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Cuban amateur radio station on 40 meters rtty contest on january 27th 2013 at 0425 UT

Arduino + RTTY + Command-line program www.whence.com minimodem – software audio Bell-type or RTTY FSK modem for GNU/Linux systems minimodem is a command-line program which generates (or decodes) audio modem tones, emulating an old Bell-type or radio-teletype FSK modem. The tones can be played to (or recorded from) the PulseAudio system or to an audio file. minimodem can be used to transfer data between nearby computers using an audio cable (or just via sound waves), or between remote computers using radio, telephone, or another audio communications medium.
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Grab your cameras! You only have until March 1 to send your entry for the 2013 QST Video Contest.

Your video can be up to 5 minutes in length and the topic can be anything that illustrates the excitement of Amateur Radio. The first place winner will receive $ 500; the second place prize is $ 250 and the third place prize is $ 100. (Winners of the 2012 competition are ineligible.) The winning videos…

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Ham radio contest weekend for the ARRL DX SSB contest. Here I am snagging French station F6KHM on 15 meters using 100 watts into my MFJ-1786 magnetic loop mounted just 4 feet off the ground.
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This video was taken at the ARRL 2010 Field Day site for the Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club located in New Port Richey. This was our first attempt at flying a helium balloon with a long wire attached. We used a single conductor 24 gauge wire of 130 feet long. Made successful voice and digital contacts around the country with other clubs. A big thanks to Bill NG4L who recorded and edit this video.
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DL7DS (myself) using the FT-817 for some QRP-Tests (50 QSO’s with QRP) during ARRL Contest 2009. Kind of a experience switching from 800 Watts to 5 Watt. Thanks for QSO’s: MW9A, OZ5E, US5D, YT8A, MJ4K, DL0AT. 73’s de Dan, DL7DS
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ARRL Pacific Division Ham of the Year award to John Ronan K3ZJJ.

2005 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST – EA8URL QTH: URE LAS PALMAS TEAM: EC4DX – EA4TD – EC8ADU – EC8ADW – EC8AUA EA8AUW
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Will it be possible to beat the 2011 running of the ARRL 10 Meter Contest? With more than 5300 logs received and worldwide openings last year, that may be a tall order. This past weekend during the CQ WW CW Contest, 10 meters was in great shape, despite a coronal mass ejection that hit on Friday evening. But according to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, one thing’s for certain: Th…

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CW Skimmer during WAG contest 2012 on 20m band. Please select hd-quality in the settings and view in full screen mode. 73 de Torsten – DL9GTB
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If you’ve ever wanted a way to show the world how exciting Amateur Radio can be, here’s your chance: The ARRL is sponsoring its Third Annual Video Contest! Here’s a chance to put that video camera to use: Shoot a ham radio-related video and send it our way. If your video takes first, second or third place, we’ll post it on the ARRL website for everyone to see. We’re looking for a few good video…

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Ton, PA1CC in the annual ARRL CW contest. Using a Yaesu FT2000, Acom 1000 amplifier and a 3 element SteppIR. Software is TRlog.

Indianapolis Radio Club, W9RCA Radio Club Field Day exercise, June 26/27, 2010
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This is the ARRL DX SSB Contest. I filmed a little station and Contesting overview and tour, during the end of the contest. I had to compress the file a little to fit on YouTube, so the image quality is not so good. Please watch the whole thing, because I work a few station near the end. Thanks for Watching 73.
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JARTS RTTY CONTEST Using RCKlog rtty software
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By Sterling Coffey, N0SSC
ARRL Youth Editor

Everyone has heard the phrase “If you build it, they will come,” and when it comes to ham radio, they will.

For quite some time, I have been receiving e-mail from the Young Amateurs Contest Ham Team (YACHT), but rarely do I read them, as most of the e-mails end up at the bottom of my inbox. But a few weeks ago I saw a particularly interesting e-mail enti…

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By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
n0ax@arrl.net

The fall and winter months are packed with contests for every taste: DX, domestic, single-band and specialty events of every stripe. Shake off a little rust with this quiz and get ready to put some QSOs in the log. Remember, too, if you’re not a contest aficionado, most major contests use only one mode and 12, 17 and 30 meters bands are entirely contest-free …

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Team IQ5BA/p – Contest romagna VHF 2009
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If you enjoy the technical side of Amateur Radio and being on the cutting edge, you might want to take a look at the microwave bands. The weekends of August 18-19 and September 15-16 give you a perfect chance to explore this portion of the radio spectrum with the 2012 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest.

The contest period for both weekends starts at 6 AM local time on Saturday and runs until midnight lo…

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Son in his first RTTY contest all by himself.

Working North America on the 20 meter band in The ARRL DX Phone Contest 2012, from County Carlow Ireland. more details to follow at www..ei4gyb.com

AD6IW, Goran working OK1DFC, Zdenek on 1296 MHz with a huge signal by bouncing signals off the moon using the 97 foot Jamesburg Dish in Carmel Valley, California

The votes have been tallied for the 2012 QST video contest and the winners chosen!

First Place, Amateur: Erin King, AK4JG

Erin, along with her mentor and members of the Columbus Georgia Amateur Radio Club, sent a weather balloon and a high-definition video camera to an altitude of over 90,000 feet. They tracked the balloon across the Georgia countryside using APRS and managed to recover the paylo…

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Have you ever wanted to see a photo of yours in QST, the annual ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar or another ARRL publication? Well, here’s your chance! If you’re among the winners, not only will your photographic skill be propagated far and wide, but we’re offering $ 100 as the First Prize. The winning photo and three runners-up will be published in QST. All submitted photos will also be considered f…

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As a Short Wave Listener, I enjoy decoding signals in various modes. RadioTeletype is by no means a new mode, its been with us for ages – some might even say they are surprised its still in commercial use. This video shows the reception and decoding of RTTY (pronounced Ritty) from DDH7, part of the German Weather Service, Deutscher Wetterdienst, in Hamburg. The signal is 50 Baud/450 Hz The radio is a Kenwood R5000, and the software is MultiPSK. Follow the link for more information : en.wikipedia.org
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By H. Ward Silver, N0AX
n0ax@arrl.net

Spring marks the transition of the contest seasons, as the big DX contests give way to summer’s domestic and VHF+ activity. See if you’re ready to put some QSOs in your log with radiosport recreation in these April, May, and June on-the-air events! To help you complete the quiz, you can find contest calendars on the ARRL website and the WA7BNM Contest Calenda…

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USEFUL LINKS BELOW . . . 73! MY RIG Yaesu 857-D 100 watts barefoot Vertical Omnidirectional Antenna = Buddistick The ARRL 10 Meter Contest: Get On While the Bands Are Hot! www.arrl.org ARRL www.arrl.org ARRL !0 meter Contest – 2011 www.arrl.org Simple Antennas for Ten Meters www.amwindow.org 10 METER HAM BAND INFORMATION FOR THE TECHNICIAN CLASS HAM NEW TO 10 METERS www.hamuniverse.com 10 meter Band Plan en.wikipedia.org A Ten Meter Vertical Antenna for All License Classes by Rich KR7W www.w7dk.org _______________ BUDDIPOLE www.buddipole.com Buddistick http Buddipole Tripod www.buddipole.com Buddipole Mast www.buddipole.com _______________ DX Sherlock VHFDX – 10meter North America QSO/SWL Map www.vhfdx.info QRZ www.qrz.com _______________ iPORTALBLE PORTABLE EMERGENCY / FIELD COMMUNICATION STATION STANDS www.iportableus.com iPORTABLE RACK • Speaker • Transport Covers www.iportableus.com

A slideshow created by on4vlm that shows the activity of the NLB Amateur Radio Club during the annual WPX RTTY Contest in februari 2011…

Here at Whisky – zero – echo-echo-echo we know plenty about echos. This is one I recorded during the ARRL 10 meter contest from K9CT. You can hear his signal echo back from hundreds of places, via backscatter. Check out his superstation channel at www.youtube.com It’s pretty amazing. A literal farm of aluminum.
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Worked a few stations during the 2007 ARRL Phone contest in March…
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www.n5xo.net A sample of what it is like to contest from the N5XO station. We had a great time even though 2 meters was a bust in this region with 482 contacts.

www.floydfolks.org & http 1-540-808-2880 -floydlcfgroup@gmail – PO box 179 Floyd,Virginia 24091 Kids Day June 20,2009 at N4USA. “The Floyd Amateur Radio Society” (FARS) and the “Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service ” (FAIRS) sponsored the event at our site in the Village Green, Floyd , Virginia , LCF School .We had a really good turn out for Kids Day and made many contacts. Each kid received a QSL card indicating his radio contact.This video was produced by the LCF Group, ( We are on The Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail and the Round The Mountain Artisan and Craftsman Venue as a great place to visit ) Floyd Professional Center, Village Green, Floyd Virginia. The LCF Group consist of David Larsen KK4WW, Gaynell Larsen KK4WWW and Dee Wallace KG4VMI. We are all radio amateurs and also are Directors of “The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service” ( FAIRS) also located in Floyd Virginai. N4USA is the radio call for FAIRS and we have operated in Dominica as J79WW J79WWW J79VMI and many other countries. We are members of ” The Floyd Amateur Radio Society” FARS. The LCF Group (1-540-745-2322) ham radio morse code cw amateurradio hamradio transceiver radio receiver linear amplifier linear amp heathkit ten-tec cw www.virginiamountainland.Com http http www.floydcountyvirginia.org http www.bugbookcomputermuseum.com http www.bugbook.org http www.bugbook.net http www.bugbooks.us , bugbook historical microcomputer museum , bugbooks , http www.floydfolks.org
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AD6IW, Goran working G4CCH, Howard on 1296 MHz. by bouncing signals off the moon using the 97 foot Jamesburg Dish in Carmel Valley, California

My first time ever on RTTY or other digital modes. I wish I had a macro lens on the camera and someone else to operate it plus some daylight bulbs. Pimp this video.
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This is a video I recorded of me operating my amateur (ham) radio station here at my apartment in Englewood, Colorado near Denver during the North American QSO Party Contest (NAQP) on August 21, 2011 (UTC Date) and contacting stations in the contest and the contest exchange was the station call sign, name of operator and US State or Canadian province. I operated on 20 meter SSB voice and I only made 25 contacts in 11 different states or Canadian provinces. My total score was only 275. I could have had a much higher score if I would had spent more time operating on some of the other HF ham bands as well. I was transmitting at a power level of 90 watts and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave end fed wire antenna hung above my top 3rd floor apartment balcony and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave length wire for a counterpoise inside my apartment. I have had this Yaesu FT-950 HF rig now for just over a year and have been quite happy with it! It has all kinds of features built in! This is my first HF transceiver I have had since I sold my older Kenwood TS-520S back 1985. The camera I used was a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX1 used in 1080p HD video mode. This video is best viewed in 1080p HD mode here on Youtube if you have a high speed broadband internet connection. Thanks for watching my video and if you are a licensed amateur radio operator, I hope to contact you on the air sometime. 73, Bill, KI7f My home page is at www.ki7f.com Blogging page is at ki7f2.blogspot.com E-mail is: ki7f@yahoo.com

I was first and foremost influenced to make Comm vids by watching one of YankeePreppers video about his experience, which led me to help fill a void at the time and contribute to the prepper/survivalist community. The vid that led me to my YT hobby is: www.youtube.com (explains the Bruce Lee reference at the end.) Yankee talks about the the rabid dogs frothing at the mouth. Now some of them (Douchebags) are getting all upset over my vids without debating their point. Sure is easy to talk crap and run away. I welcome debate, not threats. The 95% of Hams are good people, and an asset to any community, no disrespect to those folks. But you have in every community the 5% of Douchebags that are just plain bad self absorbing assholes.
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ARRL DX Contest, CW, 2011 Call: PJ4A Operator(s): RD3A Station: PJ4G Class: SOAB HP QTH: Bonaire, Neth Ant. Operating Time (hrs): 47.4 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ——————- 160: 326 55 80: 882 58 40: 1378 59 20: 1568 59 15: 1547 59 10: 1519 58 ——————- Total: 7220 348 Total Score = 7537680 Club: Comments: YAESU FT-1000MP MARK-V AL-1200, 1KW ANTENNAS: 160-Inv L 80- Delta Loop 2-ele 40- Yagi 2-ele 20/15/10- C31XR. Thanks to Noah, K2NG/PJ4G. QSLs for PJ4A go via K4BAI