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Thursday, April 5, 2018

• 630m – Winter One
  Although Canadian amateurs have had the 630m band for a few years now, the arrival of U.S. amateurs on the band last fall has been a game changer in terms of activity … it's almost like starting fresh once again, hence the “Winter One” title!The s…

 

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

• Give techs a little taste of HF to spark that ‘Wow, that is cool!’ moment
  If the ham community continues to maintain a rigid stance on the ARRL’s expanded HF petition, it will lose! The youth of today have no need for antiquated communication techniques that require they take the time to study and pass a test. Today’s world is not lacking for communication ability — quite the contrary — […]

 

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

• My Rebuttal Regarding the Petition by ARRL to the FCC to Expand Technician-Class Privileges
  This is my reply to many responses that I have been receiving on my original blog entry, located at this AmateurRadio.com website,(my shortened URL: https://g.nw7us.us/arrl2fccR2) as well as to the original video, posted in that blog entry. I wish to reply to all of those who are against the idea of expanding the privileges of the Technician-class […]

 

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Monday, April 2, 2018

• Short Demonstration of Using Ham Radio Deluxe with WSJT-X and FT8 Digital Mode
  Ham Radio Deluxe can log your WSJT-X FT8, JT65A, and JT9 QSOs, via the JT-Alert software. This is a demonstration of my use of HRD and Logbook, during an FT8 QSO,today. As some of you know, I have had some differences of opinion regarding the selection of frequencies chosen by the FT8 creators and advocates. […]

 

• SOTA tools
  You don’t have to look very hard to find a few threads telling you which piece of radio kit you ‘need’ to take on a SOTA activation. There are fewer that give you a bit of advice about planning your trip. This is one of those, a short look at the tools I use to […]

 

• The Spectrum Monitor — April, 2018
  Stories you’ll find in our April, 2018 issue: TSM Reviews: Icom IC-7610 By Mark Haverstock K8MSH At Hamvention 2017, we got our first official peek at the IC-7610. It was billed as the next big thing in amateur radio transceivers, containing a more advanced set of features than the IC-7300. And, it’s loaded: An Ethernet […]

 

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 Apr 02 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 Apr 02 0443 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 26 March – 01 April 2018 Solar activity was mostly at very low levels with the exception of 30 Mar when an isolated C4/Sf flare was observed at 30/0804 UTC from Region 2703 (S08, […]

 

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Sunday, April 1, 2018

• Spring tuneup on the MFJ 1788 Loop antenna
  Oliver was going to watch over the operationEach year around this time I bring the MFJ 1788 Mag loop in to take the covers off and have a look around to see how it has faired over the past year. This antenna has been great for me with my very restricte…

 

• ICQ Podcast Episode 263 – Operating GB80GGCN
  In this episode, Martin (M1MRB) is joined by Leslie (G0CIB), Bill (N3JIX), Edmund (M0MNG) and Matthew (M0NJX) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and this episode’s feature is – Operating GB80GGCN G…

 

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Saturday, March 31, 2018

• CLE 230 Results
  Last weekend's CLE 230 overall results have now been tabulated. Reports from European NDB hunters and those from North America and the rest of the world may all be found here at the NDB List info website.If you have joined the NDB List group, a copy…

 

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

• LHS Episode #217: A Punch in the Facebag
  

  Welcome to Episode 217 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts touch on upcoming hamfests and Hamvention 2018, FCC workshops on disaster preparedness, DX opportunities on 10 Meters, the death of Facebook, new and update ham radio software on Github and much more. Thanks for listening and please don't forget to […]

  

 

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Monday, March 26, 2018

• LHS Episode #216: The Weekender VI
  

  Welcome to the latest Weekender edition of Linux in the Ham Shack! We're all ready for the weekend and we hope you are too. In this episode we give you some tips on special event stations and contests to participate in over the next two weekends, Linux challenges to try, some Scotch to partake of […]

  

 

• The rise and rise of FT8
  There is no doubt in my mind that FT8 has been phenomenal.  Every day this new digital mode seems to attract more and more people. It works with the briefest of openings and the software needed is free. It takes up about 60Hz only and works with w…

 

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 Mar 26 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 Mar 26 0143 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 – 25 March 2018 Solar activity was very low. The sun was spotless and absent of significant flare activity. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during the period. No proton events were observed at […]

 

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Saturday, March 24, 2018

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 199
  Hams pitch in to help as “Hat Trick” of major storms hit Northeast WX1BOX volunteers were active for 17 hours straight, and afterward, some continued to monitor high tides and strong winds, which persisted into the weekend. The volunteers handled more than 1,000 reports of wind damage. ARRL Azimuthal map Azimuthal map with DX spot […]

 

• A nice Friday afternoon on the radio
  It been some time since I posted on the blog but it's the same old same old reason……very busy these days at work. I had Friday off and got on the radio in the afternoon to see what was happening. The band scope showed just few signals on 20m but I …

 

• Ham College 39
  Ham College episode 39 is now available for download. General Amateur Radio Exam questions part 10. Digital Modes pt 2, Interference. 58:18 Download YouTube

 

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

• LHS Episode #215: APRS Deep Dive
  

  Welcome to Episode 215 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting System. This is a digital mode, frequently used on the VHF/UHF bands for propagating location information, weather data, message traffic and more from one station to another using packet TNCs and […]

  

 

• Meh
  No doubt you’ve seen the recent ARRL proposal to increase Technician HF privileges and the expected ensuing online debate over it.  In general I’m not opposed to the proposal, however […]

 

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