Moving right along………
As of yesterday, I have surpassed my total QSO count from last year. Now I am not in a QSO counting game but this confirms my contesting skills must be improving as I am taking part in the same CW contests but the contacts are increasing.
Mike Weir, VE9KK, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from New Brunswick, Canada. Contact him at [email protected].
AmateurLogic.TV’s 18th Anniversary Contest
Don’t miss out on your chance to win a great Icom IC-705 Portable Transceiver and MFJ accessory package.
Prizes:
• Icom IC-705 HF/50/144/440 MHz Multimode Portable Transceiver
• MFJ-1982LP End Fed 1/2 Wave Antenna
• MFJ-4230MVP 12 volt Power Supply
• MFJ-915 RF Line Isolator
• RG-8X Coax (MFJ)
• MFJ-553 Deluxe Wood Base Key
Get all the details here.
https://amateurlogic.tv/contest/
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].
ICQ Podcast Episode 413 – Portable Radio Ops Antennas (SOTA/POTA/Hiking)
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature is SOTA, POTA and Hiking Portable Antennas.
We would like to thank our Patrick Bean, John Rees (GW0JRF) and Robert Swain monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate
- YOTA Month 2023
- Yes, Learning About Radio Does Matter
- World Radio Conference 2023 Will Impact Amateur Satellite Service
- US Military Explores Wideband Above 100 GHZ
- US Government Blocks Salvage of Titanic's Wireless
- WRTC 2026 becomes an RSGB affiliated Special Interest Group
- 2023 SET Exercise to Test Skills and Emergency Preparedness
Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].
LHS Episode #517: AI Yai Yai
Welcome to the 517th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss various topics including: blogs.radio, a new ham radio information aggregator, JOTA/JOTI, SDRdock, the upcoming Ubuntu release, LMDE 6 and much more. Thank you 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].
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 299
Real-time video from a high altitude balloon
Using an RF4463 to put out 1W of FSK on the 70cm band.
scd31.com
Practical Antennas
Homebrew antenna projects based on over 50 years of building and experimenting.
Practical Antennas
Six things I learned after becoming a CW operator
Things that no one told me about or I thought couldn’t possibly apply to me.
QRPer
Is a 20m antenna also resonant at 2.4GHz?
Can you get WiFi on that?
Ham Radio Outside the Box
Altoids tin spy radio goes solid state
The design is centered on a custom oscillator board.
Hackaday
Imaging TV satellites with a DIY radio telescope
The result forms a heatmap image of satellite transmissions in the sky.
RTL-SDR
Visiting the Inmarsat communications groundstation
Normally closed to the public, there was an open day for the 50 year anniversary.
PE4BAS
Lithium battery fire risks: Sorting it out
Is the danger real, or a big nothing burger?
Off Grid Ham
Video
The death of the 1/2 million watt transmitter
A view into a fading long wave station.
Ringway Manchester
Stealth Ham Radio antenna the HOA will never find
Chameleon CHA Porta Mast with CHA Hybrid Mini.
HOA Ham
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Working POTA: A beginner’s guide and video
SARC in the park!
We had an interesting workshop on Saturday, September 16, 2023. 'SARC in the Park' was a presentation by Dmitry VA7DVO for our members interested in POTA activations. You will find more about getting started in POTA at their website, and in our free digital magazine 'The Communicator'.
With an easy to build and inexpensive segmented 5-band wire dipole antenna, we made several of the 17m SSB POTA contacts shown in this video, including Switzerland, Italy and with a mobile station in Northern England.
The antenna plan is at: https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct on page 45.
Alex VA7PVC, Dmitry VA7DVO , and Leandro VE7LSI at Serpentine Fen
Here is the presentation on video and a look at the activation
https://youtu.be/RTAKs40DHjQ
Do you want to know what else is happening at SARC?
AmateurLogic 185: Unwrapping The Layers of an Unun
AmateurLogic.TV Episode 185 is now available for download.
Mike exposes an Unun. Tommy renews his FCC License step by step. Emile hits the Pi Bullseye. Announcing our 18th Anniversary Contest with an Icom IC-705 and a package of great accessories from MFJ.
Contest details are available at https://amateurlogic.tv/contest
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].