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Amateur Radio: Buzz Kutcher a ham for more than 40 years

January 11, 2016 No comments

By Sherri Ellington “The first time Buzz Kutcher sat for his amateur radio license, he did not pass. Now he is president of the Butts County Ama... Read more

Revised ARRL HF Contesting Guidelines Now Available

December 30, 2014 No comments

“The ARRL HF Contesting Guidelines have been revised, and the latest editionnow is available. The latest guidelines, updated by an ARRL Contest... Read more

Learning Morse Code without Trying

November 02, 2016 No comments

Jason Maderer       National Media Relations maderer@gatech.edu New study demonstrates silent, eyes-free text entry Study participants tapped Morse Co... Read more

Full Size Mega Loop Antenna 6 to 160m

March 30, 2015 No comments

  “Nearly two years ago, we decided that we needed a better antenna for all band operation to replace our traditional use of wire dipoles.... Read more

80m or 160m Reduced Half Sloper Antenna by W8AMZ

January 28, 2015 No comments

160m Reduced ½ Sloper Do You Have     Limited Space?  Do You Dream Of   Operating 160m?                                           NO PROBLEM!  Do you... Read more

DAY THREE OF G1-G2 (MINOR-MODERATE) GEOMAGNETIC STORMS

September 29, 2016 No comments

The coronal hole high speed stream continues to cause geomagnetic responses to G1 (Minor) storming levels. Solar wind speeds over the past 24 hours ha... Read more

QRPver-1-v-2-JT65-PSK-BPSK-QRP-Transceiver

May 09, 2016 No comments

This is the SINGLE BAND , ONE frequency JT65 / PSK / BPSK QRP Transceiver. This small size QRP transceiver has about 1 Watts output power built on the... Read more

New Videos! ICOM IC 7300

December 04, 2015 No comments

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The Dawn of Digital Communications in the Amateur Radio World

December 02, 2015 No comments

Please download and enjoy the PDF copy of the Yaesu discussion of modern Digital Communications – “A Digital Communications Guide for Amat... Read more

Geomagnetic Storming Reaches Severe Level

June 24, 2015 No comments

Geomagnetic storming reached the G4 — severe — level at 0513 UTC on June 23. The storm began a day earlier. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (... Read more

The “Other” Heard Island DXpedition — VK0LD

April 14, 2016 No comments

The just-ended Heard Island VK0EK DXpedition logged more than 75,000 contacts, but the under-the-radar, contemporaneous VK0LD operation also put a new... Read more

FT8 DXpedition Mode Field Test Attracts Upward of 500 Participants

March 08, 2018 No comments

It was the Fox and the Hounds on the bands March 6, as the WSJT-X development group conducted a field test of the still-beta FT8 DXpedition Mode. A se... Read more

FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide, Mental Health Crisis Hotline

August 15, 2019 No comments

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and its Office of Economics and Analytics have sent a report to Congress that recommends that the Commission con... Read more

Radio operators vital in disaster response

April 09, 2015 No comments

    Photo by Sid Hastings “ Ever since Marconi tinkered with wireless transmissions in the early 1900s, people have been fascinated wi... Read more

Mon Amateur Radio Club Gives Back to the Community

April 13, 2015 No comments

  The Mon County Amateur Radio Club gave back to an area family who recently lost everything in a fire. The club worked with Wal-Mart and the Nor... Read more