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I have a project I am seriously considering doing in the spring or summer of 2012. I have a rohn 25g free standing tower at 45 feet and want to convert it to…

Tower base is now set in concrete.
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  • Scout Sets Up Firehouse Ham Station for Back-Up Communication: Florida TV station Bay News 9 has reported that an Eagle Scout project turned into an “Everyday Hero” nomination for a Pinellas County teenager. According to Bay News 9, Parker Mitchell, KI4YAV, of Clearwater, Florida, the 18-year-old ham decided to create a backup communications system for a Palm Harbor fire station. “I decided sin…

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  • Canadian Mounties to Mount Special Event Station During Field Day: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Amateur Radio Group in Ottawa will operate special event station VE3RCMP during Field Day weekend, June 28-29. The group also plans to activate the call sign during the RAC Canada Day Contest on July 1. The special event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first RCMP owned and operated radi…

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  • Dr David Wardlaw, VK3ADW, Receives Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award: Former IARU Vice President Dr David Wardlaw, VK3ADW, received the Michael J. Owen, VK3KI, Memorial Award during a recent reception at Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) headquarters. Wardlaw, the second of the two inaugural recipients of the honor, was recognized for his contributions to the International Amateur Radi…

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  • Dayton Hamvention Attendance Up Slightly: Dayton Hamvention® has announced on its website that 24,873 people turned out for Hamvention 2014. That was up slightly from 2013, when 24,542 attended the annual, 3-day international gathering. Hamvention 2014 was a Regional ARRL National Centennial Event. Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, was the 2014 general chairman. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA…

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  • K8CX Dayton 2014 Gallery Has Been Posted: Tom Roscoe, K8CX, has announced that The K8CX Dayton 2014 Gallery has been posted on his Hamgallery website. Roscoe said he’s scrapbooked 361 photos from Dayton Hamvention® 2014 and nearly 4100 Dayton photos altogether; this is his 18th year of recording Dayton activities. “The site has Dayton photos in The Gallery back to 1971,” he said. “If you have a…

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Video shows my tower and Delta Loop repaired and being raised with the winch and winch pole. The winch is an inexpensive Chinese made 3000 pound ATV unit. Th…

In a surprise move, the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal from the Village of Swanton, Ohio, in an Amateur Radio antenna zoning case. The ARRL had announced plans to file a “friend of the court” or amicus curiae brief on behalf of ARRL Life Member Gary Wodtke, WW8N, who has been trying since 2009 to erect a 60 foot antenna support structure on his 0.2 acre residential…

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The on-the-air portion of the FT5ZM DXpedition has come to an end, although the trip home remains. That news may be welcome to non-DXers who have been contending with the huge and chaotic pileups that, on occasion, occupied substantial segments of spectrum, but depressing for operators who were unsuccessful in snagging this rare one. The Amsterdam Island DXpedition team logged on the order of 1…

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This tower is almost similar construction like tower of John EI7BA. With his site you can download all technical information. Link to site: www.iol.ie
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Reception of the K6RPT-11 APRS Balloon flying over AZORES
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On December 12 and 13 the FITSAT-1 CubeSat will be sending Morse code by flashing its array of super-bright LEDs. Depending on local conditions, the light may be visible to the naked eye and will be easily visible through binoculars. The LEDs will send “HI DE NIWAKA JAPAN.”

The satellite will be visible over the eastern half of the United States on the morning of December 12. The LEDs will flash…

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yaesu ft-817nd + homebrew fishing pole antenna, SWL-ing over the HF bands

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