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IARU Welcomes Member-Society for St. Kitts & Nevis
Published: 21/06/2018The International Amateur Radio Union ( IARU ) has welcomed the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Amateur Radio Society ( SKNAARS ) as its newest member-society. IARU member-societies on May 28 completed votin ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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KX9X Wins the June QST Cover Plaque Award
Published: 20/06/2018The winning article for the June 2018 Q ST Cover Plaque award is “Get on the Satellites for ARRL Field Day” by Sean Kutzko, KX9X. The QST Cover Plaque Award -- given to the author or authors of the mo ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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ARISS-Russia Testing Undeployed CubeSats from ISS
Published: 20/06/2018ARISS-Russia is making FM transmissions on June 20 and 21 from two of its Tanusha series of CubeSats, now aboard the International Space Station. Russia’s ARISS organization has been developing the sp ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Experiments Look to Leverage Low-Latency HF to Shave Microseconds off Trade Times
Published: 20/06/2018Experimental operations now under way on HF appear aimed at leveraging low-latency HF propagation to shave microseconds from futures market trades and gain a competitive edge in a field where milliont ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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DIY Interface for SSTV PSK RTTY Android Apps
Published: 20/06/2018Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing A homemade interface for any android device, allow to receive and trasmitt SSTV PSK RTTY from an android tablet based on the DD7LP original project inc ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com -
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Prolific QSL Manager Kappy Kaplan, WA4WTG, SK
Published: 19/06/2018R. Robert “Kappy” Kaplan, WA4WTG, of Dania Beach, Florida, who served as the QSL manager for more than 100 DX stations and DX operations over many years, died on June 16. An ARRL member, he was 93. Hi ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Assigning Kosovo Z6 Call Signs “Unauthorized and Illegal,” ITU Secretary-General Says
Published: 18/06/2018Kosovo, which won its battle to become a DXCC entity earlier this year, appears to have another fight on its hands. International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) Secretary-General Houlin Zhao has dete ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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RTTY/AFSK Interface for Android Phone or Tablet
Published: 18/06/2018Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing Interface board was for connecting Yaesu FT-817ND transceiver to Android phone or tablet. The board was developed for experimenting with RTTY, SSTV and ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com -
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ARRL Website, Services to be Down for Up to 4 Hours on June 20
Published: 18/06/2018The ARRL website and some services will be down for maintenance for up to 4 hours on Wednesday, June 20, starting at approximately midnight EDT (0400 UTC on Thursday, June 21). During this period some ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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The K2AV FCP Single Wire Folded CounterPoise
Published: 17/06/2018Antennas/Wire Efficient Low Band Counterpoise for Restricted Circumstances Loss Avoidance Opportunities and Techniques for the Low Bands The short and linear FCP was designed to reduce ground losses f ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com -
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Operating Notes: FIFA on the Air, calling weak stations
Published: 16/06/2018GOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!! Last night on 30m, I worked four different World Cup special event stations: SE18FWC R18TUN RU18WC DJ9FWC When you add YW18FWC that I worked a couple of days ago, that makes five d ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com -
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80m Vertical Antenna with Folded CounterPoise
Published: 16/06/2018Antennas/80M A very efficient 80 meter Counterpoise antenna designed to reduce ground losses from inadequate radial systems beneath inverted L antennas, a project by DM2GM and DM4IM based on the origi ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com
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How to setup Yaesu FT-847 Doppler Control with PstRotator
Published: 15/06/2018Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-847 How to setup the Yaesu FT-847 along to the PSTRotator under Windows 10 PC with Omnirig. Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com -
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Former Radio Amateur-Astronaut Named as Spain’s Minister of Science
Published: 15/06/2018Amateur Radio operator and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Petro Duque, ex-KC5RGG/ED4ISS, has been named as the Minister of Science in the new Spanish government. Duque, 55, first went into spac ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Curtis Keyer Chip Developer Jack Curtis, K6KU, SK
Published: 15/06/2018The developer of the groundbreaking Curtis Morse keyer chip, John G. “Jack” Curtis, K6KU (ex-W3NSJ), of Granite Bay, California, died on June 4 after a long illness. An ARRL member, he was 87. Growing ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org
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Space Station Digital Amateur Radio TV System Transmitter Determined to be Defective
Published: 14/06/2018The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station ( ARISS ) “Ham Video” digital Amateur Radio TV (DATV) transmitter on the International Space Station (ISS) is reported to be defective, with onboar ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Sweden’s SAQ Announces Annual Alexanderson Day VLF Transmission on July 1
Published: 14/06/2018Sweden’s World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station SAQ Alexanderson alternator will be on the air on July 1 on 17.2 kHz for its annual Alexanderson Day transmission. Three transmissions are scheduled: Sta ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Elecraft XV Transverters XV50 XV144 XV222 and XV432
Published: 14/06/2018Four state-of-the-art transverters are included in Elecraft's new XV Series: the XV50 (6 Meters), XV144 (2 Meters), XV222 (222 MHz) and XV432 (432 MHz). The transverters can be used with nearly any tr ... Read moreSource: www.dxzone.com
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Third party communications – you learn something new every day
Published: 13/06/2018On the amateurradio subreddit, someone asked: I’m in the U.S. and am planning on demonstrating HF to a group of kids and unlicensed adults at a family event this weekend. I’d like the kids ... Read moreSource: www.kb6nu.com -
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ARRL International DX Contest (CW) Full Results Now Available
Published: 13/06/2018Full results and Accuracy Index Tables for the 2018 ARRL International DX Contest CW have been posted to the ARRL website. Read moreSource: www.arrl.org -
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Reverse Beacon Network Beta Testing Separate Spot Stream for FT8
Published: 12/06/2018As a beta test, the popular Reverse Beacon Network ( RBN ) has announced that it’s now offering a separate telnet feed for FT8 spots (telnet.reversebeacon.net port 7001), in addition to the current sp ... Read moreSource: www.arrl.org