When the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 resupply vehicle lifted off from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station on September 21, it also carried theSpinSat satellite, which includes an Amateur Radio payload. The satellite will be stowed aboard the ISS until deployment later this fall from the airlock of the Japanese Experiment Module.
Developed by the Naval Research Laboratory, the 125-po…
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An intense effort during the few days in September that Congress was in session has resulted in 47 co-sponsors for the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014 (H.R. 4969). Another half-dozen or so US House Members have indicated that they will sign aboard when Congress returns, something they can do only while Congress is in session. Congress went into recess on September 19. ARRL Hudson Division Dire…
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European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva told delegates to the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU Region 1) General Conference on September 22 that Amateur Radio is a reliable information tool that can save lives in disasters. In a statement read to the conference attendees on her behalf by the EC’s Encho Gospid…
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I can only get it to work satisfactorily on 20 meters – on the 20 meter band, I can tune out the reactance with an antenna tuner – coax cable length to the d…
MANITOBA 1975 —AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE PLATE
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Gunter’s Space Page has reported that the Es’hail 2 communications satellite will carry analog and digital Amateur Radio transponders. The new satellite, which will be operated by Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, will be in a geostationary orbit, positioned at the 26° East “hotspot” position for TV broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa. Launch is planned for late 2016.
Es’hail…
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va7rme – ac7sg – k4qjc – f1hmr – af5fh – sq9bej – sq3llj – k4qjc and many others in this contact.
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ALBERTA 1972 amateur radio plate
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This video shows some of my collection of cards received from amateur radio stations around the world. Thank you for your visit.
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This is my first QSL card. I programmed a little morse and sent it to my first contact.
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A few nice Amateur Radio images I found:
671B1243: Maria/KG4JBJ Slurps Some Pasta
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Members of Team USA will compete in the 17th Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) World Championships, which get underway Saturday, September 6 in the mountains of Kazakhstan, and continue until September 13. Invitations to join the US team were issued earlier this summer, based on results of the 2014 USA Championships near Boston and the 2013 USA Championships in North Carolina. Up to three …
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According to a news report, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission, now scheduled to launch in December, will carry the Abyss 2 (Shin’en 2) Amateur Radio satellite. A 17 kg, 50 cm diameter polyhedron, Shin’en 2, built by students at Kyushu Inistitute of Technology, makes extensive use of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic materials that can be bonded by heat to r…
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Streamed by Amateur Radio Station K6JEB in United States. More at http://qik.com/k6jeb Qik is the fastest way to upload videos to youtube from your mobile ph…
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Amateur Radio (Ham) Field Day 2011 Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society GARS at Sweetwaterpark in Lawrenceville, GA. QRP Station set up.
A few nice Amateur Radio images I found:
IMG_5181: MIke/K3MT, Nancy, Jim/AG4MA and Bernie/K4XY Enjoy Lunch
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Three simple plastic foil-envelope balloons carrying Amateur Radio payloads and launched from the UK by Leo Bodnar, M0XER, remain aloft and continue to circle the Earth. The oldest, identified as B63, was released on July 8 and became the second of Bodnar’s balloons to circumnavigate the globe. The first to do so, B64, went up on July 12 and had completed one lap around the Northern Hemisphere …
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Emergency Communications: Allen Holder ‐ Lincoln County OES Director; Jeff Clark, Amateur Radio.
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The 2014 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC 2014) held last week (August 14-15) in Huntsville, Alabama, and hosted by the ARRL Alabama Section and the Huntsville Hamfest, offered an opportunity for participants to share presentations and perspectives from around the globe. Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, organized this year’s GAREC event, which focused on the application of ad…
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A team of Russian cosmonauts has deployed the Peruvian Chasqui-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat into orbit during a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev released the tiny, 1 kg spacecraft at 1423 UTC on August 18. Chasqui-1 is a project of the Peruvian National University of Engineering (Universidad Nacional de Ingenie…
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An Amateur Radio Village and special event station GB2EMF will be among the highlights for hams at the Electromagnetic Field “EMF 2014” event Friday through Sunday, August 29-31, just south of Bletchley in the UK.
“EMF 2014 is a festival for anyone interested in radio, electronics, space, homebrewing, robots, UAVs, 3D printing, DIYBio, Internet culture or pretty much anything else you can think …
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A short video showing the setup of portable Amateur Radio station VK3KQ station at grid location QF22UK, near Marysville in Victoria. Thanks to all the stati…
The nearly 300 radio amateurs who live in Poway, California, may erect antenna support structures of up to 65 feet with only a building permit and a courtesy notice to their neighbors. The Poway City Council unanimously approved the new ordinance on August 5. According to an August 6 Pomerado News report by Steve Dreyer, the Council “declined to adopt an alternative ordinance that would have re…
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The approximately 450 radio amateurs who live in Poway, California, may erect antenna support structures of up to 65 feet with only a building permit and a courtesy notice to their neighbors. The Poway City Council unanimously approved the new ordinance on August 5. According to an August 6 Pomerado News report by Steve Dreyer, the Council “declined to adopt an alternative ordinance that would …
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This is the DARA emergency vehicle. DARA was very kind in bringing it out for our group to tour. This thing is amazing!
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Here is lesson 12! In this lesson we cover the T3C questions from the question pool dealing with radio propogation. If you have any questions, comments, or s…
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A Nevada radio amateur is among 12 new members appointed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council (NAC). FEMA announced the appointments by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, this week. New NAC member Chris Smith, W4HMV, of Sparks, Nevada, was one of the speakers at this year’s ARRL Nevada Section Convention.
“FEMA is just one part of our nation’s emerge…
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Sixty-seven years ago, on August 7, 1947, the maritime mobile station LI2B concluded its journey from South America by washing ashore on an island in French Polynesia. It was better known as the Kon-Tiki, a raft constructed largely from balsa logs. Norwegian explorer and ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl wanted to prove that people from South America may have migrated to Polynesia, and he took Amateur…
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The video on this page shows a contact made using a amateur radio microsatellite known as Hamsat. It is also designated as VUSat-OSCAR 52 or just VO-52. It o…
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The best way to prepare for the ham radio exams Amateur Radio License The power of books… * Logical organization promotes learning. * Added information hel…
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W6TRW Amateur Radio Club Field Day 2009. Videography by Stuart Gorsky, K9STU.
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A simple party-style balloon carrying a 434 MHz solar-powered Amateur Radio transmitter is nearing the end of its trip around the Northern Hemisphere. Launched on July 12 from the UK by Leo Bodnar, M0XER, the so-called B-64 balloon is expected to complete its final transatlantic crossing over Cornwall in the UK on July 31 or August 1. It then is expected to continue east into Europe. So far the…
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The Utica Amateur Radio Club, 2009 Herkimer Hamfest K2HAT.
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Registration Remains Open for Global Amateur Radio Emergency …
ARRL The program will include a presentation on the 2013 Amateur Radio response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines. Some 100 Amateur Radio volunteers, many affiliated with the Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network, had a hand in … |
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Registration Remains Open for Global Amateur Radio Emergency …
ARRL Some 100 Amateur Radio volunteers, many affiliated with the Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network, had a hand in providing emergency communication in the storm's aftermath. Working through the IARU member-society, the Philippines … |
Eric, KC8VWL introduces us to the Kenwood TM-281a mobile Amateur Radio transceiver. For complete details on this transceiver for Amateur Radio use, please se…
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Registration Remains Open for Global Amateur Radio Emergency …
ARRL The program will include a presentation on the 2013 Amateur Radio response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines. Some 100 Amateur Radio volunteers, many affiliated with the Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network, had a hand in … |
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Registration Remains Open for Global Amateur Radio Emergency …
ARRL Some 100 Amateur Radio volunteers, many affiliated with the Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network, had a hand in providing emergency communication in the storm's aftermath. Working through the IARU member-society, the Philippines … |
Online registration ends July 31 open for the 2014 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (GAREC) Conference. GAREC-2014 will focus on the application of advanced technologies in emergency communication when it returns to Huntsville, Alabama, August 14-15. The conference is being held in conjunction with the Huntsville Hamfest (the ARRL Southeastern Division Convention) on August 16 and …
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QSO Today – New Ham Radio Interview Podcast
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Eric, a ham radio operator for over 40 years, asks his guests to share their ham radio journey, their modes of operation, their lessons learned in the hobby, and how amateur radio has impacted their personal and professional life. "I grew up loving … |
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QSO Today – New Ham Radio Interview Podcast
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Eric, a ham radio operator for over 40 years, asks his guests to share their ham radio journey, their modes of operation, their lessons learned in the hobby, and how amateur radio has impacted their personal and professional life. "I grew up loving … |
Reception of amateur radio communications using BPSK-31 digital mode on 40 meters.
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On the 23rd June 2009 Rex VK7MO and Justin VK7TW travelled to Mt Barrow in Northern Tasmania and Dave VK3HZ travelled to Mt Fatigue in Gipplsland Victoria an…
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Hiker thankful for rescuers and ham radio operators
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Hiker thankful for rescuers and ham radio operators. The Daily Camera reports that radio amateurs provided assistance to an injured hiker in Boulder County On Monday, July 21, Bill Eberle AB0MY worked with two other ham radio operators to direct … |
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Chewing the rag with India's Ham Radio operators
Southgate Amateur Radio Club A retired engineer, Avari began to play around with ham radios in the 80s in Mumbai, and he tells us that on clear days one can chat with astronauts aboard the International Space Station, though it's only possible at very specific times. "The … |
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Eire Ham Radio Licence Exam
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Eire Ham Radio Licence Exam. The IRTS report that just 17 candidates sat the radio amateurs exam in May Amateur radio exams in Eire, population 4.6 million, are held twice a year. There is only a single HAREC compatible licence class which requires a … |
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Eire Ham Radio Licence Exam
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Eire Ham Radio Licence Exam. The IRTS report that just 17 candidates sat the radio amateurs exam in May Amateur radio exams in Eire, population 4.6 million, are held twice a year. There is only a single HAREC compatible licence class which requires a … |
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This book contains every question from the USA 2012-2016 Extra Class Question Pool* that requires one or more mathematical formulas to answer. I designed this document as an aid for reviewing the mathematics necessary to solve the exam questions.
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Radio ham's Facebook petition success
Southgate Amateur Radio Club Officially licensed amateur (ham) radio operators may now use their call sign as their Alternate Name, or nickname, on their individual profiles. Jeff KB1PNB, who works at the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California found this petition on an … |
In a video, ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has issued an urgent call to all radio amateurs to get behind a grassroots campaign to promote co-sponsorship of HR.4969, “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014.” HR.4969 would require the FCC to extend PRB-1 coverage to restrictive covenants. It was introduced in the US House with bipartisan support on June 25 at the request of the ARRL, which worke…
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For These Vets, Amateur Radio Remains Alive
Wall Street Journal (blog) The basic technology of the radio and the technique of propagating signals has not changed radically. But ham radios, with station automation, computer connections and improved amplification take advantage of technological advances. “Layered on top is … |
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For These Vets, Amateur Radio Remains Alive
Wall Street Journal (blog) Ham radio competitions elicit a similar passion—and knowledge of some dying skills. Current and former military service members will anchor two of the top teams gathering in the Boston area this weekend for what amounts to the World Cup of ham radio, … |
