Archive for month: August, 2013
A Comparison of the Icom 7600 versus the 756ProIII based on SSB Receive capabilities. The tests done on a range of signals from Very Strong all the way down …
Pasada del satélite de radioaficionados FO-29 recibido desde el locator IN51NW. Dia 2 de marzo de 2011 La senal no era muy fuerte pero no tengo previo de ant…
ARES-RACES volunteers in Central California now have been on duty for more than 10 days as part of the response to the gigantic Rim Fire in and near Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest. The initial callout on August 19 responded to a request to assist the Red Cross in setting up an evacuation center at Tioga High School in Groveland, California, for residents leaving the f…
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ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, and there will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. Headquarters will be open for business Tuesday, September 3. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!
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My RDS Tuner SONY ST-S311 Working!
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After serving the US Amateur Radio community for 14 years Mike Carroll, N4MC, has shut down his Vanity HQ website.
“Vanity HQ is closed,” now greets visitors to the site. “It’s been a good 14 years. Thank you everyone for participating, sending bug reports and comments, and I especially thank all the Elmer volunteers who have helped me over the years. It is time for me to move on. Regards to all…
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台灣業餘無線電台 BX5AA TAIWAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION.
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“Episode 3 / APRS Trackers” This Old Ham Shack is a W2SO video production of the Lancaster Amateur Radio Club inc. It’s production is for the enjoyment of cl…
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The Daily DX reports that two Pacific Island DXpeditions are preparing to activate in October and November. The much-anticipated K9W Wake Island DXpedition has announced its tentative operating schedule, with times based on Wake Island times and dates (Wake is 12 hours ahead of UTC). According to its website, the team expects to kick off operations on or about October 7 and operate until Octobe…
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Alex Putney who is behind the interesting website HumanResonance.org joins us on the program to discuss his work and theories on standing waves, geometrical …
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Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) volunteers are continuing to fill communication gaps for local emergency managers and responding agencies, as part of the response to the gigantic Rim Fire.
Tuolumne County RACES Radio Officer Phil Fish, WB6GGY, told ARRL that with telephone circuits overloaded and cell service spotty, ham radio is keeping …
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DATV enthusiasts around the world will take part in the annual World Digital ATV QSO Party August 30 and 31 through dedicated US repeaters, some direct transmissions and even via Skype. The clearing house for all transmissions will be the VK3RTV digital repeater in the Melbourne, Australia, area, with Peter Cossins, VK3BFG, as anchor. All transmissions will be streamed live via the British Amat…
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Boy Scouts of America, Director of Communication Services, Jim Wilson K5ND exchanges a K2BSA 2013 Jamboree Challenge Coin for a W1AW 75th Anniversary Coin, w…
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David J. Stapchuk is the new chief of Air Force MARS. He assumed command August 23 from outgoing chief Richard S. Jenson, who has taken on a new assignment. Stapchuk is the director of operations at the 92nd Information Operations Squadron Detachment 1 at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. In that role he oversees cyber operations in support of the detachment’s communications security mission.
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This is the 2nd part of the 756 repair video. I have put this video together repairing an IC-756 I picked up from eBay with a number of faults. I hope you fi…
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Through its Teachers Institutes the ARRL’s Education & Technology Program (ETP) has been working for more than 10 years to promote the teaching of technology. In a new teach-the-teachers twist, the program recently sponsored a Teachers Institute on remote sensing and data gathering. At the inaugural four-day session held in late July in Dayton, Ohio, 12 teachers explored the use of remote senso…
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Little fun on 10 meters running QRP with IC-7000 and awesome signal reports on return.
The ICOM M24 Floating Handheld VHF Radio is a compact, easy-to-use, and the smallest floating VHF radio yet. For more info and other ICOM products visit http…
Officials in Tuolumne County, California, have tapped Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) volunteers to help fill communication gaps as part of the response to the gigantic Rim Fire.
Tuolumne County RACES Radio Officer Phil Fish, WB6GGY, told ARRL that with telephone circuits overloaded and cell service spotty, ham radio is keeping open the l…
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Test RTTY.
RTTY machine receiving live at the KPH Marconi / RCA receive station at Point Reyes.
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The 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium will take place in Houston, Texas, November 1-3 at the Marriott Hobby Airport Hotel. Hosted by the Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club, this year’s Symposium will feature presentations on satellite construction and operation as well as on other space-related subjects. The AMSAT Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the Space Symposium, provides AMSAT member…
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Field Day 2012.ARRL Calvert County Maryland.
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The antenna support snapped during the raising of the support. Nobody was hurt and the damaged section was quickly replaced.
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Prova radio.
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Speaking in late July at the 28th annual National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) meeting, Bill Cross, W3TN, of the FCC’s Mobility Division within the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), assured attendees that pending proposals to modify the Amateur Service Part 97 rules are not on the back burner but still under review. FCC personnel addressing the teleconference we…
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A few nice Distress frequency images I found:
This Hornet has the international distress frequency 121.50 on the fuel tank
Image by Jerry Gunner
Five Hornets taxied out of the shelters in the mountain and took off shortly after I arrived. They carry the radio freq on the tank for their use in the air policing role.
Solar activity picked up this week, with average daily sunspot numbers for August 15-21 up nearly 42 points (forty-nine percent) to 126.9, when compared to the previous seven days. Likewise, average daily solar flux increased from 111.7 to 126.3.
The latest prediction from USAF/NOAA has solar flux at 130, 125, 120, and 115 on August 23-26, 110 on August 27-29, 105 on August 30, 95 on August 31 t…
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Analog communications Lab – Experiment 2: Single Side Band ( frequency domain) . EE Department – Faculty of Engineering – Alexandria University.
The Tecsun 606 is clearly much better on the FM band than the Grundig G6. The 606 plays much louder and cleaner as well. The 606 will also drive headphones m…
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The ARRL has issued a call for papers and programs to include in its planned extensive slate of ARRL Centennial Convention forums and presentations. The convention will take place July 17-20, 2014, in Hartford, Connecticut. Dan Henderson, N1ND, is the Centennial Convention Programs and Forums Coordinator.
“Since this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, we are looking for programs with a ‘Wow!’ factor…
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This is my review of the BC125AT. The Uniden BC125AT is a great airband scanner. This radio police scanner is one of the best low end scanners available. Che…
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This is a video of a mid 1970’s CB radio being tested during lift conditions.
A Japanese cargo spacecraft has delivered an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) digital TV transmitter to the ISS. The equipment arrived August 9 and is being stored in the space station’s Columbus module. Gear includes the transmitter, power supply, NASA-provided Canon XF-305 camera, and antenna cables, reports ARISS-Europe Chair Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, who says the DATV t…
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The World’s Most Advanced CB Radio Ground Breaking technology, modern design and the quality, reliability and performance that made the Cobra 29 Series the #…
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The new FCC regulatory fee of $ 16.10 to apply for an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will go into effect Friday, August 23, when the new regulatory fee schedule will appear in the Federal Register. Earlier this year the FCC had proposed upping the vanity call sign fee from its current $ 15 to $ 15.20, but in the Report and Order in MD Docket 13-140, released August 12, the Commission offered no ex…
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Just a quick tour of my humble Amateur Radio station.
ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, a Boston Marathon finish-line volunteer when the bombs exploded, will discuss his experience at EmComm East, an ARRL-sanctioned Amateur Radio emergency communication conference, September 29 in Rochester, New York.
The conference is aimed at radio amateurs involved in emergency, disaster response and recovery communications can attend training se…
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This video shows how to download, install and configure HAM Radio Deluxe for 11 meter use. The URL’s used in this video are: http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com …
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Duff.
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Nominations are open for the 2013 George Hart Distinguished Service Award. The ARRL Board of Directors established the award in 2009, to be given to an ARRL member whose service to the League’s Field Organization is of the most exemplary nature.
The Award’s namesake, George Hart, W1NJM (SK), was a long-time Communications Manager at ARRL Headquarters and chief developer of the National Traffic S…
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The winner of the August QST Cover plaque award is Eric Nichols, KL7AJ, for his article “Don’t Blame the Sun!” The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue — is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the September issue today.
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Some cool ARRL images:
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Yuki, JH1NBN, is on the air from Dhaka, Bangladesh, while on a short business trip. In his spare time he’ll operate as S21ZBA on 20, 17 and 15 meters on SSB until about 1200 UTC August 22, running 100 W into a mobile whip. Rana, S21R, is back in Dhaka, Bangladesh for a one-month stay. He was on the air August 19 just after 1500 UTC on 14.167 MHz, running 100 W into an inverted V. QSL manager is…
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ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed Ed Hudgens, WB4RHQ, of Nashville, Tennessee, as Delta Division Vice Director. Hudgens will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Glen Clayton, W4BDB, who stepped down August 1 for health reasons. Hudgens, who recently retired after a career in electrical engineering, will serve the remainder of the term that expires January 1, 2015. The D…
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[VIDEO] Status Bendung Katulampa Masih Siaga III
Status Siaga III ditetapkan setelah ketinggian air di Bendung Katulampa sempat mencapai di atas 120 sentimeter. Namun setelah hujan mulai reda ketinggian air pun berangsur-angsur surut. Longsor di Bogor Utara. Tingginya intensitas hujan di Bogor, …
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Balloting will take place this fall to pick a Director and Vice Director in the ARRL Southeastern Division, the only division where incumbents are being challenged for re-election. Incumbent directors and vice directors in the other four other divisions in the current election cycle were unopposed have been declared re-elected for new terms.
Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, is…
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CONSTRUÇÃO DE UMA ANTENA DUAL BAND, VHF/UHF, MODELO OSJ, CREDITOS E LINK ORIGINAL: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/antenas/antena_osj.htm 31/10/2011 RICARDO PU2OKE…
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Quick vid to demonstrate the nulls that are present off the *broadsides* (and not the ends) of the EH antenna. The question now is, does EZNEC et al (MOM or …
DXer and ARRL Life Member James D. Kulp, K3SW (ex-K3AWZ, V26SW), of Middletown, Virginia, died August 5. He was 70. Kulp was licensed in 1957 and became K3SW 20 years later. He was a life member of AMSAT and also belonged to the Frankford Radio Club, Potomac Valley Radio Club, the National Capitol DX Association and other organizations. He was a retired juvenile probation counselor. K3SW had 33…
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Ham Radio Deluxe with CAT cable interface and audio cable to YAESU FT897D on 430.900.000 fm.
In “Product Review” in the September issue of QST we reviewed Funkamateur’s FiFi software-defined receiver. On page 52, we direct members to order from the Funkamateur online-shop website. Unfortunately the ordering function at that site has gone offline, due to a problem with AT&T (nothing happens when you click ADD to CART). Funkamateur advises that the problem may not be resolved until early…
ARRL’s Hands-on Radio Experiements Volume 2
QST’s monthly “Hands-on Radio” column, Written by
Ward Silver, N0AX, is one of the most-read sections of the magazine.Wireless technology continues to develop rapidly and radio experimenters are eager to discover what makes their radios work. As long as we keep putting our hands on radios, there will be techniques to learn and circuits and components to try.
ARRL s Hands-On Radio Experiments Volume 2 gathers all of the columns over the past five years, from 2008 through 2012. Once aga
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Again this week, solar activity was unchanged, with average daily sunspot numbers slipping from 85.4 to 85, and average daily solar flux increasing 4.4 points to 111.7. Geomagnetic conditions were stable.
The latest solar flux prediction from USAF/NOAA has flux values of 125 on August 16, 130 on August 17-18, 120 on August 19-20, 110 on August 21-23, 105 on August 24, 110 on August 25-26, 115 on…
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Este Beacon esta na faixa de 10 metros. Responderei a todos os cartões qsl recebidos. Mais detalhes entre na pagina www.qrz.com e procure por PY4MAB.
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Pikes Peak Amateur Radio Emergency Service (PPARES) volunteers on August 9 provided communication support to several organizations during the Waldo Canyon flood in Manitou Springs, Colorado. PPARES members assisted the El Paso County Emergency Operations Center, the Colorado Springs EOC, the National Weather Service-Pueblo/SKYWARN, the Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross and one Red Cr…
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Comparison of receive quality on icom 756 Pro 3 vs icom IC7410.
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Icom IC-707.
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Frequency Division Multiplex Digital Voice is a Digital Voice narrow mode. The codec uses only 1300 hz (1,3 KHz) Bandwidth for voice and digital data (texts)…
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GovDelivery’s Digital Communication Management Solution (DCM) helps you reach more people, streamline your communications and meet the mission critical objec…
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