Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 353

Amateur Radio Weekly

Ham Radio in the Internet age
Globalization has made radios much less expensive, while technological advances have made them vastly more capable.
Hackaday

Latest FreeDV GUI includes RADE HF digital voice mode
The new mode has been in development since early 2024 and is now entering a phase of real time, over the air testing.
FreeDV

A deep dive into the antenna called “Long Tall Sally”
A very unusual field expedient portable antenna for 20m.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Pushing my 2016 Subaru Forester to its off-road limits
Activating Buse Hill Lookout located in Buse Lake Protected Area CA-3287.
QRPer

Jumping on 40 meters right quick…
Today saw me testing a theory that 40 meters wasn’t closed just because it was late in the morning.
WK4DS

Ham clubs: It’s time to move away from the PDF newsletter
The PDF format is problematic because it acts as a walled garden.
K4HCK

Portland teenager completes 5-year quest to communicate with an astronaut
Zeke Wheeler, 13, asked his dad at the age of 8 what it would take to talk with an astronaut. Neither of them had the answer — so they set out to find one.
KGW

POTA with 1930s gear
CW without sidetone is not for the faint of heart.
SolderSmoke Daily News

Beginners guide to Hydrogen Line
Antenna fabrication, reception, software and graphic display.
RTL-SDR.com

JOTA 2024
The kids were pretty impressed and kept up better than I might have expected.
KC8JC

Video

Solar Cycle 25
Predictions v reality.
RSGB

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