If the US Postal Service (USPS) gets its way, it will no longer sell International Reply Coupons (IRCs) after January 27, 2013. According to the October 23 edition of the Federal Register, there is not sufficient demand for the USPS to continue offering IRCs to customers; however, per the Universal Postal Union (UPU) regulations, the USPS must continue to exchange (redeem) IRCs that have been p…
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The Atlantic Division Leadership is turning the traditional convention model on its head! This year — through the use of multimedia — the Division will host its convention on the Internet on Saturday, November 10. ARRL President (and former Atlantic Division Director) Kay Craigie N3KN, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Atlantic Division Convention.
“We will be doing the convention as an…
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This is the ARRL DX SSB Contest. I filmed a little station and Contesting overview and tour, during the end of the contest. I had to compress the file a little to fit on YouTube, so the image quality is not so good. Please watch the whole thing, because I work a few station near the end. Thanks for Watching 73.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ looks at radios that are very pleasing to the eye.
Tom Kipgen builds designer radios.
You may ask, “What’s a designer radio?” It’s a radio that not only works well, but looks good.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so I direct your attention to Tom’s Designer Radios website where you can view photos of Tom’s designs (representing ten…
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Listening in on part of the 11 JAN 2011 SKYWARN NET for Portland Oregon. Created on January 11, 2011 using FlipShare.
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Solar activity retreated again this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers declining 8.7 points to 49.7, while the average daily solar flux was down nearly 20 points to 97.2. Sunspot numbers for November 1-7 were 48, 34, 35, 46, 47, 61 and 77, with a mean of 49.7. The 10.7 cm flux was 98.4, 96.5, 93.3, 95, 96.6, 98.7 and 101.7, with a mean of 97.2. The estimated planetary A indices were 1…
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Quick tour of my radio station
Video Rating: 5 / 5
ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, is reporting that while Logbook of The World (LoTW) system is currently down, it is expected to be back up by 9 AM EST (1400 UTC) on Friday, November 9. “While the system is temporarily down, radio amateurs are not able to access LoTW or upload their logs,” Keane explained. “No data has been lost, and everyone’s records are intact. We und…
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The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) held its second 2012 meeting Saturday, September 29 in Denver, Colorado. The EC is responsible for administering the League’s affairs in between Board meetings. It consists of the President (Kay Craigie, N3KN), five Directors elected annually by the Board, and — without vote — the First Vice President (Rick Roderick, K5UR) and Chief Executive Officer (David S…
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QSL card. Posted this video to assist with DX contacts. In the background you hear station 29FB018, Lee in Wexford, Ireland in which I made contact with during this shoot. 10/09/2011, approx. 17:00 UTC.
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The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its Annual Meeting November 2-4 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The AC — which consists australians online casinos of the three IARU International Officers and two representatives from each of the three IARU regional organizations — is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU. According to IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD,…
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hfp 4×3 compact printing onto rosette centres
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ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, is reporting that the Logbook of The World (LoTW) system is currently down for maintenance. “With the system temporarily down, radio amateurs are not able to access LoTW or upload their logs,” Keane explained. “No data has been lost, and everyone’s records are intact. We understand the problem and we are in the process of restoring servic…
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This is where you have to connect your audio output (TX audio) to use with digital modulation
Yaesu’s ARTS Auto-range Transponder System. Just wanted to show you how ARTS work’s.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
This sounds like a rtty signal to me. Heard on random piece of wire hung in a tree connected to soundard, using spectrum lab software.
If the US Postal Service (USPS) gets its way, it will no longer sell International Reply Coupons (IRCs) after January 27, 2013. According to the October 23 edition of the Federal Register, there is not sufficient demand for the USPS to continue offering IRCs to customers; however, per the Universal Postal Union (UPU) regulations, the USPS must continue to exchange (redeem) IRCs that have been p…
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Installing the 100′ Rohn SSV ham radio Tower. There are 5 twenty foot sections. We mounted three in singles, then put the top two in at once, because the boom truck wasn’t tall enough to put the top 20′ on top of an 80′ base. Sorry there’s not more video, but there were only three of use working – N9VW on the ground ropes and video, KC7RAS on the boom truck and tower, and me (K7GLM) bolting tower sections together. Steve could only shoot video during the slow times! The SSV tower is normally a commercial tower, but I’m using it for amateur radio and emergency communications.
Video Rating: 3 / 5
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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Here is a view of the progress on the installation of my Rohn-25G 50′ tower. I acquired it from a friend of mine in trade for a case of beer and some gutter repair help, not that I did a lot. My father and I dug a rather narrow 6ft hole which we filled with 8″ of gravel, then set the first tower piece down on top of it and seated the legs in the stone. This allows for drainage so that any water entering the tower legs wont collect, freeze, and then split the pipes in the winter. Then we dumped in another 8 inches of gravel and backfilled the hole with dirt, stopping to compact it with some 2×4’s about every 12 inches. The tower ended up being rock solid, as in absolutely NO saw what so ever. It is as if we bolted it to the house already. I will upload more pics as we make progress and begin lifting up the other sections to complete it.
Here is a short pan across our campsite at 5600′ atop Santiago Peak in Orange County, CA. Darin and I setup a nice HF + VHF station the previous night. Equipment was a YaesU FT-857d and a Kenwood TS-520. The antenna was a 102″ G5RV setup as inverted-v. The metal pipes you see sticking out of the ground are viewfinders for popular landmarks like Catalina Island, Mt Palomar and Mt Wilson.
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Some cool Yaesu images:
Equipo portátil de comunicaciones (VHF/UHF)
Image by lu6fpj
Antigua caja metálica de municiones, en su interior coloqué una fuente conmutada de 13,8 voltios (5 Amp.) y una batería de moto de 12 voltios (8 Amp.). (puedo seleccionar 220 voltios o 12 voltios portátil)
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Yaesu, Tokyo Japan
Specifications:
Model Number: HGA7T
Connector: Reverse TNC
Peak Gain: 7dBi
FrequencyRange: 2.4GHz ~ 2.5GHz
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR): 1.92 Max
Polarization: Linear Vertical
Direction: Omni-directional
Impedance: 50 Ohms Nominal
Dimensions (W x H x D): 11.22″ x 0.55″ (285 mm x 14 mm)
Unit Weight: 1.48 oz. (0.04 kg)
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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ considers portable power generators in the wake of another horrific storm.
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy barreled through here Monday, but I was lucky: The tree man had done his work last month, so there was no tree damage on my property, except for a few small branches that landed without incident here and there. And my home lost po…
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Solar activity quieted this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers down nearly 37 points to 58.4 and the average daily solar flux declining 27 points to 116.9. Sunspot numbers for October 25-31 were 58, 71, 59, 55, 75, 56 and 35, with a mean of 58.4. The 10.7 cm flux was 130, 130.7, 121.7, 117, 108.4, 106.3 and 104.2, with a mean of 116.9. The estimated planetary A indices were 4, 4, 4, 3…
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2006 activities
Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
news@arrl.org
This feature — including convenient web links to useful information — is a concise monthly update of some of the things the ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of October.
As Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast, the Emergency Response Team at ARRL Headquarters supported the affected Secti…
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This is the 60 second video tour of the shack at K7GLM. More of a test video than anything else. Stay tuned for more!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
kenwood tm-v7 vhf\uhf fm tranciever
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un très bon poste vhf uhf radio amateur , une audio super. mode répéteur a droite mode .et simplex a gauche .
My Amatuer Radio Station.
The setting up of my station is a long process, so further parts are to come as completion milestones are achieved.
Some cool Skywarn images:
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Image by Samuel Morris
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Lightning, Palmer Tx
bunnies and frogs and breakfast oh my
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