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Dec 1, 20212 min read

IARU Reports Another Over-the-Horizon Radar System is Under Construction in India

In October, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter reported on the continuing run of...

Dec 1, 20211 min read

Santa takes to the airwaves to talk to children over ham radio

The Longmont Amateur Radio Club is connecting children with Santa for the rest of the week.

Nov 30, 20210 min read

Amazing How to Build a 4:1 Balun - Start to Finish

Nov 30, 20212 min read

YOTA Month Continues to Expand into the Americas

December is YOTA Month, celebrating and encouraging Youth On the Air. Amateur radio operators who are 25 years old and younger will be on...

Nov 29, 20211 min read

A brain transplant for the ICOM IC-245

I design a replacement for a major part of the radio. That controls the front panel and supplies the VCO voltage in a PLL configuration....

Nov 29, 20211 min read

HI7 & HI2/DL2SBY - Dominican Republic

Op: DL2SBY Bands: HF Modes: CW, SSB & FT8 Qsl Info: Qsl via DL2SBY Start Date - End Date: Dec 25 - Dec 14, 2021 Webpage:...

Nov 29, 20213 min read

The K7RA Solar Update (11/29/2021)

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The Thanksgiving holiday and my hospitalization delayed the usual Friday Solar Update for November 26....

Nov 26, 20211 min read

How well is the Repeater Hearing your Signal?

Collin, K0NNK, is having some trouble with is antenna and a nearby repeater. He hit a 2 meter repeater full quieting but the repeater...

Nov 26, 20211 min read

Dayton Hamvention Expects to be Live Event in 2022

Dayton Hamvention® organizers are planning to mount the first in-person show in 2022, following 2 years of COVID-related cancellations....

Nov 25, 20212 min read

ARDC Grants Will Expand Emergency Capabilities in Haiti and the US Virgin Islands

Grants from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) will benefit amateur radio emergency communication networks in Haiti and the US...

Nov 24, 20211 min read

Methodology for Adjusting HF Yagi Gamma Matches by VE3VN

There are many feed systems used in yagis over the years. Gamma matches are not as common as they once were. More typical are beta...

Nov 24, 20212 min read

Past ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director Claude Maer, W0IC, SK

Past ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director Claude Maer, Jr, W0IC, of Denver, Colorado, died on November 16. An ARRL member, he was 102....

Nov 23, 20211 min read

Big Bright Regions Beckon Amid a Big Aurora Show | Solar Storm Forecast (11.22.2021)

Activity remains subdued this week with only pockets of fast solar wind to bring sporadic aurora to high latitudes, nothing like the G3...

Nov 22, 20211 min read

9X4X - Rwanda

Ops: 4X1VF, 4Z4KX, 4X6YA, 4Z5LA, 4Z1DZ, 4Z5FI & 4Z5MU Bands: 10M - 160M Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY & FT8 Qsl Info: Qsl via 4Z5FI Start Date -...

Nov 20, 20211 min read

ARRL Announces Director Election Results

The ARRL New England and Roanoke Divisions will have new Directors on January 1. The results of these three-way contested elections for...

Nov 20, 20211 min read

3B8/KX7M - Mauritius

Op: KX7M Bands: HF Modes: ---- Qsl Info: Qsl via F5CWU Start Date - End Date: Nov 22 - Dec 01, 2021 Webpage: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/3...

Nov 19, 20214 min read

The K7RA Solar Update (11/19/2021)

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: New sunspots appeared on November 14 and 16, but solar activity was lower and geomagnetic activity as...

Nov 19, 20211 min read

Ham radio operators remain at the ready to help in emergencies

Though ham radio operation is sometimes dismissed as a dying medium, there is a small but dedicated community of about 50 operators...

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