Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 345
Yaesu, Icom & Kenwood highlight new transceivers
The big three Amateur Radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week.
Amateur Radio Daily
QRP success story
We all have these cherished moments that make our hobby so wonderful.
VE3IPS
ARRL urges protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz band
A Petition for Rulemaking filed by NextNav Inc. to completely reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band.
ARRL
mpad: Multi-Purpose APRS Daemon
WX/METAR/TAF/CWOP reports, satellite & other celestial data, find the nearest repeater to my position, user coordinates & distance, etc.
mpad
Finding joy in the journey
A missed SOTA hike leads to a relaxing POTA activation
QRPer
NRAO offers free Ham Radio Technician and General courses
NRAO is now offering self-paced Amateur Radio license study courses for both the Technician and General class licenses.
ARDC
A simple but effective receiving loop antenna
Coaxial loops like this one provide enhanced resistance to electrical noise.
Hackaday
Is inflation making off grid power too expensive?
The lower cost of lithium batteries and solar panels partially offset the increased cost of controllers and copper wire.
Off Grid Ham
Ham Radio still alive and kicking in Wyoming
Casey Freund of Thermopolis, Wyoming, goes by the call sign KC7E, but that’s not his TikTok handle.
Cowboy State Daily
Video
DIY Moxon/Yagi antenna for Ham Radio satellite QSOs
Build one for under $100, including the radio.
W2PAK
Amateur Radio balloon launch
Hämeenlinnan radioamatööri kerhon oh3aa pallon lähetys 2024.
OH3AA
Stealth Ham Radio antenna the HOA will never find
Rain downspout gutter antenna breaking pileups.
HOA Ham
Yes I own an aor ar-8000 wide range reciever and its an older model I would like to know if its a superhetrodyne reciever or not? Thanks. Kurt.Thienes.
On RigPix website
https://www.rigpix.com/aor/aor_ar8000.htm
they claim the following: “Receiver system: ? conversion superheterodyne”
Hope that helps.
73 de
Jan/SM0WHH