exhibition in Chelmsford showcases early broadcasting history BBC News reports that an exhibition celebrating the inventor of radio and the world's first purpose-built radio factory opens next month Brush up on your Hamvention history WDTN Ohio reports the 2022 Dayton Hamvention, the world’s largest annual amateur radio gathering, is celebrating its 70th anniversary School ham radio club responds to IARU-R1's request SARL reports the youth-based Jeugland Amateur Radio Club have responded to the IARU Region 1 request for game-changing ideas which could lead to more licensed radio amateurs Burnham Beeches Radio Club Home site of the burnham beeches radio club Attenuator control Technical Reference/Attenuators An attenuator is needed for example, to generate defined levels starting from a reference level. With this attenuator control a measuring instrument can be calibrated. RSGB review of 2021 The RSGB has published a review of 2021 on its website and have released on YouTube a standalone version of the RSGB President’s AGM review Technology neutral licences for phone companies Ofcom and the RSGB developed the successful technology neutral amateur radio licence in 2006. Now Ofcom is proposing making mobile phone company licences technology neutral Hackaday: RIP John Birkett, Part vendor extraordinaire Jenny List G7CKF writes on Hackaday about John Birkett G8OPP who passed away on April 30 aged 93 RSGB Commonwealth Games activities The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham later this summer. It will see around 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories, compete in 19 sports across 14 competition venues Radio hams mill about at John O'Groats The John O'Groat Journal reports members of the Caithness Amateur Radio Society (CARS) took part in a contact event May 7-8 in the British mainland's most northerly mill at John O'Groats RSGB Jubilee activities It isn’t long now until the RSGB’s Platinum Jubilee activities kick off QSO Today Bruce Prior, N7RR Bruce Prior, N7RR, loves to operate SOTA in Washington State’s great outdoors where he has cataloged for SOTA all of the available mountain peaks in the state ARRL Audio News May 20, 2022 Arduino Morse Code Trainer Technical Reference/Arduino/Morse Code How to build a Simplified Arduino CW Trainer, this is a version that does not need a keyboard. Founders' Trophy award Chairman of the ARRL RF Safety Committee Gregory D. Lapin, N9GL, Ph.D., P.E., will receive an award at the 2022 Dayton Hamvention from the Radio Society of Great Britain Man over-board The NRRL News Bulletin details how a Norwegian radio amateur helped a sailor to be rescued