Attention ARRL Field Day and June VHF Contest Participants

In the aftermath of recent e-mail problems at ARRL Headquarters, the ARRL Contest Branch is asking participants of ARRL Field Day and the June VHF Contest to make sure their logs have been received by ARRL Headquarters. Visit the Logs Received page on the ARRL website, and if you do not see your call sign, please resubmit your Field Day information via the online entry form or resend your June …

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IAEM Recognizes Minnesota Ham

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) has named Monte Fronk, KCØWMC, of Isle, Minnesota, and Randolph Mantooth as co-winners of its 2013 IAEM-USA Public Awareness Award Certificate of Recognition. Fronk and Mantooth were recognized for developing and creating “Strength and Resiliency: Emergency Preparedness for Tribal Leaders,” a 30 minute training video designed to educate…

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70’s QSL Card Collection – Part I (eBay Sale)

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Visionado del nuevo modelo y formato de la tarjeta QSL “ECO-ONE”
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The K7RA Solar Update

Average daily sunspot numbers over the past week rose over 23 points to 109.4, compared to the previous reporting week. Average daily solar flux was up nearly 21 points to 127.9. Two days, July 6 and July 10, had the most geomagnetic activity, with a planetary A index of 25 on July 10. Planetary A index of July 6 was 21.

The forecast issued on July 7 had a predicted solar flux of 145 on July 11-…

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Cal Poly ARC Members Respond to Power Outage

When the power went down for more than 145,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers in San Luis Obispo County, California, on June 23, members of the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (W6BHZ) sprang into action to provide needed emergency communication. The response by student and alumni members consisted of collecting status information from remote stations and relaying information obtained by …

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K2BSA To Be On the Air from 2013 National Scout Jamboree

Amateur Radio will be a part of the 2013 Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree, July 15-24, when some 40,000 Scouts and leaders are expected at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. K2BSA will be on the air, primarily on SSB and PSK31, as a demonstration station and to offer radio merit badge training and other activities. The West Virginia reservation will become the perma…

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NWS Lubbock SKYWARN Training (Part 1 of 5) – Severe Weather Climatology

In this first module, we discuss severe weather climatology on both a national and local scale.

The ATT guy parked behind me to use my Sprint 4g internet because there sites went down lmao!!!!!!

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Registration Still Open for ARRL Hurricane Season Webinar

The ARRL Letter for July 11, 2013, contained an incorrect link for the ARRL Hurricane Season Webinar, Monday, July 15, 8-9:30 PM EDT [July 16, 0000-0130 UTC]. The session will present information about the 2013 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio response. The program will offer presentations by representatives from the National Hurricane Center and WX4NHC, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurric…

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W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention Set

The ninth annual W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention, one of the Southeast’s largest ham radio events, will take place Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, at the MainStay Suites in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. A full slate of popular presenters will speak on DX and contest subjects throughout the weekend. Equipment manufacturers will be on hand to demonstrate new products and answer questions face t…

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horizontal dipole antenna for cb radio

works perfect :p.

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QST iOS App Bug Resolved

The digital QST iOS app bug that was causing the app to crash has now been resolved by our digital publishing partner, Nxtbook Media.

Double tap your iOS device’s Home button and press the minus sign to close out of the app. Re-enter the app and tap the “About” button to clear the cache. Downloads should now complete without any issues.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patie…

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Huge Tracking Dish to Become Available for EME

The InfoAge Science History Museum in Wall Township, New Jersey, plans to make a 60 foot tracking dish antenna available to hams for moonbounce, secondary to its function as a radiotelescope. It was on the InfoAge site, then part of Fort Monmouth, that the US Army’s “Project Diana” team in 1946 first received radio signals bounced from the moon. According to InfoAge’s Martin Flynn, W2RWJ, Danie…

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Inheritance

Stephen Marshall speaking on the inheritance God has for His sons and daughters.
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The New England Hurricane of 1938 was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Long I…

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Hamfest In Hamfest Out – Time to clean the basement

Another Atco’s Collections video. Maybe not too interesting video, but for me it was time to start cleaning out some stuff from the basement.
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Video portrayal of the annual Dayton Hamfest in late May 2007 at the Hara Arena in Dayton Ohio. See vendors and demonstrators at the largest Ham radio conven…

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20110519 – Bill Muller’s magnetic motor/dynamo

for additional information about this presentation, please see the blog site at http://smartscarecrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/20110519-bill-mullers-magnetic.html.

Centered around 7.039 USB…I see these quite often, but I can’t decode. Can you help?
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HPSDR, PowerSDR, HRD and DM 780

For a detailed description, visit my blog at: http://wp.me/p13…
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update parts on SB2000.
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17 Meter Band Mobile Amateur Radio Stick Antenna

17 Meter Band Mobile Amateur Radio Stick Antenna

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ICOM M92D VHF Radio with GPS

Fore more info on the ICOM M92D handheld VHF radio, please visit http://www.westmarine.com.
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Ham shack tour

here ya go.
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My Amateur Radio Equipment.
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Skywarn Storm Chase Team Nature Cap by CafePress – Khaki

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ARRL to Host Hurricane Season Webinar

The ARRL will host a webinar Monday, July 15, 8-9:30 PM EDT [July 16, 0000-0130 UTC], to present information about the 2013 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio response. The program will offer presentations from representatives from the National Hurricane Center and WX4NHC, the VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurricane Watch Net and the ARRL. Webinar registration is open to all, but will be of parti…

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FT-857 manpack naked: SM0OWX on 17m SSB

This is a video with Swedish station SM0OWX on 17m SSB, using a battery-powered FT-857 manpack radio with a whip antenna. The antenna tuner is an SGC SG-2011.

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ARRL Board of Directors to Meet

The ARRL Board of Directors will meet July 19-20 in Windsor, Connecticut. Attending as guests will be International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW. The Board will hear reports of officers and of several committees.

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NEW TOWER FOR THE 10 EL QUAD

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Here is the Topanga Canyon Field Day post from the Ham Radio Field Day from last week. Special thanks to everybody in Topanga who made the day a fun one. I m…

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Lithuania Looks to Launch Amateur Radio CubeSats

The Baltic nation of Lithuania is hoping that its first two satellites will be launched later this year from the International Space Station (ISS). The nanosatellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads could be among the CubeSats sent by payload handler NanoRacks LLC to the ISS on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in November 2013. The Kaunas University of Technology is developing LituanicaSAT-1, while the…

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GPS navigation device – Wiki Article

A GPS navigation device is a device that receives Global Positioning System signals to determine the device’s location on Earth. GPS devices provide latitude…
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Here we are in front of Tim’s Toyota Center just flying around. Ben and Ron are the pilots. They are practicing formation flying of their Phantoms when Ron’s…
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ARRL Headquarters Closed July 4

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, and there will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. Headquarters will be open for business Friday, July 5. The ARRL Letter will be distributed on schedule July 4. The ARRL Audio News webcast remains on hiatus. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!

 

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Yaesu FT-857D Install

This is a quick vid on the Yaesu FT-857d install in a VW Polo with the YSK-857 Separation Kit. All leads route back to the boot where the rig is temporalily …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Strong Geomagnetic Storm Enlivens The Magic Band

That strong geomagnetic storm over the weekend may have trashed the HF bands, but stations along North America’s Eastern Seaboard took advantage of the resulting aurora to score some DX on 6 meters. On Saturday, June 29, stations were able to work into Alaska during a period of auroral propagation. WK3N in Pennsylvania reported working his first two Alaska stations, AL7RT and KL7NO, for his #10…

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KB9YGD Qsl Cards & Certificates

A few of my favorite qsl`s and certificates over the years.
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Base Station Antennas

The HF antenna is a homemade Mystery. The vertical is a 2/440 Tram. Cost about 3 years ago.
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Just a short post to show what I did this evening (09 Sep 09) to convert a Moonraker Triband Rotary Dipole(20/15/10m) to an end fed vertical. I’ve done this …
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Strong Geomagnetic Storm in Progress

Spaceweather.com reports a strong geomagnetic storm is in progress as Earth passes through a region of south-pointing magnetism in the solar wind. The storm has generated auroral displays as far south as Kansas in the US. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center indicates the storm is a G3 level event. WWV announced at 0900 UTC, “Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level are likely” over the nex…

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National Hamfest, Newark 2012 – Main Hall video 1

Video 1 of the main hall at the excellent National Hamfest held at Newark on 28/29 September 2012. The Hamfest is hosted by Lincoln Short Wave Club in associ…
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Episode 80: ARRL President Kay Craigie N3KN ‘Meets the Press’

ARRL President Kay Craigie generously gave us nearly an hour of her time at the Hamvention on Sunday morning. Then we brazenly stole another 15 minutes! We h…

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Colorado ARES Supports Emergency Communication in Wildland Fire Response

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers mustered to support emergency communications after wildland fires broke out in Colorado in June.

“For the second summer in a row the entire state of Colorado seems to be on fire,” said North Central Colorado Region ARES Emergency Coordinator Perry Lundquist, W6AUN. “Currently there are 16 wildfires burning within Colorado.”

Several Colorado ARES d…

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PSK31 with out a HF rig!

How to receive and decode PSK and digi modes with out a rig!

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Hf episode 4

desolé pour le retard !
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HamTV Project to Open “A New Era” for ARISS

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program hopes that an Amateur Radio digital TV system will be up and running aboard the International Space Station by later this year. A project initiated by AMSAT-Italy, HamTV would provide one-way video and audio from the ISS to complement the FM radio voice link used for ARISS school group radio contacts. According to an overview …

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Psk31

Psk31 sample.
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UT4UJQ/M.mp4

UT4UJQ/M c антенной Sirio T3-27 удлинённой до диапазона 40м. КСВ = 1.1 во всём диапазоне. Спасибо за конструкцию RA1OKS. Антенна в зависимости от удлиняющей …
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FT-817 VHF 144mhz QRP QSO between KE7SAK an WA7JTM

Recorded on January 23, 2011 at Saguaro Lake, AZ. I was mountain top mobile about 3 miles north of the Lake. Beam was 3 element Arrow antenna mounted on a tr…
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Need a mobile antenna for your UV-5R? Take a look at the Tram 1185. Presented by Danny Feemster from http://www.buytwowayradios.com .
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Sony ICFSW7600G Worldman Radio : Sony at Abt Electronics…

Buy Now – http://www.abt.com/product/9123/Sony-ICFSW7600G.html Shop Radios – http://www.abt.com/category/365/Radios.html Sony presents the ICF-SW7600GR FM St…

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Hams in India Supporting Emergency Communications Following Flood Disaster

Amateur Radio volunteers have been providing emergency communications in the flood-stricken state of Uttarakhand in northern India. Jim Linton, VK3PC, who chairs the IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee, reports that unusually heavy early seasonal monsoons are causing flooding and mudslides. At least 800 people have died. “The disaster caught everyone by surprise,” Linton said. “The …

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Cool RTTY images

A few nice RTTY images I found:

20130106-0255-15M-RTTY-KH6ZM

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20130210-0415-15M-RTTY-R0QA

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Flying With Spare Rechargeable Batteries May Require Preparation

FAA regulations let you travel with dry cells in either your carry-on or checked baggage, but prohibit loose lithium batteries in checked baggage. But what about rechargeables in carry-on luggage? Stu Martin, K2QDE, reports that he ran into a small hitch when attempting to carry his spare hand-held transceiver battery in his carry-on bag. A notice within his boarding pass declared: “Lithium Bat…

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The End of the Commercial Telegraph? Please QRS

Worldwide news media for several days have been proclaiming the impending the demise of telegram in India next month. Unfortunately various reporters and news outlets seem to have conflated the words “telegram” and “telegraph,” with the result that many Morse code enthusiasts in the ham radio community have begun lamenting the occasion as the end of an era and perhaps even as another nail in CW…

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PSK Reporter

PSK Reporter feature in Ham Radio Deluxe, Digital Master 780.
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PSK31 on 14.070Mhz as seen on Sunday afternoon in Sydney Australia. This is after the geomagnetic storms subsided and shows typical afternoon activity at my …
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PSK31 RadioShack DX-394

late night receiving psk31…no tx.
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20130118_1127_15M_JT65_PA2GP

A few nice JT65 images I found:

20130118_1127_15M_JT65_PA2GP

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20130118_0329_15M_JT65_RN0SS

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AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, SK

Longtime AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, died June 10. AMSAT Area Coordinators are volunteers who serve as AMSAT’s ambassadors to the Amateur Radio community. Smith also co-chaired the team that hosted the 2007 AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh, and he was a key player in executing an earlier ARISS contact from Upper St Clair (Pennsylvania) High School. He w…

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เริ่มต้น connect โปรแกรม Ham Radio Deluxe

ตัวอย่างการ connect โปรแกรม Ham Radio Deluxe กับวิทยุรับส่ง FT-897D.
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Latest Skywarn News

Owatonna emergency personnel test new siren system
With the new equipment, each siren is digitally connected through a signal to the Steele County SKYWARN command center in the basement of the Owatonna Fire Hall. Every day, an electronic message, or ping, is sent to each siren. The siren then sends a …
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It's official: May snow record set
He's also a Skywarn Storm Spotter and Skywarn instructor for Steele County. The old record for a one-day and three-day May snowfall in Minnesota was 12 inches set twice, on May 8, 1938 in Windom and May 3, 1954 in Leonard. We can only hope the new …
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Electro Interference

I recently purchased some elctro software for my DJ stuff so I though i’d make this as the start of my next album.

Earth Changes Explained: The cause and what we can expect in the very near future. * Symptoms: Earths Erratic Magnetosphere, Mysterious Magnetic Blasts, Inte…
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NX6T ARRL DX SSB CONTEST 2012

San Diego Contest Club members working DX contest from W6HCD QTH.
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ARRL Field Day 2010.

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