The September-October 2022 SARC Communicator

 

We're Back With 130+ Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews

'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.

Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the South West 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.

This month two new columnists, Daniel's Workbench with several projects, refurbishing the MFJ CW oscillator, home-built antennas and much more.

You can view or download it as a .PDF file from:  https://bit.ly/SARC22Sep-Oct


Previous Communicator issues are at https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator

As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. 

The deadline for the next edition is October 20th.

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 #479: Pop!_OS Deep Dive

Hello and welcome to the 479th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. After the discussion in the last episode where the hosts settled on Pop!_OS as the "best" Linux distribution, they decided to take a hard look at it and figure out what's good, what's usable and what needs improvement. We hope you find this episode enjoyable and if you have some time and free hard disk space, give Pop!_OS a whirl.

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].

ICQ Podcast Episode 384 – FT8 as a Messaging Network?

In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Frank (K4FMH), Chris (M0TCH) and Martin (M0SGL) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature FT8 as a Messaging Network.

We would like to thank our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate

  • Simultaneous APRS and Voice Repeater on the International Space Station
  • Hams Radio Operators Support American Red Cross in Kentucky Flood Response
  • 13-year-old Restoring Old Soviet Tech in Georgia
  • Bicycle Mobile Competition at Ham Radio Event
  • ARUMS newsletter - Over The Horizon Radars
  • New Radio - Icom IC-905
  • New Radio - Yaesu FT-710
  • United States Special Event
  • Free Windows RF Calculator - WinRFCalc
  • GB3HA Back on Air in Northumberland

Colin Butler, M6BOY, is the host of the ICQ Podcast, a weekly radio show about Amateur Radio. Contact him at [email protected].

AmateurLogic.TV 17th Anniversary Contest

17th Anniversary contest

AmateurLogic celebrates 17 years on October 15, 2022 and you could be a winner.
Check out the details at 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].

Ham College 92


Ham College episode 92 is now available for download.

Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 30.
E7A Digital circuits: digital circuit principles and logic circuits, classes of logic elements, positive and negative logic, frequency dividers, truth tables.

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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 252

Amateur Radio Weekly

New Icom IC-905 VHF/UHF/SHF SDR transceiver – 144MHz to 10GHz
Originally dubbed Project SHF, the new IC-905 sports a control unit based on the portable IC-705.
QRPblog

Hunstville Hamfest in photos
The Huntsville Hamfest was alive and well this year with a strong showing from major companies.
WK4DS

QRZ New Ham Jumpstart Program
The program will provide a new Ham welcome package, including a free HT, to eligible applicants.
QRZ.com

Solid-stating old tube gear
Look at that. Well, maybe some of you shouldnt.
SolderSmoke Daily News

Is your radio vulnerable to outside control?
In our IoT (Internet of Things) world things are open to purposeful and inadvertent control.
With Varying Frequency

Maidenhead Grid overlay for aprs.fi
Add a grid overlay to the popular aprs.fi APRS map.
Notizbl0g

Understanding wire & conductors
Wire and electrical conductors are so fundamental that we use them without giving much thought to their importance.
Off Grid Ham

13-year-old restoring old Soviet tech
Unlike most 13-year-old girls, she has a passion for fixing phones and computers.
EuroNews

Nuclear power plant exercise includes ARES
The drill was practice for the federally judged exercise scheduled for September.
ARRL

Video

Huntsville Hamfest 2022
We will walk the floor, check out some vendor areas, and the flee market.
Tank Radio

How to make meteor scatter QSOs
Harnessing Meteors for Ham Radio VHF QSOs.
K5ND

5 useful 3D printer projects For Ham Radio
Five 3D printer projects for the Amateur Radio Operator
Tech Minds

Integrated Circuit Manufacturing At Bell Labs (1983)
This classic 16mm Bell Labs film shows every step of the manufacturing process for integrated circuits.
Fran Blanche

Classifieds

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SkyBridge Plus dual band digital hotspot supports DMR, D-star, Yaesu System Fusion (YSF), and NXDN radios with several cross mode options.
Super-elastic dual band 2 meter / 70 cm HT antenna. Hand-made, ultra lightweight, and nearly indestructible.

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LHS Episode #478: The Weekender XCV

It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. Tell us how we're doing. We'd love to hear from you.

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].

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