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Amateur Radio Volunteers Prepare to Greet Dangerous Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) teams along the Gulf Coast have plans in place to deal with Hurricane Laura, now expected to m… Read more
Hurricane Watch Net Firms Up Wednesday Activation Plans
With Hurricane Laura set to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate at 1300 UTC on Wednesday, on i… Read more
Hurricane Watch Net Announces Tentative Mid-Week Activation for Laura
One down, one to go. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) says that a vastly weaker Tropical Storm Marco made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi Rive… Read more
SunSDR2 DX HF Transceiver Setup and Demo
Expert Electronics SunSDR2 DX HF 100W, 6M 50W, VHF 8W Transceiver with Direct Digitization and Direct Signal Synthesis The SunSDR2 DX transceiver base… Read more
As Marco Weakens, Attention Turns to Laura, Which May Become a Category 2 Hurricane
With now-Tropical Storm Marco continuing to weaken, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) canceled plans to reactivate on Monday morning. Although no longer a… Read more
Coronavirus in the UK: Meet the child radio enthusiast making friends thousands of miles away during lockdown
By Rhiannon Williams William, 10, has been discovering the joy of chatting with people across the world over radio waves – and he’s far from the only… Read more
2020 CQ WW Rules Updated
Effective with the 2020 contest, there have been some modifications to the CQ WW rules that have been developed and approved by the WW contest committ… Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspots disappeared on 4 days over the past week, but then returned. The average daily sunspot number declined from… Read more
Technology and Technique Making Ham Radio Testing Possible During Pandemic
Amateur radio license testing continues during the pandemic, with a combination of remote Volunteer Examiner (VE) test sessions and careful in-person… Read more
Enthusiasm Undimmed for International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
The 23rd International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) takes place this weekend. The 2-day event begins at 0001 UTC on August 22 and continues unt… Read more
How To Use A Ham Radio Manual Antenna Tuner
How To Use A Ham Radio Manual Antenna Tuner Read more
K6OIK Wins the August QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the August 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “Antenna Performance in a Forest of Trees” by Steve Stearns, K6OIK. The… Read more
CUSHCRAFT SR-5 – 5-BD, 9EL, 10/12/15/17/20 M, 5KW
The SR-5 – A 9 element multi-Band HF 5 Band Super-compact Yagi covering 20m/17m/15m/12m/10m bands with a single feed point The SR-5 has been red… Read more
JT9 activity days ‘Make haste slowly’ 22-23 August 2020
Dear Fellow Radio Amateurs, We invite fans of digital modes of radio communication to JT9 activity days ‘Make haste slowly‘ which will tak… Read more
New Contest for Portable Stations to Debut in October
A new amateur radio contest for portable operators — the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge (POC) — will debut October 3 – 4. The event is a… Read more
Open Source Satellite Work Determined to be Free of ITAR
The United States Department of State has ruled favorably on Open ResearchInstitute’s commodity jurisdiction request, finding that specified?Inf… Read more
725GHz first QSO!
Michael DB6NT and Andreas DB2NP made on 20th July 2020 first-ever QSO on 725Ghz! Congratulation for these great achievement! http://www.db6nt.de/filea… Read more
The new mAT-705 Auto ATU for the Icom IC-705
Specifically built for the new Icom IC-705, the mAT-705 is the latest compact and fully portable Micro-ATU owered by an internal 9V dry battery! The a… Read more
Ailunce HS2
HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Receive frequency coverage 300K~1.6GHZ. HS2 adopts a full keyboard design, built-in Bluet… Read more
SmartSDR for your Mac
SDR has never been easier! SmartSDR is now available for your Mac. It has never been easier to operate your FlexRadio 6xxx Radio. SmartSDR for Mac is… Read more
Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) begins a new virtual Technician License Class on 01 September 2020. For details, please contact Doug at douscelle@aol.com
All radio amateurs are invited to participate in the Sunday, 20 September 2020, Hawaiian Grid Madness Simplex Event. The event, sponsored by the Aulani Hui Amateur Repeater Club, runs from 1300 to 1700 HST. For the complete event package, please go here: https://gridmadness.blogspot.com
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