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Saturday, March 10, 2018

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 197
  The HF Voyager Project Jupiter Research Foundation Amateur Radio Club has integrated an HF transceiver with an autonomous ocean-going drone. Our mission is to deploy a ham radio station that roams the world’s oceans while providing an opportunity for amateur radio operators everywhere to make contacts with rare locations. JRFARC ARRL repurposes AM broadcast transmitter […]

 

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

• The Spectrum Monitor — March, 2018
  Stories you’ll find in our March, 2018 issue: The Air Show Experience By Brian and Jo Marie Topolski KA1VCA Veteran air show attendees, Brian and Jo Marie, recount the various aerial acts they saw during last year’s air show schedule, including some they had never seen before, and they let you know what frequencies they […]

 

• WØC Summits On The Air Dinner
  

  It is time for another W0C (Colorado) Summits On The Air dinner! Last year, we had 15 people get together for an informal dinner in south Denver (Lone Tree): Steve WG0AT, Wayne AD0KE, Brad WA6MM, Caleb W4XEN, Carey KX0R, John N0TA, Curtis KC5CW, Mark N0MTN, Bob K0NR, Joyce K0JJW, Steve K7PX, Al  KH7AL, James KI0KN, […]

  The post WØC Summits On The Air Dinner appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

  

 

• What? ARRL Petitions FCC to Expand Privileges of Technician-Class Amateur Radio Operators
  I have my opinion on ARRL asking FCC to grant more HF privileges to Technician-class licensees. I verbalize them in this video: After you hear my comments, please leave your comments. Thanks, 73 de NW7US dit dit

 

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Monday, March 5, 2018

• Ham Radio Deluxe 6.4.0.794 Released
  I just received some good news from Mike, WA9PIE.  He writes in an email: The first release of Ham Radio Deluxe for 2018 (Ham Radio Deluxe version 6.4.0.794) is now available for download. Please download it from the Download pages on our website at: www.Ham-Radio-Deluxe.com This release includes a number of important changes including the addition of […]

 

• My #POTA Pickle, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ARRL #DX Contest
  Sunday March 4th was a beautiful and slightly cool (mid-seventies) day in Jupiter, Florida and was the day I selected for my first #POTA activation (parksontheair.com).  I picked the 11,000 acre Jonathan Dickinson State Park, KFF-1887, just six miles from my Florida QTH.  I scouted out locations a few days earlier and chose the picnic … Continue reading My #POTA Pickle, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ARRL #DX Contest →

 

• ReactOS maybe the OS you just need?
  So you have run the latest Windows and found out that 10 is full of bloatware and updates to nail your PC to the ground. You may have also tried Linux, but found some things it does, and some things it won't, or impossible to be made to work, like came…

 

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 Mar 05 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 Mar 05 0116 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 26 February – 04 March 2018 Solar activity reached low levels on 02 Mar due to an isolated C1 flare from Region 2700 (N06, L=328, class/area=Cro/30 on 26 Feb), which was the only active […]

 

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Sunday, March 4, 2018

• ICQ Podcast Episode 261 – Amateur/Ham Radio Book Review
  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Bill Barnes N3JIX and Chris Howard M0TCH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and this episode’s feature is – …

 

• Deteriorating ceramic filters due to DC
  Tandberg Huldra 10Tasos, SV8YM, has written about “The Mysterious Case of the Withering Filters”. This seems to affect not only ham radio transceivers, but FM stereo receivers as well.Tandberg from the 70's are collectors items and since I actually wor…

 

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

• NooElec Giveaway Winners — March 2018
  NooElec and AmateurRadio.com have picked the winners of our March 2018 NooElec Giveaway! Prize Package Winners Jon KD9AMP HackRF Bundle w/ aluminum enclosure, TCXO module & ANT500 antenna   Ted KK4LXY Ubertooth Bundle w/ aluminum enclosure   Len KA1LOR Jan ZS6VOL NESDR SMArt HF Bundles Amazon Exclusive   Viktor UA6ATG Dean K6DIN John WA3UHZ Ham It […]

 

• Icom IC-7610 In Depth
  It’s the IC-7610 video you’ve been waiting for… Ray Novak, N9JA joins George, W5JDX and Tommy, N5ZNO of AmateurLogic.TV for an in depth look at the new IC-7610. Lots of detailed information about this great new transceiver plus compa…

 

• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 196
  ARRL requests expanded HF privileges for Technician licensees ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters. ARRL A KX2 to FT-818 comparison In terms of form factor, […]

 

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Friday, March 2, 2018

• Condo Hamming, The NRR and Ron’s Logs
  courtesy: K4VRC GroupAn interesting thread has developed recently on the e-ham.net reflector concerning the enjoyment of your radio hobby from a condo / townhouse or similar sites subjected to the typical 'no outside antenna' rules.Rick, KB2NAT, des…

 

• Keep The Faith, Having Fun With No Sunspots
  I was motivated to write this today after looking at the solar flux number which sat at 67.  I don't know if I've ever seen the flux this low. I think I've seen 68 a lot, but not 67. Truly, things must be really bad.As it would happen today, with …

 

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

• LHS Episode #212: SSTV Deep Dive
  

  In Episode #212 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the hosts take an in-depth look at the origins and operation of Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) and the Linux-native application QSSTV which allows radio amateurs to enjoy the wonder of sending and receiving still images via radio waves. Thank you for listening and stay tuned for a […]

  

 

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

• uBITX professional case
  Amateur Radio Kits India, owned by VU3SUA. Is now producing a commercial grade aluminum case in a variety of different colours for the uBITX.The case comes predrilled, with the cut out of the panel for the frequency display, ready to house the uBITX PC…

 

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

• Review – BTech AMP-25 series for Analog & DMR
  by John ‘Miklor’ K3NXU The  AMP-25  series  VHF / UHF Amplifiers The recently announced BTech Digital and Analog amplifier series puts a whole new spin on mobile operation. It performs more like a mobile than it does a power amp. … Continue reading →

 

• Travel Footage: 3Y0Z Antarctic Bouvet Island DXpedition 2018 Expedition (by EY8MM)
  Here is video footage of the journey to Antarctic Bouvet Island, made by the 3Y0Z amateur ham radio team. This footage caught a few moments on the deck of M/V Betanzos. As you can see in the last moments of this footage, the weather conditions contributed to the decision to abort the DXpedition, as it […]

 

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Monday, February 26, 2018

• A Personal Self Defense Weapon, a Utility Hammer, and a DMR #Hamradio, All-in-One
  My first impression of my new TYT MD-380 (and Steve, KA4RSZ, felt the same way), was the solid, sturdy feel of the thing.  Not at all what you’d expect from an $88 plastic cased electronic device of any sort.  We were both quite impressed, and the reason has become clearer as I’ve learned more.  This … Continue reading A Personal Self Defense Weapon, a Utility Hammer, and a DMR #Hamradio, All-in-One →

 

• Ham College 38
  Ham College episode 38 is now available for download. General Amateur Radio Exam questions part 9. Digital Modes pt 1, Grounding. 54:03 Download YouTube

 

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2018 Feb 26 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week’s space weather and geophysical report, issued 2018 Feb 26 0308 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 19 – 25 February 2018 Solar activity was very low throughout the summary period. No active regions were observed on the visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery. No proton […]

 

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