The K7RA Solar Update
Our exciting period of nearly daily sunspot activity ended with the first spotless day on November 23 and the Sun has been blank since then. A look at the STEREO image shows a bright active area, perhaps five days over the eastern horizon, but we don’t know if that will give us [...]
Ham Radio and Shortwave Radio Scanning
DEGEN DE 312 12$ cheap radio. Shortwave is good when I use headphone. Works very good at FM with telescopic antenna. MW with lots of noise. (May be I live in the appartment near power line or something like this so why). SW is not so good with telescopic antenna. I use 15 ft copper [...]
Surfin’: A Wireless Dilemma
This week, Surfin’ wonders what to do when ham radio transmissions interfere with the wireless equipment.
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ARRL, McSnyder Software Team Up to Provide iTunes Apps
ARRL is pleased to announce the availability of a new suite of Amateur Radio mobile software — designed specifically for use with the Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The applications — or “apps” — are named ARRL Technician, ARRL General and ARRL Extra and function as an [...]
The Amateur Amateur: Hammy-Grams
Some years ago when I took the ARECC (Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course), I discovered an aspect of the hobby of which I’d been unaware: Formal traffic. One of the exercises in the course said that I should compose a formal message and then send it to my ARRL Section Manager.
Incumbent Section [...]
Covers wave propagation, antenna fundamentals, ground effect, feeder systems, half-wave antennas, long single wires, multiband antennas, driven arrays and more.
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ARRL Sweepstakes Manager Ken Adams, K5KA (SK)
Ken Adams, K5KA, succumbed to cancer and passed away on Sunday, November 22. He was 64. Adams, and ARRL Life Member, served as the first-ever Contest Manager for the ARRL Sweepstakes, coming on board in 2005. “Ken was a ‘get it done’ kinda guy,” recalled ARRL Contest Branch Manager [...]