The October issue of CQ is our annual Emergency Communications Special, with a special focus this time on the versatility that amateur radio can provide as part of a larger emergency preparedness effort. We also have a “Morse Code Three-Pack” for our CW aficionados (as well as radio history buffs).
Feature stories include:
* Three Events, Five Cities, One Week
* EYEWARN: A Visual Situation Reporting Network
* Putting the “HAMster” to Work for EmComm and More
Plus…
* DXCC’s Odd Couple
* Morse Code Three-Pack
* FCC Proposal: Let HF Data Go Wideband
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Software
Paper Logging and Using Fast Log Entry for POTA – Ham Radio Q&A
“I typically paper log my Parks on the Air contacts during an activation. After I get home I will transcribe and edit the log with Fast Log Entr... Read more
New WSJT mode Q65
WSJT-X 2.4.0 will introduce Q65, a digital protocol designed for minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult propagation paths On paths with D... Read more
Ham Radio Deluxe
Read this BEFORE you download and install this software. Keys formatted like “ASDF-QWER-ZXCV-ASDF” will NOT work. That software license se... Read more
Antenna
Resonant Antennas, HF Mobile, MFJ-1668 Screwdriver
HF Mobile Antenna Covers 80-6 Meters with 4 1/2 foot mobile or 10 foot fixed operation telescoping whip. Continuously adjustable loading coil is 36 in... Read more
Hustler 6 Band Vertical HF Fixed Station 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, and 75 or 80 Meters
Bandwidth at it’s broadest! VSWR 2:1 or better at band edges on 10-40 meters. Up to 100 kHz. on 75/80 meters. Solid one inch fiberglass... Read more
4 Ways to Use Your AlexLoop Antenna
AlexLoop Walkham Portable Small Magnetic Loop Antenna The AlexLoop Walkham was designed by PY1AHD Alexandre Grimberg and has had over twelve years of... Read more
News
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, to Keynote QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, will keynote the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo March 13 – 14 weekend. Minster’s talk — part of an 80+ speak... Read more
23cm band in the spotlight with regulators
During the week 15 – 19 February, the preparatory work for WRC-23 agenda item 9.1b continued in ITU‑R Working Party 4C (WP4C)... Read more
How to Connect a Modern Radio to a Legacy Tube Amp
How to Connect a Modern Radio to a Legacy Tube Amp Read more
A Filament Slingshots Towards Earth | Solar Storm Forecast 02.22.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNxuOtBMN2s Read more
German radio hams tackling RF noise pollution
DARC reports 35 Electrical Noise Area Monitoring Systems (ENAMS) have been delivered and another 20 locations are sought as part of the effort to moni... Read more
Permission granted for 60 foot ham radio masts
Joel Banner Baird Burlington Free Press SHELBURNE – One-on-one talks with fellow amateur radio operators as far away as Moscow are now firmly on... Read more
Propagation
A direct hit! The solarstorm our Sun launched is confirmed to be Earth-directed!
A direct hit! The #solarstorm our #Sun launched is confirmed to be Earth-directed! NASA prediction models show impact early February 23. Because Earth... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspots are gone, with none seen since February 3. Spaceweather.com reported on February 10 that a s... Read more
A “Perfect Coronal Mass Ejection” Could Be a Nightmare
A new study in the research journal Space Weather considers what might happen if a worst-case coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth — a “perfect solar... Read more
Fast Solar Wind Coming in Waves | Solar Storm Forecast 02.04.2021
Fast Solar Wind Coming in Waves | Solar Storm Forecast 02.04.2021 Read more
