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Saturday, March 1, 2025

• ICQPodcast Episode 450 – Rigexpert AA-650 Zoom Analyzer
  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…

• Chasing States
  Sometimes, I just need a reason to get on the air. Specific operating goals can help with this, whatever form they take, including operating awards. One of the first awards I earned many years ago was Worked All States (WAS). The mixed WAS is not that difficult because you can use any of the HF bands to make the contacts. Continue reading Chasing States→

  The post Chasing States appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

• The Communicator March – April 2025
  Lots happening…You will find some great articles in this issue, along with our regular columnists.Now read in over 165 countries, this issue brings you 115+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and around the globe. With…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 371
  Satellite SO-124 FM repeater now active At the request of AMSAT-EA, AMSAT has officially designated HADES-R as Spain-OSCAR 124 (SO-124). AMSAT KC8JCLogger: The logging software no one asked for A terminal based POTA logging application that has interactive data collection for the QSO and rigctl functionality for aligning the radio’s settings. KC8JC Introducing the UCi120 […]

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

• ARRL CW DX contest was a no go!
  I had to use the snowblower to dig out the antenna base I had to take a pass on this year’s ARRL CW DX contest I was not happy about it but I wanted to play it smart. I did not want to be looking back and saying "I should have sat this one o…

• LHS Episode #571: Boxing Day
  Hello and welcome to the 571st episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss recent upheaval at the ARRL, hacking of some DX …

• Rising Dues Lifts CEO & CFO’s Boats…
  SUMMARY: The roiling of the membership over the recent dues increase and annulments of multi-year subscriptions is significant, causing a substantial share of the membership to reach a Howard Beale moment. They are mad as Hell and not going to take it anymore by just not renewing their memberships. These defections have reduced League membership […]

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 370
  What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications — February 2025 It’s been more of an emotional roller coaster than I ever expected. Zero Retries Is a second solar max peak coming? The most recent cycles are double peaked, with northern sunspots and southern sunspots. Spaceweather.com Having fun and receiver performance are not […]

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

• LHS Episode #570: RepeaterSTART Deep Dive
  Hello and welcome to the 570th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we interview guest Luke Bryan, KJ7BKH, about his RepeaterSTART project. The computer and mobile …

• 24 hour snap shot.
  I put my WSPR transmitter to work over the past 24 hours to get an idea of the conditions of the bands before the ARRL CW DX contest. The Kp index was anywhere from 3-4, not the greatest but it’s something we have no control over. In this c…

• VP2V/K0NR: Another Slacker DXpedition
  Operating from countries outside the US can be a lot of fun. I just completed another Slacker DXpedition, this time to the British Virgin Islands. The formula for this type of operation is simple: identify an interesting vacation spot that is also considered DX, travel there with friends and family, take along some compact radio gear, and get on the Continue reading VP2V/K0NR: Another Slacker DXpedition→

  The post VP2V/K0NR: Another Slacker DXpedition appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 369
  Introducing wen goat 🐐 app App tracks progress toward SOTA Mountain Goat award. GM5ALX RigExpert’s administrative office destroyed in Russian missile attack All employees are safe and production remains intact. RigExpert The coming 21st century Amateur Radio networking revolution Amateur Radio is poised to experience the equivalent of the Packet Radio Revolution, but in the […]

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 367
  IP400 Network Project The long term goal of the project is to implement a network that is capable of carrying digital voice and video, as well as catering to other services such as telemetry, messaging and more. At the home station a simple node based on a Raspberry Pi will get you onto the network, […]

• Operation Manna 80
  A very special, special event stationSARC has been asked to participate in a large-scale special event late in April commemorating the relief efforts of the winter of 1944-45 to drop tons of food to the starving population of NW Holland. It is well des…

• Special Event Station PA80OV
  Radio Club Limburg announcesSpecial Event Station PA80OVNext week, members of Radio Club Limburg (https://rclb.nl) in the North Limburg region of The Netherlands, will activate: PA80OV is a special event station to commemorate Operation…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 368
  US Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act re-introduced Legislation would require HOAs to accommodate Amateur Radio operators by allowing use of outdoor antennas. ARRL ISS Fram2Ham SSTV simulation International Space Station Fram2Ham Slow Scan TV simulation will take place February 13-17 on 437.550 MHz FM. AMSAT-UK Communicating with satellites like it’s 1957 Like the ’50s, it […]

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

• SARC-SEPAR Winter Field Day
  Winter FD was pretty good! Five of us set up in three sites at Derby reach including Paul VE7VP and 3 newer hams (Carl, Barbara, and Elaine from the last class). John VE7TI and Summer School graduate Grace VA7LZT came out and Grace was able …

• LHS Episode #568: Virtual Music to My Ears
  Hello and welcome to the 568th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the IP400 Project, HamSCI and new weather station activities, …

• They went down, down, down..and the flames are higher … but it’s not too late
  Think about how you got enthusiastic toward amateur radio. For me, I was eight years old and it was through a cheap transistor AM radio. This passion has been unabated since that time, albeit not always top priority in the broader scheme of life. It’s my belief that most hams have a “burning love” of […]

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 367
  IP400 Network Project The long term goal of the project is to implement a network that is capable of carrying digital voice and video, as well as catering to other services such as telemetry, messaging and more. At the home station a simple node based on a Raspberry Pi will get you onto the network, […]

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

• SARC Bi-weekly Bulletin
  January 22, 2025Issued during the first and third week of each month, it provides a quick reference for member activities, resources and links for the following weeks. If you have relevant information that you would like mentioned, please respond…

• Winter Field Day event some major changes.
  This weekend is the annual Winter Field Day event, and I have only started participating in it within the last few years. I am one of those who participate from my nice warm shack and not the wintery outdoors. I have worked outside all my life an…

• First Bug Contact!
  I never thought I’d be able to learn how to use a CW bug, but I did it. My XYL got me a Begali Intrepid for Christmas. I have been practicing with it for a few weeks and I finally got the gumption to attempt a contact. This evening I worked the SKCC station K3Y/4 … Continue reading First Bug Contact!

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 366
  POTA spotting via low earth orbit Using the APSPOT service with SMS via iOS satellite connection. QRPer The case of the shrinking Technicians Many Technicians are only dabbling in Ham Radio. K0NR HAARP to conduct research campaign January 27-31 Campaign includes VLF generation and ducting, studies on STEVE airglow, and space debris detection. Amateur Radio […]

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

• ICQPodcast Episode 447 – In The Grid
  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…

• Manna80 and other Special Event Stations
  You may wish to add these to your calendarWe will publish a report in The Communicator’s next issue.I would like to inform you about a few special event stations we will put up in the next few months.

  February 14,15 and 16th, PA80OV w…

• Five-band HF Linked Dipole [updated January 2025]
  An improved buildThis antenna was first described in the November-December 2023 Communicator. After a year of using it, I’ve developed some improvements. – Updated January 2025I appreciate inexpensive but effective antenna design. Sure, you can spend h…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 365
  Ham Radio operators serving during California firestorms Hams are standing watch and reporting conditions. ARRL LA Fires – scanner action Key frequencies for scanner monitoring during Santa Ana wind events. VE3IPS What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Amateur television, public domain radio books, club newsletters, and more. Zero Retries Is measured […]

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

• And so it begins…..
  The radio waterfall showed a static snowstorm with a Kp index of 7 and the Bz dipping to -22! While all this was going on this radio operator had his hands on the keyboard home row, headphones on and eyes closed listening for a unique noise that …

• The Decline in ARRL Membership and Market Share, 2001-2023
  Come gather ’round hamsWherever you roamAnd admit that the LeagueHas far from grownAnd accept it that soonIt will be skin and bonesIf the League to you is worth savin’You’d better start engagin’Or it will sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin'(adapted from Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-changin’) With the publication of […]

• Nice DX to welcome in 2025
  Beginning the year with a little plate of DX. On Friday while I was practicing with a CW contesting program I also had running in the background DX Heat. I saw E29TGW from Thailand spotted on 20m from a U.S. station. A lot of the time when …

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 363
  SCAMP digital mode available in Fldigi A weak signal digital mode developed by Dr. Daniel Marks (KW4TI). Amateur Radio Daily Micropower AM broadcasting The world of Part 15 broadcasting on the AM broadcast band. AA7EE Successful tests with Rattlegram Rattlegram is an app for a smartphone and it allows users to send short text messages […]

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

• Ground rods intalled.
  This ground rod took forever to pound in. I had the opportunity in the spring to pick up free of charge 2 copper-clad 8-foot ground rods free of charge as long as I picked them up. It was about an hour’s drive for me but free ground rods were wel…

• Long Duration M-Class Flare, and More (Livestream)
  This livestream recording is from September 1, 2024 – the NW7US Radio Communications Channel Livestream. We do this livestream every Sunday at 21:15 UTC. Here is the link to the livestream from this past Sunday: The livestream list is here: https://www.youtube.com/@nw7us/streams I hope to see you in our livestream live chat, during the next session […]

• The Operation Market Garden Special Event Station
  Commemorating 80 years An important stage in the liberation of Western EuropeOperation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective…

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 346
  The highest sunspot number in 23 years Fall 2001 was the last time sunspot counts were this high. SpaceWeather.com APRS Foundation accepting members Becoming a member helps secure the future of APRS and assists with the foundation’s operating costs. Amateur Radio National Traffic System celebrates 75 years As NTS 2.0 emerges to modernize the radiogram […]

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Saturday, August 31, 2024

• AmateurLogic 196: Huntsville Hamfest 2024
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 196 is now available for download. George visited with friends at Huntsville Hamfest 2024 and found a few new interesting items. Tom Apalenek, WA2IVD with A-2-Z.tech introduced several unique helper products. Steve Molo, KI4KWR from GigaParts talks about the new Intellitron line of ham radio goodies. Meet Jerry Lynch, KE9AKK Sales Manager at … Continue reading AmateurLogic 196: Huntsville Hamfest 2024

• ICQ Podcast Episode 437 – The Incredible Story of G2NM
  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…

• LHS Episode #553: Topic Creep
  Hello and welcome to Epiosde 553 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss the recent troubles and resolutions at the ARRL, a RISC-V …

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 345
  Yaesu, Icom & Kenwood highlight new transceivers The big three Amateur Radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week. Amateur Radio Daily QRP success story We all have these cherished moments that make our hobby so wonderful. VE3IPS ARRL urges protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz band A […]

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