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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

• Hunting For NDBs In CLE 232
  YEK – 329kHz courtesy: www.ve3gop.com/This coming weekend will see another monthly CLE challenge. This time the hunting grounds will be 320.0 – 334.9 kHz.  For those unfamiliar with this monthly activity, a 'CLE' is a 'Co-ordinated Listening …

 

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• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 May 21 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 May 21 0042 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 14 – 20 May 2018 Solar activity was very low throughout the period and no events were reported. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than […]

 

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Sunday, May 20, 2018

• LHS Episode #227: Hamvention 2018 Update 1
  

  Welcome to the first day wrap-up of Hamvention 2018. We talk about the show, our experience and give you a look forward to Saturday's update. Thanks for listening and please check social media for information on when we'll being live streams from the show.

  73 de The LHS Crew

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Saturday, May 19, 2018

• DMR Hotspot
  There is a lot of blogs, forums and place to get information about various aspects of our hobby. Ham Radio, as you all know, is a diverse hobby with a lot of different ways to  enjoy it. This post is … Continue reading →

 

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

• In The Loop! – Repairing a MFJ-1788
  Over the last few years I've seen various musings about magnetic loop antennas and their supposed efficiency and performance. I had even toyed with the idea of building one considering the eye-watering prices commercial ones are sold for! Sadly that id…

 

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

• LHS Episode #226: Short and Sour
  

  Welcome to the latest episode of Linux in the Ham Shack! This is our short segment show just before Hamvention 2018. Our crowd funding campaign was successful and we thank you so very much for that. We also look forward to seeing you in Xenia. Our topics this week include the Amateur Radio Parity Act, […]

  

 

• VHF SOTA: Abajo Peak (W7U/SU-014)
  

  While on a canyon country hiking/Jeeping trip in Utah, Joyce/K0JJW and I decided to do a couple of Summits On The Air (SOTA) activations. Abajo Peak (W7U/SU-014) showed up as a suitable target, being an easy-access drive-up summit at 11,360 feet, just west of Monticello. While the forest service map shows this as a 4WD […]

  The post VHF SOTA: Abajo Peak (W7U/SU-014) appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

  

 

• ‘CQ BR’ – It’s “Bug Roundup” Weekend!
  Ever since earning my ticket as a teenager back in '63, almost all of my on-air activity has been focused on CW … I've always loved it.Back when I first got on the air there were very few amateurs using keyers. Most used bugs and the remainder use…

 

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Monday, May 14, 2018

• Kit building time.
  When the bands are slow it's time to build a kit! I have had this RF probe kit from  Pacific Antenna that has been gathering dust and just this past weekend I decided to put it together. It's a very simple and easy kit to build and can prove to be…

 

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 May 14 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 May 14 0629 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 07 – 13 May 2018 Solar activity was very low throughout the period and no reportable events were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux […]

 

• The ham radio learning curve!
  It's true with Amateur radio there is a learning curve, depending on the background that you bring to the hobby the curve can be shallow or a very deep one. I don't shy away from the “curve” as it makes the hobby very interesting and a challenge. Becau…

 

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Sunday, May 13, 2018

• AmateurLogic 117: Sounds of the Studio
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 117 is now available for download. How would you describe a particular artifact in someone’s transmit audio so they understand what you are hearing? In Sounds of the Studio, we listen to some common audio problems and effects to see what everyone calls them. Peter shows us some new microcontroller boards designed especially … Continue reading AmateurLogic 117: Sounds of the Studio

 

• FCC’s Pirate Purge Continues
  For some reason, the FCC continues to pour money into its hell-bent roundup of FM pirate broadcasters! I suspect much of this 'tough stance' is more politically motivated than for the reasons that they state, but the FCC seems to have plenty of will-po…

 

• ICQ Podcast Episode 266 – Good Set of Headphones
  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Ed Durrant DD5LP  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and this episode’s feature is – A g…

 

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 203
  Shortwave Trading: The West Chicago Tower Mystery I recently stumbled onto the first evidence of shortwave trading at a site in West Chicago, Illinois and then used Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database research techniques to find two more sites. Sniper In Mahwah & friends 2018 State of the Hobby Results The results are in! State […]

 

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