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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of March 11, 2023

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Saturday, March 11, 2023

  • Ham College 98
    Ham College episode 98 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 36 E7F DSP filtering and other operations, software defined radio fundamentals, DSP modulation and demodulation. Download YouTube
  • A pleasant surprise….
    From time to time over the past week, I have seen 3B7M dxpedition spotted on the DX Heat Cluster and most of the time I either did not hear them or they were at or below the noise floor. I knew they were there as the pile-up was alive and w…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 277
    Hedy Lamarr and frequency hopping technology Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s as well as an inventor who holds the patent for frequency hopping, which is used in wireless communications today like WiFi. SparkFun FreeDV digital voice mode gets boost from ARDC FreeDV aims to bring open-source HF digital voice into the […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of March 4, 2023

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

  • FT8CN user manual translated to English
    Using Google translate, I uploaded the whole Chinese FT8CN V0.83 user manual PDF file. Except for the illustrations, it has managed to translate the whole file quite successfully to English.There is enough information for most to get an underst…
  • ICQ Podcast Episode 397 – 23cm Antenna Review
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Ed Durrant DD5LP and Chris Howard M0TCH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode’s featur…
  • LHS Episode #498: Dust in the Wind
    Hello and welcome to Episode #498 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss upcoming opportunities for students to contact the ISS, the Bouvet …
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 276
    Antenna hidden in holiday lights skirts HOA rules For this build, a long wire is hidden along with a strand of otherwise plain-looking lights. Hackaday Each Bouvet Island QSL cost $38 One of the biggest and most expensive expeditions in recent times was the 3Y0J activation on Bouvet Island. EI7GL We’re missing the STEM boat […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of February 25, 2023

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

  • FT8CN a new FREE android APP..
    There is a new FT8 APP for Android doing the rounds, called FT8CN from BG7YOZ (China). It is a free download and unrestricted in use. It is in the early stages of development, but is already up to version 0.86.Download the APK file from here:https://gi...
  • FT8CN 10m decodes
    Around 16:30z I switched to 10m, the band was wide open to the UK. Examples of FT8 decoded using FT8CN on my android tablet:
  • Gremlins in the Blog
    I had a few problems displaying the blog listing of previous blogs yesterday, after I had uploaded a new blog about the FT8CN app. I have found out what caused it and all should now display correctly on your phones, tablets and PC’s.73’s Steve
  • A weekend of radio.
    Not often is this seen on 10m VE9KK the world of CW blog would not be complete if I did not partake in the ARRL International CWDX contest. As always I skipped the opening session Friday evening mainly because my limit is 40m and due to the …
  • The Blog is back on quite a roll.
    Sorry I have been away the last twelve months or so, the Blog has had to take a rest from my typing fingers and Amateur Radio has been put well away on the back burner.I lost both my parents within five months of each other early last year and I still …
  • FT8CN and the QDX
    It is being reported on the QRP Labs forum, that some have got the little smart QDX digital transceiver communicating with the FT8CN app.The rig is noticed straight away by FT8CN using an OTG USB lead and a minimum of configuring. The …
  • Hunting For NDBs In CLE289
    YYH-290 Taloyoak, NU – courtesy ve3gop.comAnother month has zoomed by and it’s CLE time once again. This is a challenge for all newcomers to NDB listening and the ultimate test of your medium frequency receiving capabilities. Can you meet the chal…
  • Matoa ISina 5 Band HF
    We live in very exciting times for new Amateur products. You have only got to blink these days and a new rig appears on the horizon. It makes a change not to see the normal Chinese output, but this time what appears to be from Indonesia.Spec…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 275
    NASA needs Ham Radio help during eclipse It will be a fun, friendly event with a competitive element. NASA Is this the origin of the term “Ham” Radio? The timing (1895) and the context (railroad telegraphy) seem about right. SolderSmoke Daily News Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a treasure trove A grant […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of February 18, 2023

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Saturday, February 18, 2023

  • There are almost as many GMRS licenses as Techs…
    At a recent local hamfest, my ARRL Section Manager, Malcolm W5XX, held the annual ARRL Forum. As Division Director David Norris K5UZ was giving his update on the recent Board of Directors meeting. W5XX commented that a club in North Georgia had begun reaching out to licensees of the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS). Why? […]
  • ICQ Podcast Episode 396 – Thoughts from Canvey Island Rally
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the …
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 273
    Morse Code is back Ham Radio tunes in to a new generation. (possible paywall) The Times No really, Morse Code is back Spurred on by K-Pop bands who use it to leak hints about upcoming songs to fans. Daily Mail Need a resistor? Thank Otis Boykin Otis Boykin, an engineer and inventor who holds numerous […]
  • PACC contest
    I have read on a few blogs from the Netherlands about a contest called PACC it has been around since 1955 and is a mixed contest of CW and SSB. So there is a mode available that most hams would feel comfortable with. It is always on the 2nd …
  • Major contest action this weekend!
    This coming weekend is the annual ARRL CW DX international contest. This contest covers the whole weekend and is very well attended by some very nice DX and rare DX as well. Last year during this contest I was using my EndFed antenna and this yea…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 274
    U.S. Airforce may have shot down an Amateur Radio Balloon over Canada There is speculation that at least one of these three objects may have been an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon. RTL-SDR.com Hobby club’s missing balloon feared shot down by USAF The circumstantial evidence is at least intriguing. The club’s silver-coated, party-style, Pico Balloon reported […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of February 11, 2023

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  • ICQ Podcast Episode 395 – Workshop Experiments
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode’s feature is Workshop Experi…
  • Well this was a first for me!
    Most any Ham you talk to have heard or taken part in Field day that takes place each year in the summer. Over the years I have read blog posts regarding Winter Field Day but had not paid too much attention to it. I am not one to spend time outdoo…
  • VE9KK the world of CW 2023-02-02 20:02:00
    January is now in the rearview mirror and weather wise there was a mix of very warm weather (for January) of plus 12C, days with freezing rain and the occasional snowstorm of 37cm. I had a good month for radio, I was involved in some contes…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 272
    Propagation prediction for 3Y0J on Bouvet Island Regardless of what band you’re on, look for sunrise and sunset times for Bouvet and your own location. EI7GL Device transmits radio waves with almost no power A new ultra-low-power method of communication at first glance seems to violate the laws of physics. The Conversation Michigan: The first […]
  • Ham College 97
    Ham College episode 97 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 35 E7E Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase and balanced modulators, detectors, mixer stages. Download YouTube
  • Avoid the Loopy-ness of HF Loops
    In reworking a wire antenna around the edge of my shingled roofline that was installed 10 years ago as a (mostly) horizontal HF loop, I discovered a couple of things. After applying them successfully and preparing a draft of the principles, procedures and results, Don G3XTT decided to publish my work in the March issue […]
  • LHS Episode #495: Liar, Liar
    Hello and welcome to the 495th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss ChatGPT, ARDC grants and programs, impropriety at the ARRL, …

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of January 28, 2023

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Saturday, January 28, 2023

  • The cost of free shipping from China
    How China ships your gadgets to you for next to nothing in postal charges, and the harm it does to our own postal services and economies. Like he mentions in the video, you cannot send it back for next to nothing if you have a problem….
  • What say you?
    Here at VE9KK’s household, my XYL has returned to part-time work from home and involves a computer and the internet to communicate regarding work. Last week while she was working and I was on the radio she told me her LAN connection kept dropping…
  • Winter Field Day 2023 (Jan 28, 29 UTC)
    Join the Winter Field Day! You do NOT have to operate from a cold location; home operation is an allowed category. Winter Field Day is a communications exercise. WFD is held on the last full weekend in January. WFD can be worked from the comfort of your home or in a remote location. You can […]
  • Hunting For NDBs In CLE288
    YNE – 207 Norway House, MB (tnx ve3gop.com)Yes! It’s CLE time once again. This is a challenge for all newcomers to NDB listening and the ultimate test of your medium frequency receiving capabilities. Can you meet the challenge?’CLE’s are ‘Co-ordin…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 271
    Director Ria Jairam recused by ARRL, and it seems political to me Ria discussed the issue with me, and this is my understanding. Bruce Perens Innovation on Morse Code for US Military In 1991 this system revolutionized the training of Morse code copying skills for both students and instructors. SOFREP The Meteor M2 LRPT weather […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of January 14, 2023

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

  • Bonehead move on my part
    With SPLIT on and not just DUALThis afternoon I spent some time on the radio and I noticed on the DX Heat Cluster the DXpedition TK8N was being spotted in the CW portion of 15m. So over I went and there was a large pileup I thought it would be in…
  • Topband’s Poor Winter Performance
    A recent discussion on the Topband mailing list regarding the exceptionally poor propagation this fall and winter, especially on the polar path, brought forth some interesting opinions as to the reason. The rapid growth of solar Cycle 25 and its seemin…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 270
    Topband’s poor winter performance The rapid growth of solar Cycle 25 and its seemingly continuous flaring was the prime culprit. VE7SL Looking to ditch Twitter? Morse Code is back Reviving a 200-year-old system, enthusiasts are putting the digit back in digital communication. Smithsonian Magazine How to install Winter Field Day logging software for Raspberry Pi […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of January 7, 2023

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

  • Ham College 96
    Ham College episode 96 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 34 E7D Power supplies and voltage regulators, Solar array charge controllers. Download YouTube
  • ICQ Podcast Episode 393 – Radio Tips to Start 2023
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode’s f…
  • Day one of 2023!!
    Well, it’s day one of 2023 and I am relaxing with my mid-morning coffee. I say mid-morning as for us retired folks who usually hit the sack around 10 pm venturing into midnight is a once-a-year endeavour. So a bit of sleeping in was in orde…
  • CQ Magazine Article on Sherwood Tools
    In the January 2023 issue of CQ Magazine, there is an article I wrote introducing my Sherwood Tools page over at FoxMikeHotel.com. Didn’t make the cover but it is on page 50! It will introduce the reader to these new tools to further utilize Rob Sherwood NC0B’s test suite of bench measurements on over 50 […]
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 269
    It’s finally dead! Yaesu FT-818 discontinued Yaesu says parts availability is the reason for discontinuing the radio. OH8STN U.S. begins installing ‘Mighty’ over-the-horizon radar The sensor station, known as the Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar, or TACMOR, will be set up on the highly strategic island of Palau. The EurAsian Times More Amateur Radio Astronauts head […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of December 31, 2022

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  • Closing out 2022
    A great way to close out 2022 I can’t say this year just flew by it was more like a consistent movement in the right direction. Once again for another year, we managed to avoid getting COVID. We are all up to date with our COVID booster sho…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 268
    As is tradition, the last issue of the year takes a look back at the most popular links from the past 12 months. 2022 was an abbreviated year (ARW spun back up in April), but plenty of great articles were published in the past 9 months. So without further delay, here are the top links […]

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