Amateur Radio Digital TV and the Raspberry Pi computer board
The British Amateur Television Club (BATC) report one of their members Phil Hayes M0PIT demonstrated the Portsdown DATV transmitter at a Raspberry Pi Foundation event
Tropospheric Ducting
Propagation/Resources
In the spring and during certain climatic events, radio waves can travel long distances due to an atmospheric phenomenon called Tropospheric Ducting.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2206
Coaxial Dipole Antenna, Cobweb Antenna, The Story of the Broadband Dipole, Zone Check Interactive Map, Decoding hand-sent Morse Code with Arduino, Morse code practice, HAMRS
AMSAT receives $93,795 ARDC grant for 3U spaceframe development
AMSAT has just received a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) for the development of a 3U spaceframe with deployable solar panels. This standardized 3U CubeSat space frame will serve as the mechanical platform for AMSAT's GOLF series of satellites as well as a new generation of low earth orbit FM satellites. The spaceframe design will be available to the public under an open access agreement
What your next amateur radio project should be
The following are six suggestions on what your next amateur radio project should be presented by some of ham radio's best 'Elmers'
Feedback from Sandton Amateur Radio Club
South Africa's Sandton Amateur Radio Club has posted the following update
Online training for ham radio exam in Spain
Online training is growing in popularity in Spain, URE Malaga has started online tutorials on the Amateur Radio Exam Book through the Jitsi Meet platform
Netherlands: Results of Novice and Full ham radio exams
VERON reports on the results of the exams for the amateur radio Full (F) and Novice (N) licenses held on March 2 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
QSO Today - Rod Fritz, WB9KMO
Rod Fritz, WB9KMO, is a fixer and builder, who is a pioneer in amateur television, amateur television repeaters in the UHF and microwave bands, and now the Amateur Television Network, a combination of amateur analog and digital television, over RF links and the Internet
ARRL Audio News - March 4, 2022
HF-Start WebTool
Propagation/Propagation Forecast
HF-START can estimate HF propagation between any given 2 points over Japan in real-time by using GNSS tomography, and can be used to forecast HF propagation 1 day in advance between any given 2 points globally by using GAIA model.
Volunteer Monitor Program Cautions against Operating Beyond License Privileges
Many of the Advisory Notices sent out each month by the ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program go to stations heard operating outside the operator’s license privileges. Typical cases often involve operators holding Technician- or General-class amateur licenses being heard on a frequency or band not permitted by their license privileges. Most recent incidents have frequently entailed FT8 digital mode ope...
HamXposition to Host ARRL New England and Hudson Division Conventions
Registration is Open for USA ARDF Championships
Repeater-START App
Software/Android
The amateur radio listener for when you're not on the radio. Repeater-START, the offline repeater listing app for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu, Librem Phone is available, Now with grid square display, topographical maps and frequency preferences
Nobby in the Maldives
Nobby, G0VJG, will once again be active as 8Q7CQ between March 4-18th. This will be his third trip there, but this time he will be active from the Island of Innahura (AS-013)
Amateur radio in French newspaper
Newspaper publisher Ouest-France have produced a good article about the Radio Club of Lanester and a French SSB contest held Feb 26-27
ARISS to support Axiom space crew members on first private ISS mission
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA) is pleased to announce that two crew members scheduled to fly on Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, will utilize the ARISS on-board radio resources to conduct six school connections via amateur radio
Volunteer Monitor Program issues a caution to radio hams
The ARRL report the volunteer monitor program has cautioned against operating beyond amateur radio license privileges
Successful QO-100 ham radio emergency communications exercise
On February 26, 22 stations representing 14 countries in IARU Region 1 took part in a short notice exercise using the geostationary satellite QO-100 amateur radio transponder
Ukraine maintains ham radio silence in state of emergency
Radio amateurs in Ukraine appear to be diligently maintaining radio silence as the state of emergency declared there just prior to the Russian military invasion remains in effect
Ukrainian Contest Club UCC
Ham Radio/Clubs/Europe/Ukraine
UCC was found in 1990 by the group of active contestmen
Azerbaijan tragedy
Once again, Azerbaijanian HAMs are permitted to add the special addition of the letter "T", which means 'Tragedy', to their callsigns
Bouvet DXpedition QSO Today Virtual - HamEXPO 2022
Operators Mike Crownover/AB5EB, Erwann Merrien/LB1QI and Bill Straw/KO7SS, will discuss their exciting plans as they attempt to operate on Bouvet Island
Sri Lanka
Operators Wolfgang/DK7DR (4S7DRG) and Peter/DC0KK (4S7KKG) will once again be active between March 2-9th
Workshop for amateur radio operators working to advance science
Come join HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, at its fifth annual workshop! March 18-19, 2022 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Brunei radio hams mark National Day
The Borneo Bulletin reports the Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association (BDARA) ran special event station V8SJK on February 23-27 to mark the 38th National Day
ACMA amateur radio update: March 2022
Australia's regulator the ACMA has just posted the following update
Australia: Advanced ham radio exam syllabus to match HAREC
Australia's regulator ACMA has announced it will update the Advanced Amateur Radio syllabus by adopting the syllabus contained in CEPT HAREC
Ofcom release Special Event callsign Nov spreadsheet
In response to a Freedom of Information request Ofcom have released a spreadsheet of Amateur Radio special event station (SES) callsigns issued from 2014 showing status, issue date and duration Ofcom replied
FCC to consider radio receiver NOI in April
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has announced plans for the agency to launch a proceeding in April that would explore rules regarding Radio Receivers—not just transmitters, as is currently done
EA2CW QRP Portable radio setup
Operating Modes/QRP
A portable QRP setup based on 20/30/40m QRP CW-only SW-3B transceiver, 2500mAh 5C LiPo battery (147g), Hands Free Nanokeyer
Learning Amateur Radio Under Lockdown
Gurbir Singh M0KSN has made the full length version of his popular RadCom article - Learning Under Lockdown - available to read on the web and as a PDF
School students gain STEM skills with Amateur Radio
What started as a group of students studying radio and electric theory a few years ago has grown into an amateur radio and electronics club. Students learn about circuits, Low Earth Orbiting Satellite communications
Video of Software Defined Radios talk
The video of a talk about software defined radios given by Ria Jairam N2RJ to the Cal Poly amateur radio club is now available
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