Headquarters E-Mail Outage Continues

As of 9:30 AM EDST, e-mail service to and from ARRL Headquarters has been down for more than 24 hours and is not working at the present time. Work is continuing to restore service as soon as possible, but at the moment there is no specific estimate of when service will be completely restored.

Updates regarding e-mail restoration will be posted here as available.

We apologize for the inconvenience…

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30-meter JT65A QSO 15 April 2013 NW7US

Demonstration of working with JT65-HF “Comfort” software and the JT65A mode. In the beginning, I call CQ and so on… toward the end of this demonstration, I…
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Temporary Field Day E-Mail Address

Due to the continued e-mail outage at ARRL Headquarters, a separate external e-mail address has been created specifically for amateurs with questions concerning Field Day.

arrlfd@yahoo.com will be available until ARRL e-mail service has been restored. You can also call with Field Day questions at 860-594-0328.

 

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Trusted QSL Software Version 1.14.1 Now Available

Logbook of The World users will be pleased to know that the new Trusted QSL software is now available for downloading from the ARRL Logbook of The World page.

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ICOM IC 7000 – RTTY Test 3.585.15 Mhz – 2011-03-05

ICOM IC 7000 – RTTY Test 3.585.15 Mhz – 2011-03-05.

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Reply Comment Deadline Extended in Proposed 5 GHz Unlicensed Broadband Expansion

The FCC this week extended until July 24 the deadline to file reply comments in its proceeding to allow unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices at 5 GHz. The FCC in February sought comment on making available an additional 195 megahertz of spectrum in the 5.35-5.47 GHz and 5.85-5.925 GHz bands for U-NII use. Reply comments are responses to comments already filed in the pr…

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Yamaha Pacifica Re-Furbished

Demo of my old yamaha that I re-did and upgraded.

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ARRL Headquarters E-Mail is Offline

E-mail service at ARRL Headquarters is presently offline. An announcement will be posted when e-mail service resumes.

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NOAA 18 Weather Satellite Reception With Homemade QFH Antenna In Scotland

NOAA 18 Weather Satellite Reception With Homemade QFH Antenna In Scotland Received on 21st June 2011.
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ทดลองการควบคุมวิทยุโดยโปรแกรม ham radio deluxe โดยใช้สาย CAT (Computer Assisted Transceive) ที่ประกอบขึ้นเอง ผลการทดลองสามารถใช้งานได้ดีครับ http://hs8jyx.bl…
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Yaesu FT 2800M radio transceiver VHF 137-174 MHz 65 W

Yaesu FT 2800M radio transceiver VHF 137-174 MHz / 65 W.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

yaesu dual receive with radio receive triple receive.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Trans-Atlantic JT 65 HF QSO !

QSO between Nova Scotia, Paul VE1DX and myself in Belgium ON3JMV ! Power only 10 Watts and a Fritzel GPA 50 antenna ! I had also made a contact with YB8EXL i…
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A Few of My Favorite Things About ARRL Field Day 2013

A parody for hams.
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Beam Cable Replacement

A few nice Ham Antenna images I found:

Beam Cable Replacement

Image by Paul L McCord Jr

Beam Cable Replacement

Image by Paul L McCord Jr

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ARRL E-mail System Continuing to Experience Delays

The ARRL.net system is experiencing intermittent delivery issues with a few ISPs, the largest being Comcast.net. We are working diligently to resolve the issues and we appreciate your patience as we work with Comcast to rectifiy the situation.

If you discover that valid messages forwarded from ARRL.net to your regular e-mail account are not being accepted by your ISP you can, and should, call yo…

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National Hamfest 2011 Video 3

This is the third video of the 2011 National Hamfest organised by the Lincoln Short Wave Club in association with the RSGB held at the Newark Showground on 1…

Saratoga County R.A.C.E.S. Association Ballston Spa Hamfest 2010 Saratoga County Fairgrounds Ballston Spa, NY Always a great time, good food, nice location, …

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SMART Field Day Fun

Dallas Hardin, KE4ZWD, once an avid servant of the community as a firefighter, arson investigator, and search and rescue diver, had a stroke in 2008. This resulted in his body losing some coordination and certain fine motor skills. Subsequently he started having problems with his sight, going completely blind in one eye with frequent periods of near-blindness in the other.

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EI2KC making only his second ever PSK31 QSO on 6 metres

http://hamradioireland.blogspot.com A live recording of Anthony EI2KC making only his second ever digital QSO on 50 Mhz (6 metres).
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Wilse Morgan, WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK

Wilse Morgan, WX7P (formerly KL7CQ) passed away June 13 in Rice, Washington. He is survived by his wife, Gimmie AL7LB.

An ARRL Life Member, Wilse was an Assistant Section Manager for Eastern Washington and was very active on satellites, PSK31, DXing and contesting. In 2009 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

During his 20 year tenure in Alaska as KL7CQ, he taught courses in Am…

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Far Field Dipole-Antenna – SixtySec

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Robert Wilson, NTØA, Wins June QST Cover Plaque Award

The winner of the June QST Cover plaque award is Robert Wilson, NTØA, for his article “The Great RFI Hunt.” 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 July issue today.

 

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QSL Italia effetti Speciali.mp4

Introduzione alla realizzazione dell’evento “Symposium” del 2008 a Roma. Effetti speciali a cura di FIX.

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Tektronix to Showcase Industry Leading Real-Time Signal Analysis Portfolio at …

Tektronix to Showcase Industry Leading Real-Time Signal Analysis Portfolio at …
"While some vendors are just getting started in meeting these needs, Tektronix invented the category and we are continuing to innovate with new instruments such as SPECMON for RF field interference hunting and the new mid-range RSA5000 spectrum …
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Cobham Broadcast Supports Radio 1 Big Weekend Concerts
Cobham, the RF specialist company, provided wireless HD, fibre systems and camera control support to Ireland-based Television Mobiles Ltd's (TVM's) televised coverage of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend concert series in Derry-Londonderry over the 24-26 May …
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MtronPTI Digitally Tunable Filters – Key to Software Defined Radio Evolution
The TF010x series blocks interfering sources, provides up to 250 digitally selected on-the-fly center frequencies and has in-band loss around 3 dB, half as much as alternative solutions, increasing radio range further." Diverse, physically broad …
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Standing Wave

Standing Wave.

its some physics demonstration on sound waves, think of it like a visual player on your media player or sumthin.
Video Rating: 3 / 5

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DX-pedition to Rakovica (NW Bulgaria) – 100,3 Radio Regina from Dubnik (Kosice, Slovakia)

For a full FM Bandscan from this great DX-location, please visit http://site.voila.fr/fmdx/rakovica.htm . LOCATION: The village of Rakovica in NW Bulgaria, i…

30-04-2012.

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Armstrong Dedication, Commemorative Broadcast Planned

In 1937 one of the 20th century’s premier inventors, Maj Edwin H. Armstrong, began regular FM radio broadcasts from experimental W2XMN, a 40 kW station transmitting from his iconic tower on the Palisades above the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey. Legend has it that Armstrong, who invented FM as well as the superheterodyne and superregenerative receiver, picked the site so he could view the t…

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Yaesu FT-950. First look at the setup.

This is my Yaesu 950 in it’s temporary location. There’s a LOT to learn on this menu-driven beast. I’ll update as I go. (Purple platypus NOT included)
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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IARU Helps Raise Ham Radio Visibility in Ghana

The West African nation of Ghana may become less of a “rare one” in the future, thanks to an Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) held earlier this month by International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representatives. The IARU offers ARACs in developing countries, primarily to train regulators or prospective regulators on the administration of the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services.

“The…

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Atlanta Hamfest 2011

Atlanta Hamfest at Jim Miller Park Saturday June 4th 2011.
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ARAST SEPTEMBERFEST 2010 The Amateur Radio Association of the Southern Tier, Inc. Presents its: 35th Annual Elmira International Hamfest / Computerfest SEPTE…

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Kids Day is June 15!

The next Kids Day is Saturday, June 15. Sponsored by the Boring (OR) Amateur Radio Club, Kids Day is the perfect way to introduce a young person to the magic of Amateur Radio.

Open your doors, have some hot dogs or pizza, and let the Little Folks take the Big Chair. Let them find stations they hear or work on a map, color in a map of states worked, show them the insides of a kit or help them bui…

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145.500 MHz – QSO between IW2LVG and IX1CKN

QSL on 145.500 MHz between IX1CKN (in Aosta, loc. JN35pr, local voice) and IW2LVG (in Olgiate Comasco, loc. JN45lt), at 20.39 UTC of 29th February 2012. IX1C…

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Amateur radio insanities 1 – IT9RYH

The infamous Nino IT9RYH up to his old tricks again. This time on the CW portion of 40m calling CQ and shouting obscenities at people asking him to QSY. Like…
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Ham Radio 10 Meter Beacon Update

This video is an update to my previous video on the WDØAKX 10 meter beacon on 28.2235 Mhz. Click here for my ham radio page: http://www.radiofunstuff.com/1.h…

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Brief YAESU FT-9000 vs. YAESU FT-5000 review.

Had a long night at my graveyard shift and knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep during the day so I came up with the brilliant idea to drive up to W1AW. Awake fo…

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DSC_5696

Some cool Skywarn images:

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Skywarn
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Skywarn
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Facing Southwest

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Hamburg rtty commodore interface

Hamburg rtty commodore interface.

Kenwood TS-990S RTTY TEST – Connected to a Dell 30″ TFT Monitor with DVI.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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6M qsl cards #2

This is the second video of my 6M qsl cards.I added audio I recorded of some Dx stations that I’ve worked over the years.More vids to come.
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Wetterfax mit JVComm32 und Weltempfänger Siemens RK 777

Mit einem Weltempfänger, der SSB bzw. USB empfangen kann (Single Side Band, Upper Side Band) und der Software “JVComm32” kann man Wetterfaxe auf 3853 khz (De…

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SCS Pactor 4 Dragon DR-7800 in use with Icom IC 7200 as Rtty Reader without Computer

SCS Pactor 4 Dragon DR-7800 in use with Icom IC 7200 as Rtty Reader without Computer.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Furuno FS1503 SSB-HF Radio: An Overview

http://www.psicompany.com/furuno-fs1503-ssb-radio/ Call 1.800.826.2907 Furuno FS1503 SSB-HF Radio: The latest addition to Furuno’s HF Radio line that has won…

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Cuban Emergency Net Activated

Prof. Arnie Coro, CO2KK, has reported heavy rains in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio and the activation by FRC (Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba) of their Emergency National Net on 3720, 3740, 7110 and 7120 kHz. Amateurs are asked to avoid these frequencies during the emergency.

Our thanks to Joaquín Solana, XE1R
News Editor – IARU Region 2

 

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FRG-7 AGC Mod -Before-

FRG-7 before faster AGC mod applied. Details at http://radioden.blogspot.com/2011/04/frg-7-ix.html.

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JT65-HF 08-13-2011.
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JT65 signals reception from KP4AO via EME. Sinais em JT65 de KP4AO via EME.
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Corsair Force 3 60 GB SATA III 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3-BK)

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4.2 Short Dipole

This video was made for a junior electromagnetics course in electrical engineering at Bucknell University, USA. The video is designed to be used as the out-o…
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December 2010: A contact between Anthony VK3JIA in Kilsyth, and Dave VK3ASE in Carnegie on the 160 metre ham radio band, 1843 kHz, using around 100 watts of …

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New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website

Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website.

Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:

  •  Do you take ham gear on your summer vacation trips?

  • Have you tried the new JT9 digital mode?

  • Do you have a dedicated electronics “bench” in your home for making equipment repairs, working on projects, etc?

  • Do you own a computer/transceiver interface for HF …

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ARRL RTTY Roundup CX7TT uruguay 10 meters

Amateur station from Uruguay on 10 meters RTTY contest january 6th 2013.

qso in rtty (afsk) con kb5ga.
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ARRL Letter Temporarily Suspended

The ARRL Letter will not be published this week, or the week following. It will return the week of June 17.

 

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Icom ID-880H Digital VHF/UHF Transceiver

Here is my new Icom ID-880H Digital VHF/UHF Transceiver monitoring our local DSTAR UHF repeater that is link to a Reflector. The radio right out of the box h…
Video Rating: 3 / 5

Last test of my radio before it is sold.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Calvin Darula, K0DXC, Awarded 2013 Goldfarb Scholarship

The ARRL Foundation has awarded the 2013 William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship to Calvin P. Darula, K0DXC, of St Bonifacius, Minnesota. A senior at Waconia High School, he made the Academic Honor Roll in his freshman and sophomore years; in his senior year, he served on the Student Council and came in second place in his school’s VFW Voice of Democracy speech competition. Darula also played …

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ARRL CW SS 2012

A quick peak at The Ge-o (K9WWT) working the 2012 ARRL CW Sweepstakes contest! Just didn’t have the time this year to really go at it so it was more or less …

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The Amateur Amateur: Mastless in Missouri

By Gary Hoffman, KB0H
ARRL Contributing Editor

It was a nasty night, with heavy rain and howling wind. I was down in my shack, overseeing three Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) nets: our weekly voice net, a short net in which we practice receiving formal traffic and a packet net. I’m the manager for all of them.

After I wrapped up the nets, I went upstairs to start doing the paperwork. My wi…

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HAM Radio to the Rescue

http://forums.bsodtv.org/Show-Notes-f2.html.
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Cymatics, the study of wave phenomena; physical patterns produced through the interaction of sound waves in a medium. More info: http://www.seeper.com/
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Antenna Vertical Polarization – SixtySec

SixtySec clip describing what is Vertical Polarization as related to a propogating wave from an antenna. For the full tutorial on polarization and other tuto…

4 element mobile vertical array swr and impedence after final tuning.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?

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 May.

More than 100 volunteers, officers and staff represented the ARRL in the ARRL EXPO at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention®. The even…

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Powerline Networking Interference: Shortwave – PLT

Powerline networking has been given many acronyms. PLT (PowerLine Telecommunications), PLA (- Adapter), PLN (- Networking), PLC (- Carrier), BPL (Broadband o…

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