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For Ham Radio Geeks, Contact With Space Station Is Exciting
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At the height of the Cold War when I was 13 years old, I got my amateur (ham) radio novice license. From the confines of a cramped closet in my bedroom, my “ham shack,” I talked via Morse code night and day with other operators – first stateside then

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Some cool Ham Radio images:

Solar Panels – Field Day 2001

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This is the 5x5w solar array I used during FD 2001. No, in this picture they are not out in the sun. There were too many trees around the area and they did not really get any sun at all until the next morning. Not that I needed them though – the 17 Ah and 7 Ah gelcells provided more than enough current. I just had these there as backup really.

Buddistick

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Buddipole (Buddistick, technically) antenna set up for 20m portable work. Note the home-brewed ghetto "video tripod, painters’ pole, and bungee cord" mast!

Noted Amateur Radio author Bill Sabin, W0IYH, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died October 13. He was 88. An ARRL member, Sabin was the author of Discrete-Signal Analysis and Design. He also was co-editor (with E.O. Schoenike) and contributor to three books on single-sideband and HF radio, and he contributed to ARRL’s RF Amplifier Classics. In addition, Sabin wrote more than 40 technical articles, inclu…

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Retevis H-777 Two Way Radio Walkie Talkie UHF 400-470MHz 5W 16CH Single Band With Earpiece Hand Held Mobile Ham Amateur Radio High Illumination Flashlight Black 6 Pack

Retevis H-777 Two Way Radio Walkie Talkie UHF 400-470MHz 5W 16CH Single Band With Earpiece Hand Held Mobile Ham Amateur Radio High Illumination Flashlight Black 6 Pack

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The ARRL Executive Committee adopted an updated Policy Statement on Amateur Radio mobile operation during its October 4 meeting in Memphis. While agreeing that driver inattention is a leading cause of auto accidents and that concern over driver distraction “is not unreasonable,” the policy cites Amateur Radio’s 70-year history of two-way mobile operation as evidence that such radio use does not…

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HAM radio operators gather in Wildcat Park for annual picnic
Bradford Era
Russ Bush of Spartansburg said that like Wolfe, he enjoys the technical aspect of amateur radio. However, Bush also likes to compete in HAM radio contests. He said the contests usually consist of operators who can make the most amount of contacts, …

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The BEST audio you will ever hear.
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RFI Khmer Radio - Spanish is investigating the first cases for the first time in its territory

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HAM radio operators gather in Wildcat Park for annual picnic
Bradford Era
Russ Bush of Spartansburg said that like Wolfe, he enjoys the technical aspect of amateur radio. However, Bush also likes to compete in HAM radio contests. He said the contests usually consist of operators who can make the most amount of contacts, …
Cyclone Hudhud: HAM radio operators on standbyTimes of India

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Forbes

For Ham Radio Geeks, Contact With Space Station Is Exciting
Forbes
At the height of the Cold War when I was 13 years old, I got my amateur (ham) radio novice license. From the confines of a cramped closet in my bedroom, my “ham shack,” I talked via Morse code night and day with other operators – first stateside then

ham amateur radio – Google News


Forbes

For Ham Radio Geeks, Contact With Space Station Is Exciting
Forbes
At the height of the Cold War when I was 13 years old, I got my amateur (ham) radio novice license. From the confines of a cramped closet in my bedroom, my “ham shack,” I talked via Morse code night and day with other operators – first stateside then

ham amateur radio – Google News

Is It Me You’re Looking For?

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Lionel Richie calls CQ

Link to buy radio – http://www.amazon.com/Tecsun-PL-660-Portable-Shortwave-Single/dp/B004H9C4JK.
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Rock Hill Herald

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Rock Hill Herald
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

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VOD Khmer Radio - Afternoon News On 09 October 2014

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Rock Hill Herald

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Rock Hill Herald
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

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A few clips of NZ Police/Fire unencrypted analogue radio from Auckland, New Zealand being received with an EZCap RTL SDR RTL2832 and SDR Sharp. Antenna is a …

If aliens could see our TV, this is how they do it 😛 DVB-T receiver (rtl-sdr with R820T tuner) Channel 7 NTSC: TVN Chile (National TV of Chile)
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Harris communications PRC-152 handheld software defined radio startup initialization. Software defined radio for 50-512 MHz comms.

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Charlotte Observer
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready
Amateur radio enthusiasts gather in Rock HillRock Hill Herald

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Rock Hill Herald

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Rock Hill Herald
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

and more »

ham amateur radio – Google News


Rock Hill Herald

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Rock Hill Herald
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

and more »

ham amateur radio – Google News

Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Charlotte Observer
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

and more »

ham amateur radio – Google News

experimental shortwave amateur radio superheterodyne receiver with AD831 mixer and NE612 like product detector. VFO is DDS type with AD9851. Infront mixer th…

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Amateur radio users gather for annual Rock Hill 'Hamfest'
Charlotte Observer
There was no power outage or lack of cellphone reception at the 62nd Hamfest on Saturday, but some visitors still used their ham radio to find the location. On the other end was Tedder – on York County Amateur Radio's ham radio call sign K4YTZ – ready

and more »

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Wind Whips Ham Radio Towers

As a cold front moves through Lubbock, on October 17th, 2011, winds blow hard on ham radio towers.

Amateur radio — in times of trouble or just for fun
Tribune-Review
Sean Kutzko is media and public relations manager for the American Radio Relay League, the national association for amateur radio operations. He spoke to the Trib about the resurgence of ham radio operators in America. Q: In 1991, there were fewer than …

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This is a video response with some clarification and ideas regarding Hiberniason video where CB radio and dipoles related to them are mentioned. I have to sa…
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Amateur radio — in times of trouble or just for fun
Tribune-Review
Sean Kutzko is media and public relations manager for the American Radio Relay League, the national association for amateur radio operations. He spoke to the Trib about the resurgence of ham radio operators in America. Q: In 1991, there were fewer than …

and more »

ham amateur radio – Google News

Ham radio ireland

Ham radio chat picked up in ireland… Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called “hams,” use various…
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Icom UK have supplied the Sheffield Amateur Radio Club with a range of its latest (D-STAR) digital and HF Amateur Radio Equipment. The radios will be used on…
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Receive test of a temporary beacon located about 17km away inside the city of Athens, Greece. A homebrew software defined radio (based on the UHFSDR and USB2…
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Just a quick video showing my SWL setup using an Elektor software defined receiver. The pc is an intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz system with 4GB ram ATI Radeon HD64…
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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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Digital Down Converter Filter for Software Defined Radio Receiver: Optimization of Equiripple FIR filter using MATLAB, System Generator, ModelSim, Synplify Pro, ISE Software and FPGA

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The sad and funny tale of a Ham Radio Lid who annoys all he meets on the air, and how he gets his due.
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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…

Tube PA

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Copyright goes to the DJ BAAUER!

MANITOBA 1975 —AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE PLATE

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SUNDELY Microphone Cable Cord for Yaesu Radio MH-48A6J MH-42B6J FT-1500 FT-1802 FT-1807 FT-1900 FT-2600 FT-2800 FT-2900 FT-3000 FT-7100 FT-7800 FT-8100 FT-8500 FT-8800 FT-8900

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  • MH-48A6J, MH-42B6J
  • FT-1500, FT-1500M, FT-1802, FT-1802M, FT-1807, FT-1807M, FT-1900, FT-1900R
  • FT-2600, FT-2800, FT-2800M, FT-2900, FT-2900R, FT-3000
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FT-2600, FT-2800, FT-2800M, FT-2900, FT-2900R

FT-3000

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For Sale ft 950 complete with rtl dongle all cables to run both HDSDR and Ham Radio Deluxe software via the web.
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http://www.mediafire.com/download/ypnamp0h5374757/Keygen.zip 3D Canyon Flight Screensaver 2.0 download.

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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Blog posting with hi-res photos at: http://www.toddfun.com/2013/04/04/rescue-the-easter-bunny-ham-radio-fox-hunting-for-beginners This video covers beginner’…
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I decided to upgrade some of the old electrolytic capacitors in my Drake TR-4Cw radio that I purchased new in early 1977 just before I got my novice class ha…
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The Amateur Radio payload on the lunar-orbiting 4M-LXS spacecraft will carry up to 2500, 13-character digital messages into space for retransmission via JT65B mode on 145.990 MHz. But wannabes will have to act fast. The message collection site will close Wednesday, September 17 at 12:00 Central European Time (1100 UTC) the 4M website announced today. China recently announced plans to launch the…

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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:

GAP Titan DX Antenna

Image by Paul L McCord Jr

LAS Memorial Day Picnic-6

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Amateur Radio "HAM" Shack

A relatively new station on shortwave, booming signal!

Baofeng BF-888S UHF 400-470MHz CTCSS/DCS With Earpiece Handheld Amateur Radio Tranceiver Walkie Talkie Two Way Radio Long Range Black 2 Pack

Baofeng BF-888S UHF 400-470MHz CTCSS/DCS With Earpiece Handheld Amateur Radio Tranceiver Walkie Talkie Two Way Radio Long Range Black 2 Pack

  • Walkie Talkie Model: Baofeng BF-888S;16 channel;Each radio has a earpiece
  • Frequency Range: 400-470MHz; Low battery alarm; 50 CTCSS/105 CDCSS
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Walkie Talkie Model: Baofeng BF-888s
Rated Voltage: 3.7V DC
Output power:

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Check out these Ham Radio images:

MUF is too damn high!

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Building our Vertical

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It’s Up

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A webinar, “What is Radio Scouting and What Does it Mean to Me?” is set for September 18 at 0100 UTC (Wednesday evening, September 17, in US time zones). The presenter will be Jim Wilson, K5ND, chairman of the Boy Scouts of America’s Radio Scouting Committee, president of the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, and member of the World Scouting JOTA-JOTI Team.

“Radio Scouting” includes all things Am…

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Some cool Amateur Radio images:

671B1295: Ken/K4BEO and Son

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671B1306

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Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has announced that its proposal to establish an international 60 meter Amateur Service allocation has been accepted by the Industry Canada consultative committee for World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15). The regulator uses that panel’s conclusions to determine its position on WRC-15 issues. The RAC proposal specifically addresses WRC-15 Agenda Item 1….

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ALBERTA 1972 amateur radio plate

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