“Space Weather quiets down this week as the hoped for mini-solarstorm misses Earth to the south. Aurora photographers will need to wait a while longer before another coronal hole rotates into the Earth-strike zone and sends us a new chance for a solar storm. Amateur radio operators are smiling this week as a new region rotates into Earth view, boosting the solar flux back into marginal levels for radio propagation. This region will be joined by a second region next week that should boost solar flux even more, just in time for Field Day 2018. GPS users should also be enjoying good signals this week. However, glitches may increase at low latitudes next week once that second active region rotates into view. Learn the details of these new regions, what’s coming from the Sun’s backside, and see what else the Sun has in store!
Equipment
Remote Shack by MFJ RBC-212
Remote Shack RBC-212 is a remote base controller equipped with two link input ports. One radio control port and two multi-function ports each on the A... Read more
TEN-TEC RX-340 Commercial Monitor Receiver
The TEN-TEC RX 340 is a multi mode, general coverage synthesized receiver utilizing extensive Digital Signal Processing. DSP brings the perform... Read more
ICOM IC-DPR30
ICOM IC-DPR30 Smallest and lightest ever ※ 1 , built-in antenna, Bluetooth ® support. New release of the transceiver IC-DPR30 that can be used to styl... Read more
Little Boy — An LDMOS HF Amplifier
Little Boy — AN LDMOS HF Amplifier by W6KANI recently watched the movie Fat Man and Little Boy, a 1989 great movie about the Manhattan project a... Read more
Loudspeakers for Ham Radio – ICQ Podcast Episode 275
“In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss th... Read more
AnyTone AT-5555N 10 Meter Radio – 30 Watts
AnyTone AT-5555N GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Coverage: 28.000 to 29.699 Mhz Antenna Impedance: 50 ohm, unbalanced Frequency Control: Digital Phas... Read more
App - Mobile
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory kicks BrandMeister up a notch. DMR without CodePlugs!
RFinder has worked with the DMR network Brandmeister to create new usability enhancements. The new dashboard just released includes coverage maps gene... Read more
Hamradio Line Loss Calculator for iOS devices
Coax Line from Federico Romano, IW2MVI is a simple and fast app that allow you to calculate the loss of your coax line and calculate power output from... Read more
817 Companion for Yeasu 817 – App
Yeasu 817 The 817 Companion app is dedicated to all the proud owners and users of the Yeasu 817 amateur radio. The Yeasu 817 is a fantastic radio bu... Read more
The RS-MS1I APP is now available via the iTunes store
Description Functional overview of the application DR functions You can use some transceiver’s DR functions. Share pictures Send and receive vo... Read more
SmartSDR for iOS v2.1.0 Now Available
FlexRadio Systems announces the release of SmartSDR for iOS v2.1.0 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. This App requires... Read more
DroidRTTY – RTTY for Ham Radio App Android
Ham Radio App DroidRTTY is an application to decode and encode Ham Radio RTTY with the build in microphone/speaker or wired to your radio. A wa... Read more
Software
WSJT-X 2.1.0 is available!
WSJT-X 2.1.0 Description WSJT-X implements communication protocols or “modes” called FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and W... Read more
SDRuno v1.32 release !
“We are pleased to announce the release of v1.32 of SDRuno. The purpose of this release is primarily to add MRC Diversity functionality for the... Read more
Ham Radio Deluxe version 6.6.0.236
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Fldigi v4.1.04 now available
The hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v4.1.04. This maintaneance release of Fldigi brings several bug f... Read more
Log4OM 1.36.0 Released
Release notes Version 1.36.0 MAINTENANCE RELEASE Added support to QARTest direct QSO import in Log4OM Communicator (Inbound settings, default port is... Read more
News
Major WSJT-X Upgrade Boosts FT4 into “a Finished Protocol for HF Contesting”
The WSJT Development Group has announced the “general availability” release of WSJT-X version 2.1.0. This major upgrade formally introduces FT4 as a f... Read more
International Telecommunication Union Accepts EURAO as a Sector Member
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) accepted the European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO) as a sector member at the recent meeting of... Read more
No Consensus Reached for FCC on “Symbol Rate” Issues
ARRL-initiated efforts for rival parties to reach consensus on some of the issues they raised in the so-called “Symbol Rate” proceeding have ended. In... Read more
WB8VGE Wins the July QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the July 2019 QST Cover Plaque award is “The Vibro-Debugger” by Mike Bryce, WB8VGE. The QST Cover Plaque Award — given t... Read more
Clear Frequencies Requested for Storm Emergency Traffic
Storm Emergency Traffic IARU HF Championship Contesters: The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is active on 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz in response to Category 1... Read more
