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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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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of December 24, 2022

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Saturday, December 24, 2022

  • ICQ Podcast Episode 392 – Choosing a Hand Held / Handie Talkie
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), 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 new…
  • 2022 RAC contest in the rearview mirror
    The Radio amateurs of Canada (RAC) winter contest has come and gone for 2022. This contest is both CW, AM, FM and SSB. As for me, it was the same old same old just CW. The propagation gods were smiling on this contest and conditions were great. I opera…
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 267
    Bill introduced to replace symbol rate limit with bandwidth limit Congresswoman Lesko introduced a bill to require the FCC to replace the current HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit. ARRL Geostationary Amateur satellite in the works? Zero Retries outlines the possibility of a QO-100 equivalent for the western hemisphere. N8GNJ […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of December 17, 2022

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  • ARRL 10m contest brings the band alive.
    Lots of action on the 10m CW portion during the ARRL 10m contest. During the morning today lots of EU stations to be had. As the afternoon started the EU faded and more U.S. and I am expecting later this afternoon South America possibly.
  • ARRL 10m contest is in the books
    The areas I worked in the contestAnother contest in the books and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the radio, software and antenna worked great for me. This is the first time for me to enter the ARRL 10 meter contest as in the past 10m was not open. I w…
  • LHS Episode #493: The Weekender C
    It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen …
  • RAC Survey 2022 now available
    Dave Goodwin, VE3KG, RAC Regulatory Affairs Officer at the Radio Amateurs of Canada, has just posted the results of the 2022 RAC Survey on their website. It was my honor to work with RAC to analyze the data and draft the technical report. The executive team at RAC is a delight to work with: they […]
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 266
    KrakenSDR locates a repeater jammer in 1 hour Using the KrakenSDR Radio Direction Finder, we were the jammer’s house in 60 minutes. RTL-SDR.com WTWW signs off permanently Some programming moves to WRMI. CQ Newsroom I used modern digital modes and I have mixed feelings I will be honest though, I am kind of stuck in […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly Newsletter – Week of December 10, 2022

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Saturday, December 10, 2022

  • Ham College 95
    Ham College episode 95 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 33. E7C Filters and matching networks: types of networks, types of filters, filter applications, filter characteristics, impedance matching, DSP filtering. D…
  • In spection of the Huster 4BTV antenna
    A loose spider arm not seated in bracket. We are expecting some high winds and lots of rain starting late afternoon and all evening and for this reason, I took my Hustler 4BTV antenna down. The maximum gusts are to be in around 70-80 km and the a…
  • ICQ Podcast Episode 391 – Kick Start Ham Radio for 2023
    In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT 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 Kick Start…
  • An afternoon of POTA
    We have been having rain a lot out this way and today it was overcast and showers were not forecast. I decided it was time to go out for a walk and get some fresh air. The temperature was plus 2C with a brisk wind. As I was getting back home it started…
  • LHS Episode #492: First Rule of Hack Club
    Hello and welcome to Episode #492 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss Youth on the Air Camp for 2023, ham radio in local …
  • Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 265
    BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade The BBC is preparing to shut down its traditional television and radio broadcasts as it becomes an online-only service. The Guardian Maverick-603: Affordable, Open Source FT8 receiver The Maverick-603 FT8 receiver is a rare project that bridges Amateur Radio and open source chip design. Crowd Supply The […]

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