NZART AGM Saturday 5 September 2020
For those that have registered an interest in attending the NZART AGM on Saturday (in person), please read the following update
Radio ham featured in Elektor magazine
Athens-based radio amateur Marios Lazos SV1EDG is interviewed in Elektor magazine
Ham Radio Digital Communications Conference Sept 11-12
This year's amateur radio Digital Communications Conference will be streamed live on YouTube there is no need to register to watch the presentations
Vega launch of three satellites with ham radio payloads
Christophe Mercier reports three satellites with amateur radio payloads will be on the Vega VV16 launch expected to take place early morning on September 2
Half Sloper Multiband Antenna
Antennas/Sloper
A presentation of a HF multi-band sloper antenna. This antenna project is for low band operations, and antenna presented in this article works on 40 80 and 160 meters band. Article is in Polish.
The Communicator - September-October 2020 now on-line
This issue over 100 Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews...
200th anniversary of the arrival of British settlers
ZS1820S is a special call sign registered by the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society (PEARS) to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the British Settlers on Thursday 7 September 1820
CQ-IRELAND Wires-X node
The Galway Digital Radio Group and the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club are pleased to announce that the Galway Fusion Repeater, EI2TBR, the Limerick Fusion Repeater, EI7WHD, and the Galway Wires-X gateway, EI2SHD, are linked together via the Wires-X Room CQ-IRELAND
InnovAntennas invest in Ansys
InnovAntennas have invested in Ansys HFSS 2020 R2, a fully 3-dimensional mesh-based simulation package to help in the perfection and production of the new OWL and LFA Ultra Yagi of light weight Yagis
What should we do better in the next storm?
The Gazette interviews Craig Fugate KK4INZ about lessons learned from the Iowa Derecho storm on August 10
A video history of the Ham Shack
K8QS and WA9TDD of 'Ham Radio Perspectives' have created a video on the history of the ham shack
ARISS telebridge contact with school in Poland
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at the KMO Kolska Wyspa, Koło, Poland
Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air Set for October 16, 17, and 18
Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) will be held this year on October 16, 17, and 18. Register online as an individual or as a group. Jamboree on the Air is the largest Scouting event in the world. In a typical year, more than 1 million Scouts participate in JOTA, with over 11,000 stations operated by 20,000+ young radio amateurs from 150+ countries around the world. JO...
Solar Minimum Most Likely Occurred in December 2019
M0ERG Eagle Radio Group
The Eagle Radio Group Mablethorpe England United Kingdom
Scanning the Top of Utah
Radio Scanning/Regional/USA
Scanning the Top of Utah – Reband Update, Trunk Scanning – Channels & Talk Groups , Conventional Scanning - Frequencies, Scanning Aids
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2020
HF Flagpole Antenna, The Off-Center-Fed Dipole Antenna, HF Field Day Antenna Ideas, A Reversible Beverage at ZL3IX, Using the RTL-SDR Pan-adapter, Zadig Windows 10 RTL-SDR Driver, Practical Antenna Modeling with 4NEC2
Ireland’s youngest radio amateur EI8KW
Congratulations to Ryan Morrison, from Stillorgan in Dublin on receiving the callsign EI8KW last week following his successful sitting of the HAREC examination in Galway.
Thirty-one community radio stations to receive emergency funding
Ofcom has announced that 31 community radio stations will receive emergency funding through the Community Radio Fund
ICQPodcast - Exciting Bumper New Solar Cycle
Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is a discussion with Dr. Scott McIntosh of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA regarding Exciting Bumper New Solar Cycle
Criminal activity
This is in relation to recent break-ins and thefts at a Victorian radio site on Mt. Cann, also known Mt. Bemm
Ofcom FoI request: Use of HAREC certificates
Ofcom were asked in a Freedom of Information request how many people had taken their amateur radio exam overseas and used the exam certificate (HAREC) to apply for a UK Full licence
Amplifiers for SDR's
Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about amplifiers to boost the power from an SDR board to a useable level
SJ South Jersey DX association,
The South Jersey DX Association was first organized in 1978 by N2OO
National RACES web site
US national radio amateur civil emergency service web site
Homemade 137 MHz Weather Satellive V-dipole Antenna
Antennas/Satellite
This is a short version, the final of the article describing how to build the Weather satellite 137 MHz horizontal V-dipole antenna.
Canadian radio stations and TV outlets risk closure
As many as 40 local television outlets and 200 Canadian radio stations could be forced to close in the next three years as the financial pressures faced by media companies intensify under the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests a new study from an industry advocacy group
9M63MJ is special event callsign for Malaysia Independence Day 2020
9M63MJ is special event callsign for Malaysia Independence Day 2020. This program is conjunction with Malaysian 63rd independence Day Celebration
Monthly performance of 8J17CALL for July-August
Please be advised that monthly performance of 8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station for July-August, 2020 (23rd July to 22nd August, 2020) are as follows
Auxiliary display makes ham radio field operations easier
Dan Maloney KC1DJT writes on Hackaday about an auxiliary display for the FT-817 developed by Andy G7UHN
Ham College 68
Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 6.
E1F Miscellaneous rules: external RF power amplifiers, prohibited communications, spread spectrum, auxiliary stations, Canadian amateurs operating in the U.S., special temporary authority, control operator of an auxiliary station
QSO Today - Michael Walker VA3MW
Michael Walker, VA3MW, joins me from the Canadian State of Ontario where he started his ham radio journey
AB7SL Charles
Large personal page wilth photos, details and links
W8LBZ Sandusky Radio Experimental League
The Sandusky Radio Experimental League Inc,(SREL), is a club of amateur radio operators in Northern Ohio. SREL sponsors the 53.35, 146.655 and 444.375 repeaters.
S50E Danilo Brelih site
S50e, radio klub cerkno
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