by Adam Banks
A satellite launched by the US military has gone rogue and is causing interference to radio hams across Europe.
The US Navy’s PCSat NO-44, which is only supposed to transmit over the US, is now drowning out European amateurs and the USN doesn’t know what to do about it.
Former head of information security at BT and keen radio ham John Regnault got in touch with The Register to explain the problem.
Licensed as an amateur satellite in the Amateur Satellite Service, PCSat was launched 30 September 2001 from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska aboard Athena I…..
Read Full Article:
The Wouxun KG-B55 Dual Band UHF/VHF base station combines the ever popular KG-UV920P-A dual band mobile radio with dedicated a power supply int... Read more
“HF Loop Antennas” is the topic of the just-released episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Enginee... Read more
Antenna for 435MHz Skew-Planar antenna has had little attention in the amateur radio community despite being present in QST by Robert H.... Read more
An Amateur Radio-military interoperability exercise will take place over the October 31-November 1 weekend. The event will begin at 1200 UTC on Octobe... Read more
NASA Commentator Lori Meggs at the Marshall Space Flight Center talks to a group of students who had the unique opportunity to ask questions to astron... Read more
Ward Silver, N0AX, discusses Amateur Radio contesting as a way to train and develop skills for use in disaster/public service communications. Silver h... Read more
Indonesia’s IARU member-society ORARI reports that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has allocated bands of 135.7 — kHz (2200... Read more
For the first time in over a decade, my Labor Day weekend was free of travel, so I was able to make a short pilgrimage to the Shelby Hamfest in North... Read more
A powerful communications tool in every sense, KENWOOD’s new TH-K20A/K40A radio offers 5.5 watts of RF output to ensure reliable performance. Numerous... Read more
Recent Posts
Wouxun KG-B55 Dual Band 2m/440 Base Station
![HF Loop Antennas – ARRL The Doctor is In [ PodCast ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/11825222_887255654645435_1859337703964508434_n-265x168.jpg)
HF Loop Antennas – ARRL The Doctor is In [ PodCast ]
Skew Planar Wheel Antenna for 435MHz
Amateur Radio-Military Interoperability 5MHz Exercise Set for October 31-November 1
Hamming it up on Space Station
ARRL Webinar: Contesting as Training for Public Service Communications
Hams in Indonesia Get New Bands
A photo tour of the 2015 Shelby Hamfest
Kenwood THK20A Transceiver – ARRL Video Review
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fattack-of-the-zombie-satellite-run-radio-hams-run%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
