The Southern Florida Section will get a new Section Manager on June 1. Current SM David Fowler, K4DLF, of West Palm Beach, has announced plans to step down at the end of the month. Fowler, who has been at the helm in Southern Florida since October 1, 2010, cited recently increased work responsibilities as the reason for his resignation.
Jeff Beals, WA4AW, of Loxahatchee, will take over as the So…
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Karl Bowman, W4CHX, of Raleigh, is the new ARRL North Carolina Section Manager, effective on February 20. Outgoing SM Bill Morine, N2COP, of Wilmington, decided not to run for another term after serving since 2010. Although his term did not end until April 1, Morine asked to step down early, due to business and personal commitments, and let Bowman step in early. Membership and Volunteer Program…
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Cecil, WD6FZA, introduces D-Star to the Palomar Amateur Radio Club on Nov. 7, 2007. This is his introduction leading up to the power point presentation.
How to make an ADIF file from your logbook entries in DXLab’s DXkeeper.
ผลของวงจร AGC หรือ Automatic gain control ในโปรแกรม ham radio deluxe สังเกตุว่า ถ้าเปิด AGC ระดับเสียงจะดังเท่ากันตลอดเวลา แต่ถ้าปิด AGC เสียงดังบ้างเบาบ้าง …
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ looks at the minimalized side of ham radio.
The Dayton Hamvention® is coming up in just a few more weeks. In parallel with Hamvention is the Four Days in May (FDIM) event — a ham radio convention with an emphasis on QRP — which runs Thursday through Sunday of Hamvention week on the northeast side of Dayton (as opposed to the northwes…
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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ finds radio parts on a fascinating website.
Back when I began stinking up my parent’s house with the scent of liquefied solder, there were radio and electronic stores in the area where I could buy all the parts to build my projects. But in the 1970s, those stores went the way of the vacuum tube. I had to go the mail order route to buy …
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This is a tutorial from the Livingston Amateur Radio Klub of Livingston County Michigan on using the popular JT65-HF weak-signal digital amateur radio mode. This video briefly covers connecting a transceiver to a PC, installing, configuring and using the JT65-HF software.
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Amateur Radio Digital Modes The most current Such as JT65-HF Digipan 2.0 CW Receive and Transmit RTTY And SSTV This a Review of these Modes
From back cover – Advice on choosing a transceiver and power supply; Practical information to help you choose and install economical antennas; Science of how signals travel; Using your voice on the HF bands; Code conversations; Digital Universe; Chasing contacts and awards; FM No static at all; Weak signals and the world above 50 Mhz. (Description by http-mart)
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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, Surfin’ finds out which way the wind blows — and which way the propagation flows — at the revamped National Weather Service website.
As hams, we seem to be more interested in the weather than average people. Besides wanting to know what’s falling out of the sky and when, we follow the weather because it affects radio propagation in both a n…
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The PS-TYRO-TMS320C5X EVM is a standalone development platform that enables users to evaluate and develop applications for the TI TMS320VC5505 Digital Signal Processor. The EVM comes with a full complement of on-board devices that suit a wide variety of application environments. The TMS320VC5505 fixed-point DSP is based on the TMS320C55x™ DSP generation CPU processor core. The C55xx Evolution Board is highly integrated, high-performance solution for demanding control applications and is the first 32-bit 150 MIPS DSP. In addition, The C5505 includes a tightly-coupled FFT Hardware Accelerator. The tightly-coupled FFT Hardware Accelerator supports 8 to 1024-point (in power of 2) real and complex-valued FFTs.
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Sterling Coffey,N0SSC
ARRL Youth Editor
Many have asked and pondered the answers to the question: “What is the best way to draw in new young hams?” Gordon West, WB6NOA, asked this very question to my friend Jacob Keogh, KD0NVX, on Ham Nation, hosted by Bob Heil, K9EID. Last month, I mentioned running into the two at the St Louis Winterfest, but I never would have thought Jacob would have got a sp…
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