We might live in a world where knowing how to write code is gold, but for 93-year-old Merle Taylor there is only one code: Morse code.
Taylor learned Morse code at 20 when she signed up to help Canada and the war effort. Her war-time job was to teach it to the pilots through the British Commonwealth Air Training plan.
“There were 59 airbases built across Canada to accommodate the boys from England, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. It was that group of boys that I taught Morse code to,” Taylor said while sitting in her basement outside Antigonish — where she still taps out Morse code….READ MORE
Equipment
K44 CW Keyer & Reader w/Keyboard I/F by K1EL
The K44 is the Swiss Army knife of CW keyers. A CW keyboard interface, CW reader, iambic paddle keyer, backlit LCD display, and optically isolated key... Read more
L3Harris Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G(V)1(C) Multiband Networking Manpack Radio
The L3Harris AN/PRC-117G delivers breakthrough wideband data speed and legacy narrowband performance in a form factor 30% smaller and 35% lighter than... Read more
Belka-DSP radio receive
The Belka-DSP radio receiver is designed to receive radio stations with amplitude, frequency and single-band modulation, as well as telegraph signals... Read more
NanoVNA a $50-$70 Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer?
AURSINC Vector Network Analyzer 50KHz -900MHz HF VHF UHF Antenna Analyzer Measuring S Parameters, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, Phase, Delay, Smith Cha... Read more
DX Engineering BRAND NEW Catalog
Autumn/Winter 2016 CQ DX! If you had an unlimited budget, how would you outfit your Dream Station? The DX Engineering team was hanging around the radi... Read more
News
FCC Penalizes Marketer of Ham-Band Drone Audio-Visual Transmitters
The FCC has imposed a $180,000 civil penalty on a Sarasota, Florida, company that had been marketing noncompliant audio-visual transmitters intended f... Read more
Spacecraft Probe to Listen for ARRL Field Day Signals
The Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) onboard the Canadian CAScade Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE) satellite will again s... Read more
Letters to Members of Congress Offer Biggest Boost to Amateur Radio Parity Act
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has told Section Mangers that while promotion and positive publicity about the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR 1301) ar... Read more
FEMA Announces Regions that Could Activate on 60-Meters for Hurricane Irma
The below listed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regions, including call signs, could be activating the 5 MHz/60-meter band frequencies in... Read more
CQ Magazine – May
Current Issue Highlights Navassa: So Close and Yet So Far CW Results, 2014 CQ WW DX Contest Station-by-Station scores – ONLINE ONLY RTTY... Read more
Digital Modes
Video Demonstrates Digital Voice Plus Video “Teleconferencing” Scheme for HF
Rick Peterson, WA6NUT, in Colorado, is promoting FreeDV plus Video, a digital voice-plus-video application for HF. According to Peterson’s QRZ.com pro... Read more
Getting Started With Digital Modes
This comprehensive video explains the concept behind amateur radio digital modes and describes the hardware and cabling required to get started. This... Read more
The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1JT
Joe Taylor, K1JT, Steve Franke, K9AN, and Bill Somerville, G4WJS April 22, 2019 Introduction: FT4 is an experimental digital mode designed specificall... Read more
FT8 – Tipping Point for Ham Radio?
This is a view from NASA of the sun today, October 9, 2018, and I am making 10m DX contacts one after another. Zero sunspots but working DX on... Read more
HF Signal Propagation PSK Reporter , PSK/JT65/FT-8/CW/JT9
PSK Reporter Where is your signal being heard? Is your antenna working? What is the status of the band? Check out this video to learn about the PSK re... Read more
Review
Custom Coax Cables for Your Station
Custom Coax Cables “Mark, W8BBQ shows how easy it is to use the DX Engineering Custom Cable Builder. Just four easy steps! The builder lets you... Read more
Introduction to the IC-9700 VHF/UHF/1200 by ICOM VIDEOS
Direct Sampling Brought to the VHF/UHF World Icom strives to be first, to be innovative, and to continue to refine our radios for a balance of cutting... Read more
What is QSK? And How Do I Use It?
What is QSK? And How Do I Use It? Read more
Icom IC-7300 HF/6m Radio Walkthrough
“Here’s a walkthrough of the Icom IC-7300 radio. This very popular transceiver is a capable, very modern software-defined radio with a tra... Read more
SCU-LAN10 with FTdx101 / FTdx10 Overview
SCU-LAN10 with FTdx101 / FTdx10 Overview Read more
