Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 358
25th annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7
SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service and ARRL to commemorate the contributions of SKYWARN volunteers.
ARRL
The best Raspberry Pi Ham Radio projects
Go boxes, cyberdecks, Pi-rate radios, and more.
ALL3DP
MorseLink: Chat online by Morse Code
Supports automatic key mode and manual key mode.
MorseLink
Shortwave radio: A unique collection from the Cold War era
The Chuck Vesei Shortwave Radio Artifacts collection has hundreds of items received from shortwave broadcasters from 1984 to 1986.
Internet Archive
South American satellite pirates
A clandestine network of individuals who have ingeniously tapped into retired UHF MilSat bands.
Vapor95
US Amateur License demographics update
District 7 states by far have the most operators per capita.
SupremeVinegar
Adding radials to a mag mount
In this configuration, I got the SWR down to about 1.2:1. Success!
WB3GCK
SatPathFinder for iOS
There is a special option for radio amateurs to calculate sked times.
Mac Ham Radio
The “Universal TCXO”
A TCXO is a device that improves the absolute frequency stability and accuracy of a radio.
KA7OEI
Video
All Parks Oklahoma
US-7686, Lake Elmer state fishing lake.
KJ5APW
AMSAT OSCAR 7: The little satellite that could
Take a trip with me as we tell the tale of the “miracle” satellite.
Retro Rockets