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AmateurLogic 115: Hamfest Acadian Style
Tommy, George and Emile visit the 2018 Acadiana Hamfest in Rayne, LA. Good food, good friends and good times in South Louisiana. We visit with vendors and attendees to find out what makes this event so special. Emile teaches Tommy and George the proper way to eat Crawfish |
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Top 10 reasons to come to AMSAT at the Hamvention
10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest hamfest in the United States, including all of the AMSAT Directors and senior officers. See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Flex, Alinco, M2, Arrow, and many other manufacturers of amateur radio equipment and accessories. Take advantage of discounted pricing you won’t find anywhere else.. Now, read the other 9 reasons… |
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VK6WIA NewsWest
It’s John Moyle weekend, and it would be safe to say you’re chasing those last few contacts, packing up, or recovering from the Field Day operations – depending on when you’re listening to this broadcast here in VK6, or around Australia |
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QSO Today: Glen Popiel, KW5GP
Glen Popiel, KW5GP, author of two popular books on Arduino for amateur radio and a book on mesh networking for amateur radio joins QSO Today once again |
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Canadian Radio Amateurs of the Year for 2017
Through the Amateur of the Year Award, Radio Amateurs of Canada recognizes the outstanding contributions made by Canadian Amateurs to Amateur Radio in Canada and internationally |
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News for Saturday 17 March
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No WiMo at Friedrichshafen
Antenna company WiMo have announced they will not be attending the Ham Radio 2018 event in Friedrichshafen on June 1-3 |
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Essex Skills Night Monday
Skills Night takes place at 7pm on Monday, March 19 in Danbury Village Hall, Essex, this free event is open to all |
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‘It’s not real Ham Radio!’
Chris G7DDN describes the resistance to change by some radio amateurs over the years and asks ‘Do we need an exam anymore to get a licence?’ |
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GatesAir suspends sale of AM transmitters
When a prominent radio engineer passed along word to Radio World that he’d sought a quote from the manufacturer on a new transmitter but was told the company had discontinued the model and was assessing its AM line, they sought to learn more |
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International Space Station astronauts are calling CQ students
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host radio contacts with an orbiting crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS) between January 1 and June 30, 2019 |
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Propagation de K7RA
No sunspots were observed between March 2 and March 15. One sunspot made a brief appearance on March 2, after a blank sun on March 1 |
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Foundations of Amateur Radio #145
Coax Loss vs Connector Loss
A question that comes up regularly is one about loss, specifically loss in the coax and connectors between your radio and your antenna. The general wisdom is that better coax gives you better results and more connectors is bad |
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K7AGE FT8 video
Bob N2OML learned about FT8 during one of the forums at Quartzfest. He downloaded the software and started making contacts. He had lots of fun |
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‘BAMS in Space’
The Express reports Bellefonte Area Middle School students used amateur radio to contact the International Space Station |
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The solar wind has arrived
Earth is entering a stream of high-speed solar wind on March 15th, and this is causing auroras around the Arctic Circle so bright that some observers are seeing them even before nightfall |
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DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands |
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio events:
Source: Big Island Amateur Radio Club March 2018 Newsletter.
Everyone is invited to the HPP Radio Day, Saturday, 28 Aprils 2018, 0900 to 1600 HST, at the Hawaiian Paradise Park Community Center, 17th and Maku’u in the Puna District. According to coordinator Mike Stratton (KH6PAC), “We want to let everyone know that the event is open to all hams, especially the newest ham operators…Out plan is to have several different radios set up…There will be lots of activities and demonstrations.” For details, contact Mike at jefffan@hotmail.com
The second round of free Technician License prep classes will be held at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kona, beginning on 22 March 2018, with the final exam set for 26 April 2018. A test fee of $15.00 in exact cash will be collected at the time of the exam. For more information, please contact Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) at douscelle@aol.com.
You still have time to sign up for the Big Island Amateur Radio Club’s new QTH.NET Email Listserve. For details, contact Les Hittner (K0BAD), at lhittner@hbci.com.
General Comments:
For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.
Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks prior to your event so I can notify our local print and broadcast media in a timely manner.
Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de
Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section
