Issue 274 February 18th, 2023 Editor’s Note: The footer of this email now links to a friends of the newsletter section of hamweekly.com where you’ll find links to exceptional resources pushing the hobby forward. Check back often! Top links U.S. Airforce may have shot down Amateur Radio Balloon over Canada There is speculation that at least one of these three objects may have been an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon. RTL-SDR.com Hobby club’s missing balloon feared shot down by USAF The circumstantial evidence is at least intriguing. The club’s silver-coated, party-style, Pico Balloon reported its last position on February 10th at 38,910 feet off the west coast of Alaska. Aviation Week HRO closing San Diego store The San Diego store will close permanently on February 25th. CQ Newsroom The VP2E – A strange (but proven) antenna A wire antenna that is rapidly field deployable, fairly stealthy, directional, and which has some gain. Ham Radio Outside the Box Maia SDR An Open-Source FPGA-based SDR project focusing on the ADALM Pluto. Daniel Estévez Funny questions I get from non-Hams while on a POTA activation When activating a park, us regular POTA activators are quite used to getting funny looks and strange stares. Mike’s Tech Blog AM DXing 101 AM DXing—sometimes called Broadcast Band (BCB) DXing or Medium Wave (MW) DXing—is one of the easiest ways to begin pursuing the DX game. OnAllBands 2023 Orlando Hamcation photos Over 100 photos from the 2023 Hamcation. The SWLing Post Those strange curvy things seen on a 10 meter waterfall The general consensus is that these are from ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medial) devices that nominally operate around 26957 kHz to 27283 kHz. KA7OEI Video Capacitors and electronic troubleshooting Let’s see how this improves the receiver’s performance. Mr Carlson’s Lab Ham Radio operators take over frozen Minnesota lake Ham Radio operators headed out on White Bear Lake in Mahtomedi, MN for the annual Hams On The Ice meetup. K0LWC Did you receive this email as a forward? Sign-up here Amateur Radio Weekly is curated by K4HCK. Thank you for reading. 73 Friends of the Newsletter | View the archive | Follow on Mastodon Share this email: Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. View this email online. 2015 Irby Lane Murfreesboro, TN | 37127 US This email was sent to kh6jrm@gmail.com. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.

Reminder:

The Big Island Amateur Radio Club will meet on Sunday, 19 February 2023, at the Kamana Senior Center in Hilo.  Executive Board Meeting begins at 1200 HST, followed by the General Membership Meeting at 1400 HST.

Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) begins a new Technician License Class on 22 February 2023.  Contact Doug at (douscelle@aol.com.

Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

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