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GLOBAL COVID-19 “STAYHOME” Campaign Deemed a Success
The June 6 – 7 COVID-19 “STAYHOME” Radio Communication Event was a “great success,” its sponsors said, with more than 6,000 participants worldwide. Th… Read more
Mini.Mu Microbit Morse Code Radio
To mark the June 15 centenary of the first live UK entertainment broadcast by Dame Nellie Melba, one of the Essex Steamettes created a Morse Code tran… Read more
Russian-Ukrainian Radio War Continues
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) May newsletter reports the Russian-Ukrainian radio war, which had been ragin… Read more
Antenna beam 2 elements 80m (Monobander)
Frequency: (3,500 MHz – 3,830 MHz) Number of elements per band: 2 Gain [dBd]: 3.9 Front-back ratio [dB]: 18 A switching system that enables oper… Read more
Raspberry Pi FUNcube satellite telemetry decoder now available
The FUNcube Team has announced the availability of FUNcube CubeSat satellite telemetry decoder software for the popular Raspberry Pi computer board. T… Read more
About correspondence of amateur radio products due to revision of radio law (IC7100,IC7300,IC7610,IC7851)
With the revision of the Radio Law, amateur radio communication now allows SSB operation in the 1.9MHz band. Since we have started the procedure to ob… Read more
Antenna Genius 8×1 – 4O3A
Antenna Genius is a smart antenna switch that features 8 antennas to 1 radio. Designed for less demanding applications. LAN/WAN capability was a core… Read more
FT8DMC 3rd Anniversary-Activity Days 2020
To commemorate our 3rd anniversary, special event stations will be on air during the FT8DMC Activity Days from 1. to 31. July 2020. All stations will… Read more
There is a new release of Win4IcomSuite
There is a new release of Win4IcomSuite. This release now supports the SDRPlay RSPDX and has an IQ Output with the SDRPlay for feeding into CWSkimmer…. Read more
Unboxing the MyAntennas EFHW-80-10 End Fed Antenna
EFHW-8010-1K ™ Multi-Band End Fed Half Wave Antenna This is an End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW*) antenna for 80/40/30/20/17/15/12 and 10m bands. Unlike many… Read more
LY2YR completes contact with S50B for another first on the new 40 MHz band
At the end of April 2020, LY2YR in Lithuania made a contact with EI4GNB in Ireland for the first LY-EI QSO on the new 40 MHz amateur band. Gintas, LY2… Read more
The 2020 Software Defined Radio Academy will be held online
This year’s Software Defined Radio Academy is taking place as an online conference. Because of the great number of contributions, we are spanning the… Read more
Indian radio amateur starts petition for licence change
Rohit Bokade VU3OIR has started a petition requesting a change to the Amateur Radio licence in India to permit all grades of licence to use the amateu… Read more
Yaesu Reveals the FTM-300DR Dual Band Mobile Radio
The new FTM-300DR provides stable and reliable 50W RF power output. As in recent YAESU mobile transceivers, the FTM-300DR is also equipped with a… Read more
K1JT , JOE TAYLOR HINTS AT POSSIBLE NEW MODE!
In a post to the WSJT-X email group today, Joe Taylor K1JT hinted at some ongoing experimentation of a new digital mode with sub-modes. His post was a… Read more
Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx System
1 – Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx – The LNBF 2 – Modifying the LNBF 3 – Tuning the LNBF 4 – Pictures and PlotsNOTE: This… Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspots made a solid reappearance over this reporting week (June 4-10) with average daily sunspot number rising from 3.3 to 14. As expected, solar fl… Read more
IARU Submits Paper on Increasing Noise from Digital Devices
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) specialists Tore Worren, LA9QL, and Martin Sach, G8KDF, have submitted a… Read more
WWSA GACW Contest Rules.
WWSA GACW I – Dates Second weekend of June of every year. From Saturday 15.00 UTC until Sunday 15.00 UTC. 24 hours period. II – Goal To co… Read more
How To Direction Find Radio Stations With The Internet!
Is there a station that you really want to discover where they are transmitting from? http://kiwisdr.com/ has a solution. By using multiple receivers… Read more
AO-73 now in full-time transponder mode
After some eight months in continuous sunlight, AO-73 (FUNcube-1) has now started to see some eclipses during each orbit. The telemetry received has s… Read more
15 Canadian CubeSats to launch from 2021
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) report 15 CubeSat satellites are being built by students in Canada, all are expected to carry amateur radio payloads. T… Read more
International Postal Service Disrupted
The US Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended international mail acceptance for items addressed to certain destinations due to service impact… Read more
DIGITAL MODES
To commemorate our 3rd anniversary, special event stations will be on air during the FT8DMC Activity Days from 1. to 31. July 2020. All stations will bear the FTDMC or FTDM suffix, referring to the third anniversary of the FT8 Digital Mode Club. The following stations w… Read more
VHF-UHF
Photo:ARISS 25 watt JVC-Kenwood D710GA at Hamvention 2017 – Credit John Brier KG4AKV The ARISS website reports on progress towards flying new amateur radio equipment to the International Space Station. On behalf of the ARISS International team, I am proud to announce th… Read more
REVIEW
Max Gain Systems 32 ft. push up mast, quick look.
https://mgs4u.com/product/mk-6-series-32ft-masts/ Specifications Maximum Usable Length (Height): 32 feet Length when sleeved: 7 feet and 3 inches Mini… Read more
SWR , How To Measure And Is it Important
SWR W6LG, Jim, shows the loss in RG8X in a simple demonstration without using Algebra and Smith Charts. Read more
The TAK-Tenna Review – A Limited Space HF Antenna
“As you may know, a big percentage of this web site is dedicated to building antennas and not buying them, but sometimes an antenna comes along… Read more
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“Life Above 50 MHz” [ ARRL PODCAST ]
“Life Above 50 MHz” is the topic of the new (January 17) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Eng… Read more
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“In this video I want to show you the 40M band UltraLight Magnetic Loop Antenna, how to setup it and testing in the real QRP conditions. During this test was running a Black Sea Contest so the 40M band was very crowded and full of QRM… Read more
APP – MOBILE
Morse code Ringtone Generator by M1RGZ
“This page converts text into a morse code ringtone playable on most mobile phones. If your phone can play ‘polyphonic’ or ‘po… Read more
RUMlogNG2Go for iOS version 3.3 now available
Thomas Lindner, DL2RUM, is happy to announce the availability of version 3.3 of his RUMlogNG2Go logger for the iPhone and iPad. RUMlogNG2Go can be do… Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now supports Twitter!
“RFinder has been the ‘Social Repeater Directory’ for a while now with its support of repeater check-in postings to APRS and… Read more
SOFTWARE
There is a new release of Win4IcomSuite
There is a new release of Win4IcomSuite. This release now supports the SDRPlay RSPDX and has an IQ Output with the SDRPlay for feeding into CWSkimmer…. Read more
The 2020 Software Defined Radio Academy will be held online
This year’s Software Defined Radio Academy is taking place as an online conference. Because of the great number of contributions, we are spanning the… Read more
SDR-Radio v3.0.23 Release
Logic updated, should work with any AD sample rate. Gain menu corrected, extraneous entries removed. Works with 822x which must be in single channel m… Read more
PROPAGATION
The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspots made a solid reappearance over this reporting week (June 4-10) with average daily sunspot number rising from 3.3 to 14. As expected, solar fl… Read more
ANOTHER SOLAR CYCLE 25 SUNSPOT
A new sunspot is emerging over the sun’s southeastern limb. Provisionally numbered AR2765, it is inset in this magnetic map of the sun’s surface… Read more
CONTESTING
CQ WPX Contest CW : May 30 – 31
Photo by PY3VK – QTH ZX5J – PT5J – PP5JR 2020 CQ World-Wide WPX Contest SSB: March 28-29, 2020 CW: May 30-31, 2020 Starts: 0000 UTC… Read more
COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT
DATE: June 06-07, 2020. STARTS 10.00 UTC SATURDAY – ENDS 09.59 UTC SUNDAY For amateur radio operators worldwide, social distancing is not an iss… Read more
DXING
Antenna Genius 8×1 – 4O3A
Antenna Genius is a smart antenna switch that features 8 antennas to 1 radio. Designed for less demanding applications. LAN/WAN capability was a core… Read more
First contact made on 40 MHz between Ireland and Lithuania
On Wednesday the 29th of April 2020, EI4GNB in Ireland managed to complete a digital FT8 contact with LY2YR on 40.220 MHz on the new 8-metre band. No… Read more
VHF
Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx System
1 – Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx – The LNBF 2 – Modifying the LNBF 3 – Tuning the LNBF 4 – Pictures and PlotsNOTE: This… Read more
Amazing opening on 144 MHz from Cape Verde Islands to Poland
On Friday the 29th of May 2020, there was an extensive Sporadic-E opening across Europe which reached as high as 144 MHz allowing stations across the… Read more
RADIODDITY GS-5B ANALOG RADIO | 5W | DUAL PTT | BLUETOOTH PROGRAMMING | S-METER | USB CHARGING
Professional VHF UHF Radio: Dual band, dual watch, dual standby, up to 128 channels. Equipped with an 8.9-inch long antenna, this solid 5W radio can r… Read more
ANTENNA
Antenna beam 2 elements 80m (Monobander)
Frequency: (3,500 MHz – 3,830 MHz) Number of elements per band: 2 Gain [dBd]: 3.9 Front-back ratio [dB]: 18 A switching system that enables oper… Read more
Unboxing the MyAntennas EFHW-80-10 End Fed Antenna
EFHW-8010-1K ™ Multi-Band End Fed Half Wave Antenna This is an End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW*) antenna for 80/40/30/20/17/15/12 and 10m bands. Unlike many… Read more
NEWS
GLOBAL COVID-19 “STAYHOME” Campaign Deemed a Success
The June 6 – 7 COVID-19 “STAYHOME” Radio Communication Event was a “great success,” its sponsors said, with more than 6,000 participants worldwide. Th… Read more
Mini.Mu Microbit Morse Code Radio
To mark the June 15 centenary of the first live UK entertainment broadcast by Dame Nellie Melba, one of the Essex Steamettes created a Morse Code tran… Read more
Russian-Ukrainian Radio War Continues
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) May newsletter reports the Russian-Ukrainian radio war, which had been ragin… Read more
Raspberry Pi FUNcube satellite telemetry decoder now available
The FUNcube Team has announced the availability of FUNcube CubeSat satellite telemetry decoder software for the popular Raspberry Pi computer board. T… Read more
About correspondence of amateur radio products due to revision of radio law (IC7100,IC7300,IC7610,IC7851)
With the revision of the Radio Law, amateur radio communication now allows SSB operation in the 1.9MHz band. Since we have started the procedure to ob… Read more
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