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Saturday, May 7, 2022

• Ham College 88
  Ham College episode 88 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 26. E6C Digital ICs: Families of digital ICs, gates, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs). Download YouTube

• Some radio time this weekend.
  This past weekend was the running of the UK/EI DX CW contest and most of the time I have a great receive/transmit into the UK and so I was looking forward to this contest. I have seen sunspot numbers on the increase along with solar flux which is…

• LHS Episode #465: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 465th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts discuss the latest long-term-support release of Ubuntu, 22.04, otherwise known as Jammy …

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Saturday, April 30, 2022

• ICQ Podcast Episode 375 – The Fed Files
  In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Dan Romanchik KB6NU, 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 The Fed Files We w…

• Crystal Radio Listening Event
  Do you have a crystal radio, homebrew or otherwise? If so and you haven’t used it for awhile, here’s a great opportunity to try it out again!Facebook’s Crystal Radio DX Contest Group ran a DX contest back in January but participation was fairly limited…

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Saturday, April 23, 2022

• AmateurLogic 168: Type ‘N’, VarAC Chat, Bluetooth Photos
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 168 is now available for download. A new type Type ‘N’ connector installed. VarAC enhanced Chat client. Transferring photos over the air from a bluetooth phone. Download YouTube

• LHS Episode #463: Pop Goes the Badger
  Hello and welcome to the 463rd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss employment opportunities with the ARRL, an Erie ham radio operator …

• Hunting For NDBs In CLE279
  It’s CLE fun time once again.’CLE’s are ‘Co-ordinated Listening Events, and NDB DXers around the world focus their listening time on one small slice of the NDB spectrum. It’s back to an ‘almost normal’ activity but with…

• LHS Episode #464: The Weekender XC
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

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Saturday, April 16, 2022

• ICQ Podcast Episode 374 – Ham Radio Bootsale and Podcasters Quiz
  In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news …

• Solder On, Garth…
  While I would love to think that in Wayne’s World, this article would be “excellent,” that’s for you to decide! In this month’s Practical Wireless magazine, my article, “Need a Hand? Or Six?,” is on the cover. Like many hams, soldering work on the bench takes many forms. A lot of that involves setup time […]

• My birthday gift has arrived.
  A belated birthday gift arrived the other day, when the order was placed the item just went on back order so I had to wait. I ordered this item from Radio world here in Canada and I have to say that this company is first class. They are the DX En…

• Unexpected Surprise: What Are The Odds? ATNO DXCC
  I have a story for you. All of it is true, but I have not changed my name. Wow! I am always amazed at those moments in my amateur radio hobby when spontaneous joy is had by unexpected events. On Thursday, 14-April-2022, at about 17:30 Universal Time (UT), the unexpected occurred, and it started by […]

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Saturday, April 9, 2022

• Ham College 87
  Ham College episode 87 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 25. E6B Diodes Download YouTube

• 2022 Q1 update
  It’s hard to believe that we are 3 months into 2022, winter should soon be on its way out and the warm summer breezes will soon be greeting us. I ended 2021 with a year in review posthttps://ve3wdm.blogspot.com/2021/12/looking-back-and-looki...

• LHS Episode #462: Hamfest and LHS Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to Episode #462 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts take on two topics. The first is the art and science of the …

• 3-D Sherwood!
  Due to questions I’ve received during club talks to visualize all three dimensions of price, performance and satisfaction in HF rigs, I’ve assembled a 3D data cube (scatter plot) with these three measures together. This includes the composite Sherwood Receive Tests (SPI), price at market entry, and the eHam rating. The data cube points are […]

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

• ICQ Podcast Episode 373 – Hamzilla 2022
  In this episode, Colin Butler (M6BOY) is joined by Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Ed Durrant DD5LP, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode’s …

• LHS Episode #460: Winds of Change
  Hello and welcome to the 460th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode the hosts discuss the RaDAR Challenge, the ARRL.org website redesign, secure deleting of …

• LHS Episode #461: The Weekender LXXXIX
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

• Elvis Left the Building…in 2015
  Paying homage to the cultural icon and frequent use of the phrase, my latest Social Circuits column is now available over at foxmikehotel.com. I’ve analyzed ARRL membership numbers and licensed hams over the past two decades. The results show some surprises, both in the growth segments of ham licenses and in League numbers. But the […]

• KM9G Reports On New Phonetic Alphabet
  Amateur radio has a long tradition of innovation concerning technology and radio operating practices. This includes innovating with the use of phonetic (or fonetic) alphabets, as previously reported here: Twisted Phonetic Alphabet Today, April 1st, Ste…

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

• AmateurLogic 167: AmateurLogic Unbagged
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 167 is now available for download. George explores a Jameco Electonics Grab Bag. Mike installs Dragon OS Pi 64. Tom Apalenek, WA2IVD visits Quartzfest 2022. Tommy reviews the B3606 Power Controller. Importance of ESR in Capacit…

• LHS Episode #459: The Weekender LXXXVIII
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

• Sortable Sherwood!
  One of the most valuable tools for amateurs worldwide to use when evaluating HF rigs is the set of bench tests that Rob Sherwood NC0B has provided for quite a number of years now. He ranks the receive tests by his favorite metric: narrow dynamic range in dB. It’s a key for CW contest operators […]

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Saturday, March 19, 2022

• ICQ Podcast Episode 372 – Amateur Radio Resources
  In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Leslie Butterfield G0CIB to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and…

• Its that time of year again.
  I try to keep track of the last time I cleaned my desktop PC. I would imagine most of us out there depend on PCs for most of our tasks as well as entertainment. For me, it’s very important once a year to remove my desktop PC from service an…

• Lets get a healthy debate going shall we…..
  Everyone is aware of what is going on in Ukraine with the Russian invasion. Each day we hear of new sanctions and boycotts regarding Russia. In Amateur radio circles I have heard opinions from both sides regarding contacting Russian stations or not. Th…

• LHS Episode #458: SPF 25
  Hello and welcome to the 458th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode the hosts discuss the rise of the current solar cycle, AMSAT on Discord, …

• VHF Range From SOTA Summits
  When doing VHF activations for Summits On The Air (SOTA), the radio range is dependent on the height of the summit and the surrounding terrain. The Radio Mobile website from Roger/VE2DBE is a great tool that can be used to estimate the radio range from a particular site. Repeater system owners often use tools like […]

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

• LHS Episode #456: The Weekender LXXXVII
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

• LHS Episode #457: Linux Lads Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 457th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts invite co-host Conor Murphy of the Linux Lads podcast to talk about …

• A pleasing Tuesday afternoon on the bands.
  The bands seem to be improving and it’s a nice thing to see. Today I flipped the switch on in the early afternoon. I also loaded DX Heat a site that is my go-to as it lets me know what’s going on in and around the bands. There were some nice …

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