Two radio amateurs with close ARRL ties are among the winners of Dayton Hamvention 2014 awards. Hamvention will honor three Amateur Radio operators and one ham radio club for their “significant contributions to the Amateur Radio Service” when the annual, 3 day gathering gets underway May 16. Named Amateur of the Year is Larry E. Price, W4RA, a President Emeritus of the ARRL and of the Internati…

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NooElec TV28T v2 USB DVB-T & RTL-SDR Receiver, RTL2832U & R820T Tuner, MCX Input. Low-Cost Software Defined Radio Compatible with Many SDR Software Packages. R820T Tuner & ESD-Safe Antenna Input, Guaranteed

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These DVB-T dongles have new-found popularity since it was discovered they can be used as very inexpensive software defined radios.

These units are based on the R820T tuner IC made by Rafael Mirco. There is also an RTL2832U IC on board of course, which allows for interfacing to a large number of popular SDR software packages.

The connector type on the antenna and USB board is MCX.

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Despite illness, antenna is up

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The Arrow Antenna J-Pole is easily the most bang-for-the-buck piece of ham gear I’ve ever bought

Geneva Model M Wireless Review
It's the circled left arrow in the middle. The alarm clock feature is available, but I found little reason to use it. … FM radio is convenient, but the large metal antenna detracts from its aesthetics. I was only able to pick-up a half-dozen local …
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The Wireless Industry: Reports on Network Infra, Chargers, Sensor Networks
The scope of “wireless network infrastructure” is expanding as wireless carriers increase their investments in Heterogeneous Network or HetNet infrastructure encompassing WiFi, small cells, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Remote Radio Heads (RRH …
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Ο Peter Smith, Managing Director στον Όμιλο Antenna
Ο Αντιπρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος του Oμίλου Antenna, Θοδωρής Μ. Κυριακού ανέφερε σχετικά: «Ο Peter Smith έρχεται ακριβώς τη στιγμή που είμαστε έτοιμοι να υλοποιήσουμε το επόμενο στάδιο στρατηγικής επέκτασής μας. Η 25ετής εμπειρία του στη …
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Ham radio CubeSats to deploy Thursday
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
On Thursday, January 9 at 1807 UT an Antares rocket launched the Cygnus freighter carrying a cargo of CubeSats to the International Space Station. Since then the CubeSats have been stored on the ISS awaiting deployment by the Japanese Kibo Robot 

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Here’s that tuner: http://amzn.to/101Yf1z (this has the RTL2832U chipset) Here’s the gqrx, the software I was using: http://www.oz9aec.net/index.php/gnu-…
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This is a tour through using SDR to receive HF: http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/RF http://spench.net @spenchdotnet http://twitter.com/spenchdotnet HF with ultra-…

I decided to make several changes in my ham radio shack console to make things more efficient and easy to use. Also to improve my TX and RX audio. To see mor…
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APRS IGATE SDR.
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Some cool RTL-SDR images:

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RTL-SDR on Win8, nice!

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Weather satellite image received with RTL-SDR

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Weather satellite image received from NOAA-15 polar orbitting satellite using Gqrx SDR and and EzCAP EZTV666 DVB-T dongle.

This image was decoded by the free version of wxtoimg, using HVC false colour map and histogram equalisation.

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e RadioTéléTYpe ou RTTY est un système de télécommunications dans lequel deux téléscripteurs (également appelés télétypes) communiquent par une liaison radio…
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Rtty con commodore 128.
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Radio ham detects GPS in YouTube video
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Radio ham detects GPS in YouTube video. Finnish radio amateur and electronics hacker Oona Räisänen OH2EIQ, heard a mysterious digital signal when she listened to the audio on a YouTube video of a police chase being filmed by a helicopter. She writes:

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Amateur Radio World Castles Award
… members of Kiev's Radioclub will be active from Kievskaya Fortress, WCA: UR-068, UCFA: KV-003, URDA: KV-06, QTH Loc KO50gk. They going to work as special callsign EM7UT on all HF and VHF bands by CW/SSB/Digital/АМ. QSL via UR7UT. 73 & 11!
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Lekhwiya prepare for Muaither test
Sebastian Soria of Lekhwiya (in red) tackles the ball against Al Khor during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match on Tuesday. QSL points leaders Lekhwiya won 3-1. Lekhwiya play Muaither today. DOHA: Former champion Lekhwiya take on football minnows …
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Un autre tunisien en QSL ! Habib Sadok remplace le brésilien Zico
Habib Sadok, entraineur tunisien d'Al Gharrafa Classé huitième de la Qatar Stars League avec seulement 21 points au compteur, le club d'Al Gharrafa vient de limoger son entraineur, le brésilien Zico. Les responsables du club qatari ont décidé de le …
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10 Storylines That Will Make You Love (And Hate) Super Bowl 48
The Super Bowl is the most hyped sporting event in America, and the confluence of circumstances surrounding the game this year has created a potential for Super Bowl 48 to be the most hyped event in the league's history. The game features the two best …
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Carlos Valdes update, Union kickoff times update, more news
Ricardo Pachon, the agent for Carlos Valdes, tells Colombian news outlet El Tiempo (crappy Google translation here), that offers are coming from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. The report …. Elsewhere. FIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke said in …
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Amateur Radio Electronics V10 Home Study

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The collapse of two radio towers in North-Central West Virginia on February 1 resulted in three deaths and injuries to two individuals. The tragedy also resulted in the loss of three Amateur Radio repeaters belonging to the Stonewall Jackson Amateur Radio Association (SJARA) and forming part of the HamTalk linked repeater system, which were available to assist with emergency and disaster commun…

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The ARRL Centennial “W1AW WAS” operations that are taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000 UTC on February 5 (the evening of February 4 in US time zones), from Minnesota  and Texas to Georgia (W1AW/4) and Hawaii (W1AW/KH6). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and from most US territories, and it will be easy to work all sta…

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What’s SDR? And what will it do for you? FlexRadio’s Greg Jurrens K5GJ runs through the basics with Jeff & Gary. FlexRadio itself is sort of a tutorial, as t…


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Radio ham becomes XFM DJ
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
As well as amateur radio and amateur satellites, Dave, M6DRQ, is also interested in flying, getting his pilots licence in 1995, he is a practising criminal lawyer and runs his own computer animation company Nanomation. In 2003, he handled the PR for 

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Tampa Bay Ham Fest Dec 2011

Tampa Bay Hamfest Manatee Fl. Dec 2011 tags:radio ,club ,radio,arc,Amateur,amateur radio,field day, hamfest,ham fest, ham radio “Tampa Bay Ham Fest” “Manatee…

MY MOBILE HF INSTALLATION

MY MOBILE HF INSTALLATION.
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Referencia: DEF021F- (Diploma Estaciones Ferroviarias) – (Informe RCA LU4AA – DEF021F) Activación realizada los días: 18-19 de ABRIL. Señal distintiva: LU7FJ…
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A Century of Ham Radio video
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
The ARRL continues "To promote and advance the art, science and enjoyment of Amateur Radio." By being an ARRL member you not only reflect the commitment and enthusiasm of American radio amateurs, or "hams," but also provide leadership as the 

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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:

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Ham radio station w5nyv on palomar mountain, ca.

Old Radio

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Old ham radio equipment

Ejército desmantela caletas de las Farc con abundante material de guerra
… una mira telescópica, un cañón para fusil, seis kilogramos de pentolita, 141 estopines Eléctricos, cuatro granadas de 66 milímetros, 50 granadas hechizas de 40 milímetros y siete más calibre nueve milímetros, así mismo tres radios base marca YAESU.
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Ham Radio Foundation invites applications
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
These academic awards are sponsored by both individuals and by Amateur Radio clubs from across the US. The FAR scholarship application process is open to Amateur Radio licensees worldwide. Awards range from $ 500 to $ 5000. Applications are due by 

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Arrl Field day in Columbus Georgia, 2013 with the W4CVY radio club.
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Some cool software defined radio images:

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James Miller, G3RUH, was among a small handful of Amateur Radio operators to receive the X band signal January 21 from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft, some 500 million miles from Earth. Miller used the 20 meter dish at the Bochum Amateur Radio facility in Germany, run by AMSAT-DL and IUZ Bochum Observatory. In an AMSAT-BB post, Miller noted the frequency at the spacecraft was 84…

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