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JARL Announces “Canceling” of “Ham Fair 2020”
The Japan Amateur Radio Federation (JARL) will hold the Amateur Radio Festival Organizing Committee on July 16, 2020, at Tokyo Big Sight on Saturday,… Read more
SUPER VERTICAL 8 ULTRA HF 4-6-10-11*-12-15-17-20-30-4
Vertical-Array is proud to present the vertical 8-bands HF 8 “SV 8 ” antenna. The SV8 working in HF for 4-6-10-11-12-15-17-20-30-40… Read more
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Radio Club of America Announces 2020 Award Recipients and Fellows
The Radio Club of America (RCA) has announced its 2020 award recipients and fellows, several of whom are radio amateurs. Recipients and fellows will b… Read more
Nature Communications Article Features LO-94, First Lunar-Orbiting Ham Radio Spacecraft.
Nature Communications Article Features LO-94, First Lunar-Orbiting Ham Radio Spacecraft A July 9 Nature Communications article, “Design and flight res… Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
It turns out last week’s bulletin ARLP028 did not get posted to the ARRL web site and did not go out via the usual channels. If you need a copy, check… Read more
Unauthorized transmissions in 144 MHz satellite allocation
The DARC reports unauthorized transmissions are taking place in the 144 MHz satellite segment of the 2m amateur radio primary allocation. A translatio… Read more
Field Day 2020 is Shaping Up to be One for the Record Books
ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, reported that ARRL has received more than 8,700 online Field Day entries by mid-week, and paper-only… Read more
SpaceX to launch AMSAT-EA EASAT-2 and Hades satellites
Spain’s national amateur radio society URE says SpaceX expect to launch the EASAT-2 and Hades satellites in December 2020. AMSAT-EA, the URE satellite… Read more
EME SSTV Party Could Become an Annual Event
Many stations are reported to have made Earth-moon-Earth (EME) SSTV transmissions on last year’s 50th anniversary celebration of the moon landing. “We… Read more
Amateur radio operator assists to guide a Pilot when he lost communication
RADIOAFITED LIMA, PERU IN 40 METERS THEY HELPED CHILENAN AMBULANCE PLANE Heading to Easter Island LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTROL TOWER Last Thurs… Read more
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend on Track for 2020
Registrations for this year’s popular International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) appear to have been largely unaffected by the current COVID-19… Read more
AMSAT Says Husky-1 CubeSat Project Helped Pave the Way for Future Missions
AMSAT Vice President of Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, said that while it was disappointing that the amateur transponder on HuskySat-1 (HO-107) was n… Read more
1240-1300 MHz discussed at CEPT SE 40 meeting
The 69th meeting of CEPT ECC Working Group SE-40, held June 23-25, discussed the amateur radio 1240-1300 MHz band, the meeting documents are now avail… Read more
Yasme Foundation Supporting Grant will Expand Reverse Beacon Network
The Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) will gain 15 new nodes, thanks to the Yasme Foundation. These new nodes will be added in regions where there is a nee… Read more
Anan 7000DLE II Review
The ANAN-7000DLE MKII monoblock SDR transceiver incorporates an Intel 8th Generation i5/i7 core computer, the SDR client software is preloaded and cal… Read more
Retevis RT6 Dual Band Analog HT Unboxing
Retevis RT6 Review of the Dual Band Analog HT. Unboxing the radio and taking a look at the menus. Read more
2,4GHz Helix-Antenna
Thing files are at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3849410/apps And the rain cover is at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3899156 Read more
Great Technical References from N1UL, Dr. Ulrich Rohde
” There are a few famous hams in our ranks and this week I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ulrich Rohde, one of the founders of Rohde… Read more
AMSAT-DL Submits Lunar Lander Proposal to European Space Agency
Germany’s amateur satellite organization AMSAT-DL has submitted a comprehensive proposal to the European Space Agency (ESA) for its Lunar Amateur Radi… Read more
Storm destroys antennas of IS0FWY
Storm destroys antennas of IS0FWY 😞 pic.twitter.com/lNCtYDdQNH — Ham Radio World (@HamRadioWorld) July 13, 2020 Read more
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Andromeda 100W Transceiver -Apache Labs
Sneak peek at the Andromeda 100W Transceiver…… 10th GEN Intel 6 Core i7, 7 inch built in touch screen and an option to add up to two Exter… Read more
ICOM LC-192 for IC-705
Making your field operation more fun and convenient with the LC-192, the IC-705’s utility backpack. The IC-705 fits perfectly in the optional LC-192 m… Read more
Perseus SDR – EladUSA
Description Buy from EladUSA with Factory Support from Microtelcom PERSEUS is a software defined VLF-LF-MF-HF receiver based on an outstanding direct… Read more
Assembled a prototype of Geckokapula V2 a dualband 70cm/13cm handheld FM/CW radio
Assembled a prototype of Geckokapula V2 a dualband 70cm/13cm handheld FM/CW radio. It also does AM and SSB reception in addition to FM and CW. An awes… Read more
