Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 251
APRS and voice repeater on ISS now operating simultaneously
Simultaneous operations of the ARISS voice repeater and digital APRS communications on the Space Station is now a reality.
ARRL
Inaugural Young Amateurs Radio Club Event
The inaugural Worked All YARC Zones event from September 1st to September 15th.
YARC
Tape measure antenna efficiency
Scrape the yellow paint and make a copper bath if high radiation performance is desired.
LU2ARZ
Volunteer Monitor program report for July 2022
Notices for unlicensed operation on 2-meter amateur frequencies were sent to two logging companies in Kettle Falls, Washington.
ARRL
Mini AM radio transmitter kit
A tiny $25 mediumwave transmitter kit.
SWLing Post
An off-grid wind and solar powered satellite image receiver
A very impressive remote off-grid radio satellite image receiver setup by DO3MLA.
RTL-SDR.com
Lightweight choke balun
A Choke balun using RG-316.
KK4Z
This weekend: International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
The ILLW attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries.
ILLW
Five types of operators you should want to be
Here are five examples that you can aspire to.
OnAllBands
Starlink ground stations successfully hacked
The hack is a modchip with an RP2040 and a MOSFET that crowbars the power rails.
Hack A Day
Video
Radio assembly line 1942 Holland
The Erres KY-418 radio set assembly line.
YouTube
Vintage SONY Japan manufacturing plants
Snapshots of Trinitron TV, video tape recorder, semiconductors, and more.
Computer History Archives Project
CornTenna QRP SSB
Today we find out if a green stalk of corn has enough conductance to radiate a 5 Watt QRP signal.
K0KLB
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So happy for the return of Amateur Radio Weekly, Cale!
Thanks, Matt! It’s good to be back!