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Saturday, March 16, 2024

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 322
  Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key Heil was known as a mentor who enjoyed helping others find success in Ham Radio. ARRL America’s last Morse-Code station The Radio Squirrels keep the tradition alive. The Atlantic EchoLink Web An edition of EchoLink that runs entirely within a Web browser. EchoLink At peace with Amateur Radio over Internet […]

• LHS Episode #535: Saturday in the Park
  Hello and welcome to the 535th installment of LInux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts cover changes to the Parks on the Air (POTA) program, …

• ICQ Podcast Episode 425 – Getting Ready For Successful Portable Operation
  In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), 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 the episode’s feature is Getting…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 323
  2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active The theme encourages Radio Amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25. ARRL Installing VARA on Debian 12 Linux I thought it best to document it here, and maybe help another poor lost soul. The Modern Ham QLog A cross-platform logging app with rig […]

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

• Ham College 110
  Ham College episode 110 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 48 E9F Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines, coax versus open-wire, velocity factor, electrical length, coaxial cable dielectr…

• It’s antenna farm time.
  Before I purchased my Hustler 4BTV vertical antenna I was using a 45 foot End-fed antenna. I have kept the End-fed antenna coiled up and ready to go along with the coax still attached. The Hustler vertical only gives me 40, 20, 15 and 10m which is grea…

• Initial Get S.M.A.R.T. @ the Library a Success
  Our first Get S.M.A.R.T. @ the Library event last Saturday (March 2, 2024) was a success. The Jackson ARC is holding quarterly Get S.M.A.R.T. events at the Madison (MS) Branch over 2024. Held at the Madison (MS) Branch of the Madison County Library System, we had 13 participants. Four declared that they were committed to getting […]

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 322
  Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key Heil was known as a mentor who enjoyed helping others find success in Ham Radio. ARRL America’s last Morse-Code station The Radio Squirrels keep the tradition alive. The Atlantic EchoLink Web An edition of EchoLink that runs entirely within a Web browser. EchoLink At peace with Amateur Radio over Internet […]

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Saturday, March 2, 2024

• CHOTA 2024 is Announced…
  Churches and Chapels on the Air (CHOTA) 2024 will be held on Saturday, 14th September, 2024. John G3XYF, organizer of CHOTA in the UK, has announced the date for this year. For a roster in an Excel spreadsheet of the churches in the UK and US that were registered in 2023, go to this link. […]

• ICQ Podcast Episode 424 – Your Ham Questions / Our Amateur Radio Answers
  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 the episode’s fea…

• LHS Episode #534: CQRlog Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 534th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take a deep dive into a topic that has come up several …

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 321
  Inclusivity in Amateur Radio ARRL CEO David Minster responds to open letter from 45 Hams. W0RMT 2024 Amateur Radio Booklet A summary of all the needed data when you are operating. The booklet covers all the IARU regions. NoelM RSGB updates list of HF beacons [PDF] Worldwide list of HF beacons updated January 2024. RSGB […]

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Saturday, February 24, 2024

• Life as a Slacker DXer
  Those of you who follow my blog know that my primary ham radio passion is operating above 50 MHz. But I also enjoy getting on the HF bands for POTA and chasing DX. I’ve also done a few holiday-style DXpeditions: V29RW and ZF2NR. Compared to my friends that are serious about DXing, I consider myself a Slacker DXer™. The Sun Continue reading Life as a Slacker DXer→

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• ARRL International DX CW contest.
  Overall the weekend had great solar conditions and huge participation worldwide. At times it was very hard to find a clear section of the band to call "CQ Contest". Some may find that frustrating but in the big picture that is a very good thing. …

• Operating Patterns Among Canadian Amateurs Report is Completed
  It’s taken me months longer than I anticipated but my full analysis of the national survey that the Radio Amateurs of Canada fielded in 2021 is now in completed form. RAC President Phil McBride VA3QR and Regulatory Affairs Officer Dave Goodwin VE3KG are reading it now. Dave Goodwin had asked me to drop everything and […]

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 320
  Announced DX operations NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page. NG3K Differences and benefits of popular Ham Radio logging apps Comparing Ham Radio Deluxe, N1MM Logger+, Log4OM, and QRZ Logbook. N1JUR The Amateur Radio operator who reconnected communities As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the East Coast early last year, he too got swept up in the disaster. […]

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

• Taking my moms advice…….
  Once moved out from home and on my own, I always remembered what my mom told me regarding credit cards. She said it was always good to have one as a just in case emergency BUT put it in a zip lock bag, fill it with water and put it in the freezer…

• Building Alfred P. Morgan’s “A More Selective Crystal Receiver”
  As I’ve been seeing a lot of new membership requests on my Facebook Crystal Radio DX group indicating that they wish to build a crystal receiver, I’ve been examining some simple inexpensive circuits that should work well for local reception and p…

• LHS Episode #532: Hams in Space
  Hello and welcome to Episode #532 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss contacting the moon via amateur radio, the demise of AO-92, …

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 319
  US Senators introduce Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act Legislation would prohibit HOA rules that prevent or ban Amateur Radio antennas. Senator Roger Wicker Skeptics question disappearance of Alabama radio tower Commenters speculated that WJLX had failed to maintain its AM site over time. RadioWorld A venture into the world of Meshtastic An Open Source, off-grid, […]

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

• LHS Episode #531: Tailscale Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 531st installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss an easy-to-use, secure and open source personal (or enterprise) VPN solution …

• Magic Band Revealed
  Jim Wilson K5ND recently completed the third edition of the book Magic Band Revealed. Of course, I had to read it and I surely did enjoy this book. Jim hits all of the different operating and propagation modes that hams use on 50 MHz: sporadic-e, F2, TEP, meteor scatter, ionoscatter, etc. Continue reading Magic Band Revealed→

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• Computer issue solved.
  Last week I clicked on a desktop shortcut to open one of my radio programs and the arrow kept spinning and then disappeared and no program opened. I tried some other desktop shortcuts and some worked and some did not. Below is the road…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 318
  The first Amateur Radio station on the Moon is now transmitting The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI, secured Amateur Radio license JS1YMG for LEV-1, which has been transmitting Morse code on 437.41 MHz. ARRL Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower “We’re down here and the tower’s gone.” AL.com AMSAT CubeSatSim beta release […]

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Saturday, February 3, 2024

• ICQ Podcast Episode 422 – GB0ROC Bunkers on the Air Station
  In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT and Edmund Spicer M0MNG to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and the episode’s feature is GB0ROC Bunk…

• A Living Language? Or Eu tu, Brute?
  One of the most popular phrases from the dead language of Latin is Et tu, Brute? It is a Latin phrase literally meaning “and you, Brutus?” or “also you, Brutus?”, often translated as “You as well, Brutus?”, “You too, Brutus?”, or “Even you, Brutus?”. I’m sure we’ve all used the phrase at one time or […]

• Winter field day….burrrrr well not for me.
  Well, last weekend I completed my 2nd field day "event" Some don’t consider it a contest. I had a blast and can’t understand why I have not taken part in this event in the past. This field day was the winter field day, now I am NOT a snow bunny a…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 317
  Neighborhood Watch utilizes GMRS Sponsored by the Sand Canyon Volunteer Council and Tehachapi Valley CERT team in conjunction with the Tehachapi Amateur Radio Association. Tehachapi News DLARC preserves Ham Radio & More radio show Ham Radio & More was a radio show about Amateur Radio that was broadcast from 1991 through 1997. More than 300 […]

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

• AmateurLogic 189: Headset Hacks
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 189 is now available for download. George hacks a gamer headset for radio use. Emile has video from Swamps On The Air. Mike begins his BitX 40 build. Download YouTube

• Get S.M.A.R.T. @ the Library
  Agent 86 in the 1965 NBC Television comedy, Get Smart, was a raging success during the years it was on network television. The phrase, Get Smart, became a water cooler slogan in the United States. While it was a comedy of errors on the part of the “smart” agents, the phrase has continued on for […]

• Get S.M.A.R.T. @ the Library
  Agent 86 in the 1965 NBC Television comedy, Get Smart, was a raging success during the years it was on network television. The phrase, Get Smart, became a water cooler slogan in the United States. While it was a comedy of errors on the part of the “smart” agents, the phrase has continued on for […]

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 316
  Static on the airwaves Understanding the drop in U.S. Amateur Radio operators. KD0TLS Ghostbusters fans warned of safety and legal risks with the use of Baofeng Baofeng appears as prop along side proton pack in upcoming film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Ghostbusters News Setting up your Ham Shack Hotline Are you ready to take your Ham […]

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Saturday, January 20, 2024

• ICQ Podcast Episode 421 – New Year Ham Radio Hints and Tips
  In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) Ed Durrant DD5LP and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) …

• An Easy HF Antenna
  When radio amateurs get ready to put an HF station on the air, they often have questions about what antenna to use. The good news is that there are many options to choose from. The bad news is that there are too many options to choose from. It can be overwhelming. This post describes an antenna I just installed that Continue reading An Easy HF Antenna→

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• Thank goodness it’s Monday….
  When I was working Mondays were not often looked forward to unless it was a long weekend and Monday was a holiday. Now being retired Mondays have a new meaning and one of the things I look forward to is the ICWC medium speed (MST) CW 1-hour conte…

• LHS Episode #529: Deep Freeze
  Hello and welcome to Episode 529 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the removal of HF symbol rate limits for amateur radio …

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

• Ham College 108
  Ham College episode 108 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 46 E9D Yagi antennas, parabolic reflectors, circular polarization, loading coils, top loading, feed point impedance of electrically short antennas, antenna …

• Reverse Beacon Network strange event
  During the 2023 Canada Winter contest I had an odd thing happen twice with the Reverse Beacon Network website. But before I go into that let’s talk about what I use the Reverse Beacon Network for in contests. This site has a huge amount of stations th…

• LHS Episode #528: JTDX Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 528th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack, the first for the year 2024. In this episode, the hosts take a deep dive into the …

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 315
  ARRL responds to FCC proposals ARRL concluded that the FCC should also remove the bandwidth limits that apply uniquely to the data modes on the subject bands. ARRL In praise of old meters There were two obviously burned resistors and a leaking battery—an easy repair to put this meter back into service. Hackaday SDU-X: Software […]

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