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Accessed on 24 January 2019, 2155 UTC, Post 847.
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Hams in Indonesia Get New Bands
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SDR School Part One The Basics
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New 2200-Meter Beacon on the Air from Australia
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ANTENNA
PST-RR55D-PRO – Ring Rotor
Ring rotor for trellis up to 52cm on the side. It can be mounted anywhere on the truss. The whole structure is made of laser-cut AISI316 stainless ste… Read more
Log Periodic Antennas – “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!
These directional antennas may look like Yagis, but they are quite different. The Doctor explains! Read more
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The AMSAT SA 2 m / 70 cm dual-band Yagi antenna is now available
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Ground Plane Antennas [ “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast ]
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Electromagnetics, the W8JK Antenna, and the ‘Wow!’ Signal
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Fixing a brand new Cushcraft A3S beam antenna
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio notes:
The Kohala Hamakua Amateur Radio Club will hold “The Original Big Island of Hawaii International Swap Meet/Ham Fest” on Saturday, 02 February 2019, at the Waimea Community Center next to the ball field off the Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea (Kamuela). The event runs from 0930 HST to 1400 HST and will feature a swap meet, vendor sales, an EMCOMM forum, and VE testing for new and upgraded Amateur Radio Licenses. For details, contact Steve Milner (WH6N) at wh6n@arrl.net.
The Puna Emergency Radio Club needs licensed radio amateurs to provide communications support for the Sunday, 17 March 2019, Big Island International Marathon in Hilo, Hawaii. If you can help, please call comms coordinator Sean Fendt (KH6SF) at 430-1884 or via email at sean@sfendt.net.
For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly. Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM).
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section