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ICQ Podcast Episode 442 – Weekend Projects
3 November 2024 | by In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and the episode's feature is Weekend Projects
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- Dream Rig Contest Underway
- PRSENTER OPINON : Hurricane Helene has changed my outlook on emergency communications
- Tunisian Ham Camp for Youngsters Gets Yasme Grant
- AI Presenter Experiment Pulled From Polish Radio Station After One-Week
- Boeing-Built Satellite Explodes in Orbit
- Hams in Brazil Honor Pioneer of Wireless Telephony
- RSGB President honoured with RAYNET-UK award
- ARRL Members Raise $47,000 for STEM Education in Online Auction
- HAMSCI Receives Grant
Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].
Ham College 118
Ham College episode 118 is now available for download.
Ham College 118
Technician Exam Questions Part 5. T1E – Control operator: eligibility, designating, privileges, duties, location, required Control point, Control types: automatic, remote.
George Thomas, W5JDX, is co-host of AmateurLogic.TV, an original amateur radio video program hosted by George Thomas (W5JDX), Tommy Martin (N5ZNO), Peter Berrett (VK3PB), and Emile Diodene (KE5QKR). Contact him at [email protected].
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 354
MFJ ends reign as king of Ham Radio parts
It was rough trying to say goodbye.
Mississippi Clarion Ledger
IC-9700 contest keyboard
An Arduino based IC-9700 Contest Keyboard allows a PS2 keyboard to drive an Icom IC-9700 or any modern CI-V radio for contesting.
VK3FS
Podcast: Ham’s Radio Ham Ham English
A Japanese radio program for Ham Radio enthusiasts by Ham Radio enthusiasts.
JA1WTO
Homebrew sferics receiver
Sferics, short for atmospherics, are RF signals in the VLF range generated by the millions of lightning discharges that strike the Earth daily.
Hackaday
Propagation experiments: Signal strength vs. tide levels
The lack of a relationship can in fact be new information.
Copasetic Flow
POTA activation report: Poor Common
There are dozens, if not hundreds of places in the UK called “Poor Common.”
Ian Renton
Mediumwave ferrite antenna for RX
In limited urban conditions its performance is sufficient.
SWLing Post
Video
Quick tour of CBC / Radio Canada satellite facilities
Visiting the CBC studios in Montreal.
saveitforparts
Home made Quansheng UV-K5 desktop transceiver
Turning the handheld Quansheng UV-K5 VHF/UHF transceiver into a desktop transceiver.
OM0ET
Linked elevated radial system
Game-changing antenna performance.
KB9VBR
How to build a Ham antenna for under $8.00
Building a Ham Radio antenna is easy.
My Ham Radio Journey
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The November – December 2024 SARC Communicator
The final issue of the year. The November-December Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download. Some great projects and articles in this issue including a terrific Ham IV rotator upgrade, suggestions for affordable test instruments, and complete introduction to 3D printing, with special emphasis on amateur radio applications. Our regular columnists will also provide you with some interesting experiences.
Now read in over 165 countries, we bring you 125+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
Download the Nov-Dec 2024 Communicator
or read it on-line like a magazine
Previous Communicator issues:
Search for past Communicator issues
and a full searchable index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is December 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
LHS Episode #559: Welcome to Badgerton
Hello and welcome to the 559th episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss ham radio in the Internet age, ham radio during national emergencies, Sonusmix for pipewire audio routing, Meadow, Jetbrains Rider, a new version of FreeDV and much more. Thanks for listening and have a great week.
73 de The LHS Crew
Russ Woodman, K5TUX, co-hosts the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast which is available for download in both MP3 and OGG audio format. Contact him at [email protected].
LHS Episode #558: Esoteric Apps Deep Dive
Hello and welcome to installment 558 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, the hosts dig down to the bottom of their computing tool bag and pull out some odd but eminently useful Linux and open source applications. We hope you enjoy this episode and have a great week.
73 de The LHS Crew
Russ Woodman, K5TUX, co-hosts the Linux in the Ham Shack podcast which is available for download in both MP3 and OGG audio format. Contact him at [email protected].
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 353
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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